It's mardi gras. It's 3PM. You're feeling great but you need some sustenance. Not just any sustenance, you need a roast beef Po' Boy, specifically from Parasol's. What is a Po' Boy you might ask? Any NOLA native will tell you it is a submarine sandwich on French bread, filled with magical things like fried oysters, fried shrimp, or in this case: fall-apart tender braised beef. Holy Rex, this sandwich is everything one could want from a sandwich. The bread is perfectly soft and fluffy and soaked with beef gravy, the beef is tender, juicy, and flavorful, and the sandwich is minimally dressed with mayo, tomatoes, shredded lettuce, and pickles. This is not prim and proper high tea sandwich bullshit...this is a messy, gravy dripping down your arm, slurping beef out the sides masterpiece. I think I'll move to New Orleans now.
ROAST. BEEF. PO. BOY...stop it, it's so good.
Fried shrimp Po' Boy.
So charmingly grungy and worn-in. A dive with character.
2533 Constance Street, New Orleans (In the Irish Channel)
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