Nor-Joe is a wholesale merchant of European (primarily Italian) food products. They sell cheese, cured meats, anchovies, olive oil, pasta, and a million other items to almost every Italian restaurant in New Orleans. And they also offer a lot of the line at retail. Since they have all the makings except the bread on hand, why not make sandwiches?
Norma and Joe, a pair of New York transplants, started business in New Orleans in 1982, making their own mozzarella cheese. That product caught the attention of the local Italian restaurateurs, and the business grew to encompass almost everything else they needed.
The store itself is so crammed full of products (and the appetizing aromas therefrom) that there's no room for tables. They have a few of them on a small covered porch outside. It's mostly self-service and takeout.
Buy the ham (or prosciutto), salami, cheese (fresh-milk mozz?), bread, and olive salad, take it home, and make your own sandwich. Nobody has better sandwich makings than Nor-Joe, but they won't break from their sandwich recipes just for you.
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