Poor Boy's Sandwich (1932)

[Barry Popik]

AOL decided not to work again...Almost 2 p.m., and I need caffeine here or
something.
The RIO GRANDE VALLEY phone books from 1961, 1965, and 1970 are nothing
special.  The BUFFALO phone books of 1934-1935 and 1935-1936 are nothing
special, either.  Which doesn't mean, of course, that "fajitas" and
"kimmelwecks" were or were not made.  I'll return the books unless I hear
otherwise.
The BAR & BUFFET (Cincinnati, 1900s) looks like a gem...The WESTERN UNION
TECHNICAL REVIEW mentions "punchings" and "wood chips" from 1947-1950.
The earliest New Orleans book brought out is 1932.

June 1932, NEW ORLEANS (LA), pg. 103, col. 3 ad:
_French Market_
_Coffee and Lunch Stand_
A. BATTISTELLA, Prop.
Originator of the
_"Poor Boy's Sandwich"_
Lower (River) End of Fish Market
Ursuline and N. Peters Sts.
AUTO SERVICE
RAymond 3015

June 1932, NEW ORLEANS (LA), pg. 103, col. 3 ad:
TRY OUR GREEN WAVE SPECIAL
"PIGS AND CLOVER"
10 cents
Sandwich
Nothing Like It--It's Delicious
Telephone CRescent 9496
Green Wave Coffee and Sandwich Shop
1001 Esplanade Ave Cor Burgundy St.

June 1932, NEW ORLEANS (LA), pg. 104, col. 1:
O K Poor Boy Lunch Room
3328 Baronne...JAckson-9180

June 1932, NEW ORLEANS (LA), pg. 104, col. 1:
Poor Boy Lunch Room 131 Exchange Pl...MAin-4539

(No "Big Apple/Big Easy" in white pages--ed.)