A weekend to celebrate and savor the delicious diversity of our country's food

Friday - Sunday, March 26-28, 2010

Relish fabled glories from all over America – each dish served by the landmark restaurant that makes it best.

Saturday and Sunday, 5 blocks of Royal Street in the heart of The French Quarter will be the home of 20 vendors serving regional specialties unavailable elsewhere, including:

• Shrimp Uggie made by Anthony and Gail Uglesich, who are coming out of retirement to participate
• Louie Mueller's Texas barbecue and hot sausage
• Maine Diner seafood chowder
• Tucson Tamale Company hot tamales
• Tony Luke's Philadelphia cheese steaks
• Henpeck Market pimento cheese sandwich
• Cajun country boudin sausage from T-Boy's Slaughterhouse
• Middendof's Louisiana thin-sliced catfish
• Que Crawl Truck Cochon de lait po boy
• Bud Royer's Pecan Pie from the heart of Texas - a la mode
• Louisiana Meat Pies and Crawfish Pies from Lasyone's of Nachitoches
• Click here to see mouth watering food that will be served at the festival.

Roadfood.com and the New Orleans Convention Company are honoring Louisiana's best restaurant cooks and cooks from destination Roadfood restaurants around the country by inviting them to the French Quarter and setting them loose to make their signature dishes for visitors to enjoy.

In addition to the free street festival, which includes 20 vendors, the worlds longest oyster po'boy, and beignet-eating contest, a limited number of tickets are available for very unique and memorable evening events which includes an opening party featuring the First Roadfood Blue Plate Award to Anthony and Gail Uglesich, and a Saturday-night crawfish boil in swamp country.

You could travel for miles and months around the country and you'd still never discover all the great dishes you will find in one weekend in the heart of the French Quarter! Here is an opportunity for passionate eaters to discover the best of the best specialties that define American food at its most colorful.

Admission is free; proceeds from food and beverage sales go to participating restaurants, including New Orleans' own Cafe Reconcile , which provides at-risk kids the opportunity to learn the food service business.

Come. Eat. Drink. Be Merry! Roll up your sleeves and join a festival that is all about savoring America.

Festival Highlights

Some of the legendary eats you can sample

Maine Diner Wells, Maine Seafood chowder	Henpeck Market Franklin, Tennessee Pimento Cheese Sandwich
Royer's Round Top Cafe Round Top, Texas Pecan Pie	T-Boy's Slaughterhouse Ville Platte, Louisiana Boudin Sausage
Tucson Tamale Company Tuscon, Arizona Hot Tamales	Middendorf's Akers, Louisiana Fried Catfish
Louie Mueller's Taylor, Texas Sausage and Brisket	Uglesich's New Orleans, Louisiana Shrimp Uggie
Tony Lukes Philadelphia, PA Philadelphia cheesesteak	Lasyone's Meat Pie Restaurant Natchitoches, Louisiana Crawfish pie Meat pie Potato rounds
Tabasco Country Store Avery Island, Louisiana Gator on a stick Fish tacos Jambalaya	Cafe Reconcile New Orleans, Louisiana Strawberry shortcake
The Que Crawl Truck New Orleans, Louisiana Duck cracklin Cochon de Lait Po Boy Roast beef Po Boy	Hell's Kitchen Minneapolis, Minnesota Mahnomin porridge Ham and pear crisp sandwiches
The Brick Pit Mobile, Alabama Pulled Pork	Camp Washington Cincinnati, Ohio 5-way Chili

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