Editing Po' boy (section)

==New Orleans==
{{See also|Cuisine of New Orleans}}
[[File:Shrimp PoBoy Middendorfs.jpg|thumb|A fried shrimp po' boy at Middendorf's]]

New Orleans is known for its grand restaurants (see [[Louisiana Creole cuisine]]), but more humble fare like the po' boy is very popular.<ref name="rhinehart">{{cite web|last=Rhinehart|first=Ed|title=New Orleans Po'Boy Shop|url=http://chefeds.com/New_Orleans_PoBoy_Shop.html|access-date=8 May 2012|archive-date=2 March 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120302002821/http://chefeds.com/New_Orleans_PoBoy_Shop.html|url-status=usurped}}</ref> Po' boys may be made at home, sold pre-packaged in convenience stores, available at deli counters and most neighborhood restaurants.<ref name="rhinehart" /> One of the most basic New Orleans restaurants is a po' boy shop, and these shops often offer seafood platters, [[red beans and rice]], [[jambalaya]], and other basic Creole dishes.<ref name="rhinehart" />

The two primary sources of po'boy bread are the [[Leidenheimer Baking Company]] and Alois J. Binder.{{sfnp|Roahen|2008|p=115}} There is fierce competition between po' boy shops, and resident opinions of the best po' boy shop varies widely.<ref name="competition">{{cite news <!-- Deny Citation Bot--> |work=Wall Street Journal|date=March 5, 2011|page=D1|last=Garbarino|first=Steve|title=The Crescent City's Greatest Po'boys|id={{ProQuest|855034442}}}}</ref>

Each year there is a festival in New Orleans dedicated to the po' boy, the Oak Street Po'Boy Festival.<ref name="festival">{{cite web|title=Oak Street Po'Boy Festival|url=http://www.poboyfest.com/|access-date=8 May 2012}}</ref> It is a one-day festival that features live music, arts, and food vendors with multiple types of po' boys. It is held in mid-November along a commercial strip of Oak Street in the city's [[Carrollton, New Orleans|Carrollton]] neighborhood.<ref name="festival" /> The festival gives "best-of" awards, which gives the chefs an incentive to invent some of the most creative po' boys.<ref name="competition" />
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