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Roast beef po'boy

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Smithsonian Magazine (Lisa Bramen, 2011-03-08): the po'boy is served on crusty French bread and classic fillings include roast beef with gravy; the sandwich traces to Bennie and Clovis Martin's French Market stand (1922) and the 1929 streetcar strike. Stored roast beef, gravy, French bread and New Orleans origin established.

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Smithsonian Magazine (Lisa Bramen, 2011-03-08): the po'boy is served on crusty French bread and classic fillings include roast beef with gravy; the sandwich traces to Bennie and Clovis Martin's French Market stand (1922) and the 1929 streetcar strike. Stored roast beef, gravy, French bread and New Orleans origin established.

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Smithsonian Magazine (Lisa Bramen, 2011-03-08): the po'boy is served on crusty French bread and classic fillings include roast beef with gravy; the sandwich traces to Bennie and Clovis Martin's French Market stand (1922) and the 1929 streetcar strike. Stored roast beef, gravy, French bread and New Orleans origin established.

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