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Brothers Clovis and Benjamin Martin opened a restaurant in New Orleans in the 20's.
In 1929, the local streetcar workers went on strike and the brothers created an inexpensive sandwich to help the unemployed workers.
The sandwich had spare bits of roast beef and gravy served on French bread that was served out of the rear of the restaurant.
Whenever a worker ordered the sandwich, someone would yell out on the kitchen, "Here comes one of those poor boys"!
Over time, the name transferred to the sandwich eventually becoming Po Boy, deriving from that New Orleans accent based on Cajun language.
In 1929, the local streetcar workers went on strike and the brothers created an inexpensive sandwich to help the unemployed workers.
The sandwich had spare bits of roast beef and gravy served on French bread that was served out of the rear of the restaurant.
Whenever a worker ordered the sandwich, someone would yell out on the kitchen, "Here comes one of those poor boys"!
Over time, the name transferred to the sandwich eventually becoming Po Boy, deriving from that New Orleans accent based on Cajun language.
According to legend, the brothers would yell, 'Here comes another poor boy!' whenever one of the union workers entered their eatery. Since the free meal provided to these workers frequently included the traditional sandwich, the term 'poor boy' gradually came to be associated with the sandwich itself.
In the 1920s, brothers Clovis and Benjamin Martin launched a restaurant in New Orleans.
The brothers came up with an affordable sandwich to aid the unemployed employees in 1929 when the neighborhood trolley workers went on strike.
On French bread, the sandwich was served with leftover roast beef and gravy and was brought out from the restaurant's back.
Someone would shout out on the kitchen, "Here comes one of those poor lads," if a worker ordered the sandwich.
The brothers came up with an affordable sandwich to aid the unemployed employees in 1929 when the neighborhood trolley workers went on strike.
On French bread, the sandwich was served with leftover roast beef and gravy and was brought out from the restaurant's back.
Someone would shout out on the kitchen, "Here comes one of those poor lads," if a worker ordered the sandwich.
The Poor Boy Sandwich (also known as the Poor Man's Sandwich, the Poor Man's Po'Boy, or the Poor Man's Sub) is said to have originated in Louisiana during the Great Depression, when people would cut a French baguette into halves and fill it with meat or other ingredients that were affordable, such as potatoes, shrimp, and oysters. The name Poor Boy refers to people who had limited financial means, so the sandwich was a way to get a filling meal without spending a lot of money.