History of the New Orleans Poor Boy - Episode #65
Beyond Bourbon Street, an Insider's Guide to New Orleans
Mark Bologna
4.9 • 916 Ratings
🗓️ 6 June 2018
⏱️ 59 minutes
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Summary
In today's episode, we explore the history of the New Orleans poor boy. We trace the birth of the poor boy from the streetcar motormen strike of 1929 through today. You'll be introduced to Benny & Clovis Martin, former motormen themselves who created the first poor boy.
You'll also learn how the name poor boy came into being, and why the term po-boy is not quite correct!
Along the way, we'll explore the restaurants and people that helped the poor boy become the New Orleans icon it is today. We'll stop in at Parkway Bakery & Tavern, Domilise's, Johnny's Po-Boys and Mother's Restaurant.
You also get to hear from my Dad – he and my Mom owned Teddy's Grill, a neighborhood po-boy place, for 36 years.
All this and more on today's show!
NOTE: This show is being released just before Father's Day 2018. Because of this, I've decided to replay an early discussion I had with my Dad about the history of the po-boy in New Orleans. Most of today's episode was previously released back in episode #6, but it does include some updates. My Dad was the first guest on the show, so this one will always be special to me!
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Thank You
Thanks to my Dad, Vincent Bologna, for joining me on this episode! Thanks also to my Mom - together they raised me (and my brother and sister) while they were also starting a new life together, and figuring out how to run a business.
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hmm. Street, an insider's guide to New Orleans. Beyond Bourbon Street is the podcast where we explore the food, |
| 0:16.3 | music, culture, places, and people that make New Orleans unique. Whether you were planning a trip, |
| 0:22.1 | living in New Orleans, or simply wanting a taste of the Crescent City from wherever you are, |
| 0:26.0 | you've come to the right place. |
| 0:29.0 | And now, your host, Mark Bologna. |
| 0:35.0 | Hey, all, this is Mark. |
| 0:38.0 | Welcome to episode 65. |
| 0:41.0 | On the last show, we explored 300 years of architecture in New Orleans. |
| 0:45.0 | My guest was Katrina Horning, the founder of New Orleans Architecture Tours. |
| 0:50.0 | We talked about architectural styles that are common in New Orleans, |
| 0:53.5 | and we talked about the differences in the various parts of the city, |
| 0:56.5 | from the French Quarter and the Marony, |
| 0:58.5 | heading uptown to the Garden District, really all of uptptown and even more. |
| 1:03.0 | Katrina helped us learn what to look for and pointed out some of the more interesting examples |
| 1:07.2 | of various styles of architecture across the city. |
| 1:10.2 | And I know it's been popular because I've been getting texts and emails and Facebook posts |
| 1:14.2 | about people pointing out things to me that they've noticed that they had never noticed before, |
| 1:18.5 | whether it's in person here in New Orleans or in the post that I post on Instagram of houses here in the city. |
| 1:25.0 | And by the way you can take a look at the Instagram post over at Beyond |
| 1:29.0 | Urban S. T is our handle on Instagram. If you miss the show, go back and give it a listen. You'll be happy you did |
| 1:35.2 | particularly if you love New Orleans architecture. Today's episode is being released just a little bit ahead of |
| 1:41.1 | Father's Day in 2018 and because of this I decided to share a replay |
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