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One word - muffulettas.
The smells of the special olive dressing and garlic inside this wonderful Italian deli are enough to give you an appetite. If you are going to have a muffuletta - then this is the ONLY place to get one. And it's cheap!
Muffaletta. When we go - we have to get a bunch for our friends and put them in a cooler. No joke. You can't eat an entire sandwich - split one with a friend. Leave a Comment Theme: Eclectic/InternationalPrice: less than US$10 » Currency ConverterComparison: least expensiveAddress: 923 Decatur StPhone: (504) 523-1620Directions: Across from Cafe Du Monde
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This crowded storefront is more of a grocery store/deli than an actual restaurant, but its claim to fame is its muffelatta. A muffelatta begins with round Italian bread stuffed with Italian meats and cheeses, then is topped with an olive salad. You may also buy pastas, deli meats and cheeses, sardines, capers, arborio rice, etc., etc. There are counters where patrons can eat, or you can take your purchases to go.
I've never tried anything other than a muffelatta here, unless a Barq's root beer counts! You can buy 1/2 a muffelatta for $5.50, or a whole one for $9.75. Half a muffelatta is more than enough to feed one person. Leave a Comment Theme: LocalPrice: less than US$10 » Currency ConverterComparison: less expensive than averageAddress: 923 Decatur Street; New Orleans, LA 70116Phone: (504) 523-1620Directions: French Quarter
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This is the place every guide book and person tells you to go to. So I went there right off the plane basically. It’s a small Italian deli, known for their giant muffaletta sandwich. It’s 2 thick pieces of bread filled with Italian meets and an olive salad that gives it it’s zing. I had a half a sandwich, about $7, it did taste very good, and was rather filling. It’s the only one I had here, so can’t compare it to anything else. Try one, good, but didn’t knock my socks off—I prefer the po’boy. I was there about 2pm, they have them made up beforehand, and wrapped up and sitting on the shelf. If they didn’t, the line would be out the door and down the block. There is a small seating area here, but I took mine and went across the street and found a park bench. Bring plenty of napkins.
They also have other Italian cookies, biscuits, etc…..no pavesini though.
You have to try a muffaletta. Leave a Comment
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Central Grocery opened in 1906. For almost 100 years, they have served up the Muffuletta sandwich, which is a signature sandwiches of New Orleans.
The sandwich consists of the round loaf of crusty Italian bread, split and filled with layers of sliced Provolone cheese, Genoa salami and Cappicola ham, topped with Olive Salad: a chopped mixture of green, unstuffed olives, pimientos, celery, garlic, cocktail onions, capers, oregano, parsley, olive oil, red-wine vinegar, salt and pepper.
the olive oil salad (including Giardiniera - Italian pickled vegetables) is
3/4 C black brine cured olives, such as kalamatas
1/2 C green olives
1/4 C roasted red pepper sliced
1/4 C red onion sliced
3/4 C finely chopped celery, with leaves
1/3 C chopped fresh Italian parsley
2 Tsp Oregano
3 cloves garlic
1/2 C olive oil
1/2 - 1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
1/2 tsp tabasco sauce
1 tsp Worcestershire sauce
A whole muffuletta cut in 4ths is $9.95 and is reportedly enough to feed two people. I'm not that fond of green olives or salami, so this sandwich isn't for me. At the time we went into the Central Grocery, the line for muffaletta was around the whole store, so we didn't get one.
Also there's no tables - diners sit on bar stools at long wooden countertops. Leave a Comment
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The muffuletta sandwich is one of the great sandwiches
of the world, and it's criminal that it can hardly be found
anywhere outside the city of New Orleans
According to the tale I've heard, the muffuletta sandwich
was invented by Signor Lupo Salvadore, who opened the
now-famous little Italian market called Central Grocery on
Decatur Street in the French Quarter in 1906 and created
the muffuletta sandwich
The Muffuletta Sandwich - Best in New Orleans
(a whole one for me plus half of Mary's)
Sometimes when it is really nice outside, we get our
muffuletta lunch take-a-way, and we go find a bench
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When I are my first muffaletta about 10 yrs. ago, I thought an Italian angel came down from Heaven and kissed me on the tongue!
While the Central Grocery has a tendency to rest on it's laurels, it's still one good and filling sammy.
We buy a muffaletta and then go next door for a "half bottle" of wine, get a cheap cork screw and then go sit on the bench, pop our cork and eat your muff while watching the Big Muddy roll on by.
Muffaletta. Has all the basic food groups. Meat, Cheese, fat, olives and bread. Leave a Comment Theme: LocalPrice: US$11-20 » Currency ConverterComparison: least expensiveAddress: 923 DecaturDirections: Fr Quarter.
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If you've done any research on what to eat while in NOLA you've come across the Muffuletta. (pronounced by locals as moo-foo-LET-ta). The Muffuletta is basically mixed Italian meats and cheeses, served on round Italian bread, topped with its signature olive spread. The birthplace of this delight is the Central Grocery. Little more than a neighborhood groceria, they do boast a few tables inside, but the best way to enjoy your sandwich by far is along the banks of the nearby Mississippi. ..or like us, get them for your plane ride home. (Although you run the risk of eliciting highly envious stares from your fellow passengers.) Note: the sandwiches are quite large -if you are not extremely hungry, ordering a "half muff "is the way to go. Leave a Comment
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It is unbelievably packed, and rightly so. Good luck finding room at the counter space, I would recommend taking a sandwich to go... but bring plenty of napkins!
Try any of the original muffulettas! The bread and secret recipe olive spread are delicious. Leave a Comment Theme: OtherAddress: Royal Street in the French Quarter
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Muffaletta (hope I spelled it right), it's a kind of italian (?) sandwich, with lots of ham, some cheese, olives. And it's BIG. That's my thing ;-) Theme: Other
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Down on Decatur St., a must stop in for any lovers of the classic Muffaletta sandwich. This is said to be the original home in NOLA. Half is more than enough for one. Wash it down with a couple Abita beers and take home some fun cajun/creole spices, mustard, etc.
Muffaletta and Abita. What a combo...
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