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Po-Boys in New Orleans
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Top 5 Po-Boys in New Orleans
The NOLA po-boy picks — cross-referenced from Gambit's Best of New Orleans readers' poll and NOLA.com/The Times-Picayune's 40-restaurant po-boy bracket.
- #1
Melba's on Elysian Fields Ave
7th Ward
“Winner of NOLA.com's 40-restaurant po-boy bracket with 93,979 votes in the final round, ahead of Parkway Bakery's 58,139.”
- #2
Parkway Bakery & Tavern
Bayou St. John
“Gambit's 2024 Best of New Orleans Best Po-Boy winner and runner-up in the NOLA.com po-boy bracket.”
- #3
Liuzza's by the Track
Mid-City
“Ian McNulty's 2026 dishes list picks the BBQ shrimp po-boy here; he also calls out the oyster po-boy on garlic bread and horseradish-spiked roast beef.”
- #4
Domilise's Po-Boy & Bar
Uptown
“One of 40 restaurants seeded into NOLA.com's po-boy bracket — a generational neighborhood institution for fried shrimp, fried oyster and roast beef.”
- #5
Li'l Dizzy's Cafe
Treme
“Ian McNulty's 2025 best-of list flags the hot sausage po-boy at this counter-service Treme mainstay alongside its gumbo and fried chicken.”