Favorite Roast Beef Po-boy? Go! (Metairie, Covington: live, food, best)

[jamesducote]

I love a good Roast Beef Po-boy. I feel like I've tried most of the good ones, but am always curious to hear other people's thoughts on the matter. I think my number one has to be the roast beef po-boy at R & Os. The beef and gravy are delicious and there is something about their sesame seed bread that I really like.

[rburnett]

This can get pretty subjective. Bread quality, how it's dressed, dryness all make a difference. Roast beef can be served up a number of ways. On the low end, places will throw pre-sliced roast into powdered gravy mix and call it a day. On the high end, you'll have a quality cut of meat braised with stock and a reduction until it is super tender and flavorful.

R&O's isn't like a lot of other places in that it uses a different bread and the roast is "chunked" but not quite debris. Also, their gravy is thicker than a lot of other places. I think they are decent, but not my favorite.

For me, I think the best is a tie between Bears @Gennaro's Bar in Metairie and Guy's uptown.

[norb123]

Guy's is high on my list also. I think my favorite right now is Crabby Jacks, but my favorite has changed several times since I've lived here, after trying new places. I can't remember ever having one that was bad. I love the food in this city.

[jamesducote]

Bears does have a nice one. I'm ashamed to say as a New Orleanian, I've not had Roast Beef at Guy's, just the shrimp (which is really good).

[Cali504]

Parkway's

[jamesducote]

Parkway is really good. I like the surf and turf - roast beef with fried shrimp!

[r_boudreau]

In my opinion it is Bears. Best Roast Beef I have ever had.

[jamesducote]

I've had that one too, it was quite good. Is it the same at the one in Covington too?

[jamesducote]

Has anyone had Frady's? I've heard they have a good one.

[cBach]

Not a big fan of roast beef poboys. If I have a poboy it is usually oyster.