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Oyster Poy Boy

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


Friday - Sunday, March 26-28, 2010

300-700 Royal St., New Orleans

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

Event When Where Cost
Street festival featuring over 20 restaurants Saturday 11 AM to 7 PM
Sunday 11 AM to 6 PM
300-700 blocks of Royal Street Free Admission
Assemble and eat the world’s longest oyster po’boy Saturday 11 AM 311 Bourbon Street Free
Opening Party and Blue Plate Award Presentation Friday 6:00 to 8:00 PM The historic Boucvalt House $75 - Limited number of tickets. Buy now!
Crawfish and Pig Roast Saturday 6:00 to 10:00 PM Departing from French Quarter - Heading to swamp country! $95 - Limited number of tickets. Buy now!




Some of the legendary eats you can sample


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



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