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300 NEW ORLEANS TRICENTENNIAL 171 8 ~ 201 8 Clovis and Bennie Martin, former streetcar conductors, created the sandwich as a cheap way to sustain striking streetcar workers in 1929. Their Martin Bros. Coffee Stand and Restaurant, at the corner of North Peters and Ursuline streets, offered free sandwiches to any members of the striking streetcar union: “We are with you until h- - l freezes over, and when it does, we will furnish blankets to keep you warm,” they wrote in a letter to the strikers. The Martins worked with baker John Gendusa to develop a 40-inch loaf of bread that was uniformly rectangular from end to end. These original po-boy sandwiches offered the same fillings that had been served on French bread before the strike, but the size was “startingly new,” according to the Oak Street Po-Boy Festival’s history of the sandwich. The sandwiches were at first called the special and the long john. While the strikers ultimately lost their jobs, the Martin brothers po-boy sandwich grew in popularity. Martin Bros. moved closer to Gendusa Bakery on St. Claude Avenue and eventually opened several other restaurants. Bennie Martin said the restaurant used about 1,000 loaves a day. The creation of the Po-Boy Preservation Society, which later morphed into the Oak Street Po-Boy Festival in 2007, helped to create a new interest and passion for the uniquely New Orleans sandwiches. The Martin Bros. Coffee Stand in the 2000 block of St. Claude Avenue in 1932 gained publicity by offering free po-boys to striking workers in 1929. Some stories recount how the Martin’s hand-deliv- ered their po- boys to some of the 1,800 streetcar workers who went on strike in 1929. The Martin’s worked with Gendusa’s bakery to perfect the poor boy loaf — uni- form in size from begin- ning to end. “Here comes another poor boy ,” the Martin brothers would say as a striking streetcar worker approached their coffee stand. The Martin brothers created the po-boy during a streetcar strike that started July 1, 1929. From Bienville to Bourbon Street to bounce. 300 moments that make New Orleans unique. WHAT HAPPENED Po-boys: (clock- wise from top left) Shrimp from Zimmers; Roast beef from Juneau’s; Garlic Oyster from Liuzzas by the Track; Shrimp Remoulade and fried green to- mato from Bevi Seafood.

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300NE W ORLE ANS

TRICENTENNIAL

1718 ~ 2018

Clovis and Bennie Martin, former streetcar conductors, created the sandwich as a cheap way to sustain striking streetcar workers in 1929. Their Martin Bros. Coffee Stand and Restaurant, at the corner of North Peters and Ursuline streets, offered free sandwiches to any members of the striking streetcar union: “We are with you until h- - l freezes over, and when it does, we will furnish blankets to keep you warm,” they wrote in a letter to the strikers.

The Martins worked with baker John Gendusa to develop a 40-inch loaf of bread that was uniformly rectangular from end to end. These original po-boy sandwiches offered the same fillings that had been served on French bread before the strike, but the size was “startingly new,” according to the Oak Street Po-Boy Festival’s history of the sand-wich. The sandwiches were at first called the special and the long john.

While the strikers ultimately lost their jobs, the Martin brothers po-boy sandwich grew in popularity. Martin Bros. moved closer to Gendusa Bakery on St. Claude Avenue and eventually opened several other restaurants.

Bennie Martin said the restaurant used about 1,000 loaves a day.The creation of the Po-Boy Preservation Society, which later

morphed into the Oak Street Po-Boy Festival in 2007, helped to create a new interest and passion for the uniquely New Orleans sandwiches.

The Martin Bros. Coffee Stand in the 2000 block of St. Claude Avenue in 1932 gained publicity by offering free po-boys to striking workers in 1929.

Some stories recount how the Martin’s hand-deliv-ered their po-boys to some of the 1,800 streetcar workers who went on strike in 1929.

The Martin’s worked with Gendusa’s bakery to perfect the poor boy loaf — uni-form in size from begin-ning to end.

“ Here comes another poor boy,” the Martin brothers would say as a striking streetcar worker approached their coffee stand.

The Martin brothers

created the po-boy during a streetcar strike

that started July 1, 1929.

From Bienville to Bourbon Street to bounce. 300 moments that make New Orleans unique. WHAT

HAPPENED

Po-boys: (clock-wise from top left) Shrimp from Zimmers; Roast beef from Juneau’s; Garlic Oyster from Liuzzas by the Track; Shrimp Remoulade and fried green to-mato from Bevi Seafood.

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