John Gendusa and the "Poor Boy" loaf

ID: 1879 ~ Source: Video courtesy of Michael Mizell-Nelson.
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Excerpted from the Streetcar Stories documentary, the final part of the 1929 streetcar strike segment explains how the Martin and Gendusa families collaborated to produce the new sandwich loaf.

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By Michael Mizell-Nelson
As with many culinary innovations, the poor boy or po-boy sandwich has attracted many legends regarding its origins. However, documentary evidence confirms that stories about one particular restaurant…