The tour-de-sandwich gang was back in action this week visiting the Po Boy Factory on Andrew Jackson Way. The targeted sandwich was the shrimp poboy with the main ingredient being fried shrimp on their special hoagie bun, with lettuce, tomato and mayo. No fancy fixins, but as someone in the group mentioned - it's hard to go wrong with fried shrimp and this sandwich doesn't break the rule. While most of the group seemed to agree the sandwich was "good", I didn't get the impression that most were necessarily bowled-over by it either. The hoagie bun is probably a bit of excess in the bread category, in fact noticed a number of other customers eating the contents and leaving the hoagie behind.
Rather than this particular sandwich the attraction is more the Po Boy Factory itself and the other offerings (http://poboyfactory.com/menu.html). The restaurant provides a glimpse into a Louisiana-flavor of eatery and many of the other menu items are worth the trip. Several in our group branched out and to the ettouffee. I was disappointed that they were out of the gumbo, which has been great on past visits. As we were paying the bill a fresh batch of bread pudding was crossing the counter and was grounds for sitting back down for dessert if we would of had time - smelled and looked great.
All in all, the shrimp and other po boy selections at the Po Boy factory are well worth the trip.
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