parkway bakery & tavern

this place has a reputation for having the best po' boys in nola.  after eating there we can see why, this was by far the best po' boy i've ever had.  i got the regular size shrimp one and it was stuffed with more shrimp than you could count.  great place andgreatvibe.  when in nola and you want a po' boy this is the place.

one of the best po boys in town. sweet potato fries are excellent as are all the po boys. roast beef lately has had too much gravey and can be bland for a local but a little hot sauce fixs that. go there everytime we are in town. bar staff isgreatand a large bloody mary is just right sunday after a weekend in the city.

finally made it to the famous parkway tavern!greatfood!greatservice! if you come here and dont get a poboy to eat, you are missing out!

find my 3 minute video review here:  thereviewedshow.com
a century old poor boy spot to grab a sandwich and a drink.  

the good: the shrimp was hot fresh and hand battered. considering how much they had to produce this was an amazing. 

the bad: i can honestly say there was nothing bad about the experience. way to go parkway!

food: 5/5
atmosphere: 5/5
service: 5/5
cleanliness: 5/5
price: $

this mid-city poor boy spot has been there for over 100 years! tasting the food tells you why. in this episode my friends and i visited their tricentennial poor boy feast and took our spot in history as we take part in eating a 300ft. shrimp poor boy with over 1000 other festival goers on this cool sunday afternoon. the main restaurant was closed and everyone was in the parking lot to make it happen. 

just watching the process of making the sandwich - laying and slicing the bread, adding the condiments, adding fresh hand-breaded and fried shrimp, flipping and cutting the sandwiches into 6-inch portion was an entertaining 2 hours. then at the end we count down and everyone grabs a piece and makes it disappear. a fun event and agreatsandwich. check out the video of the review to see the whole process of making the sandwich in a massive assembly line. also, be sure to try and roast beef poor boy (a debris style sandwich) which is also amazing! and all for a good cause. this little festival raised money for the al copeland foundation and celebrated over 300 years of new orleans!

dishes tried:

shrimp poor boy
poor boy bread, ramoulade sauce, lettuce, pickes, tomatoes and fresh fried shrimp.

parkway was amazing. great, classic vibe, and the restaurant was bustling with energy.greatservice, and the items were so good. i got a shrimp po-boy, and it was extremely filling and delicious. i'd say the food was a bit overpriced, and the outdoor seating was not appealing, but overall, agreatplace.

thanks to my friends who suggested this place! apparently obama loves the poboys here. so we had some too with em fries! they were the best poboy sandwiches i've had in nola. greatvibe. very casual, everyone is so friendly. a must visit

great food, pizza was a good choice for appetizer, crabmeat frittata wasgreatwith fresh spinach and mushrooms! server was friendly and good atmosphere

great place andgreatpoboys! my friend and i both agreed that it was one of our best overall experiences in nola this trip. mike behind the bar explained how to order as soon as we entered. we decided to sit at the bar to order. we each ordered the regular size- one shrimp and one oyster. mike let us know that there was an off the menu large that could be split between two seafoods, thus saving us some money. throughout the meal he continued to check on us. reallygreatguy! the poboys themselves were packed with seafood, not over breaded, and really flavorful. we loved the bread, especially. i had fries which were hot and seasoned perfectly. my friend had some zapps chips. can't go wrong with that. i'll definitely be back to try some other poboys, gumbo, etc.

while i don't know how their fried oyster or fried shrimp stacks up to other poorboy options in new orleans, i do know that the roast beef is nothing special. in particular, the lack of gravy bothered me. the fact that my bread was not absolutely sopping by the end of my meal was a significant indicator of the poorboy's average quality. in my opinion, anygreatroast beef poorboy should almost require the use of utensils in order to consume it. 

also, the sweet potato fries were nothing special, and seeing as how this place started off as a bakery, i was very underwhelmed with the loaf of bread that comprised my poorboy.

overall, i found it to be overpriced and certainly not worthy of the accolades it has received.

with that being said, i very much enjoyed the outdoor seating and felt like i was dining at a true neighborhood establishment. perhaps i will give them another try and see how their oyster of shrimp poor boys stack up, but there are certainly better roast beef options out there.

taste: 7/10

cost: 6/10

dining area/decor: 8/10

customer service: 8.5/10

location: 8/10

... we loved parkway so much that we went twice in one week, haha! the chef, justin kennedy, is really agreatguy. we chatted with him for a bit a year ago and he ev

true new orleans poboy. had the roast beef pretty good. remind of po boys back in the day. big, overstuffed and messy. oh not to mention thegreatprice!! well worth the price for what you get. nice set up and fair amount of seats. serve your self set up. nice bar!!

poboy heaven. the parkway shrimp po-boy is perfection. surf n turf is nearly as good.greatatmosphere,greathappy hour, tons of seating, cool building. love love love this place.

great place to spend time with friends. my father and grandfather used to take here atleast twice a month. we would sit at the bar or at a table near the bar. the women working the bar area are nice and friendly, always greeting my grandfather when he walked in. one of his friends even made the wooden water mark sign hanging in the bar! agreatplace to start a tradition with your kids.

old parkway was a dive withgreatsloppy roast beef poboys. new parkway is better looking, no longer a dive, and hasgreatsloppy roast beef poboys. a good choice for informal no food.

after 4 years of college and several trips since i'm so glad a local introduced me to parkway.greatshrimp po boy and my friend loved the surf and turf po boy. highly recommend you check out this place.