Roast Beef Poor Boy @ Parkway Poor Boys
The search for the best roast beef poor boy can't help but devolve into a multiple-choice question. But it's pretty certain that this one is one of the choices. The line to be served certainly makes that clear. The a priori evidence is that the kitchen buys first-class products, cooks it all in house, slices it correctly (across the grain of the meat, a technique a lot of would-be roast beef vendors don't seem to know), and makes the gravy from the abundant trimmings, from scratch. Parkway has just finished a new kitchen and added a good deal of parking, removing some of the few obstacles to visiting the old (1911!) shop at the tip of Bayou St. John.
