| Trying to find a truly authentic Cajun seafood | | | | And what would a Cajun restaurant be without |
| restaurant can be a difficult and frustrating search | | | | muffaletta sandwiches? Po' Boy Factory has got |
| for anyone outside of New Orleans. But if you live | | | | them too, and wait 'til you taste one of these |
| in Northern Alabama you're in luck, because | | | | great sandwiches, made with authentic Gambino's |
| there's a Huntsville Cajun seafood restaurant that | | | | Olive Salad. These eight inch round sandwiches are |
| will make you think you've been transported back | | | | a meal in themselves, stuffed with ham, salami, |
| to the French Quarter. It's called the Po' Boy | | | | and pastrami, along with both mozzarella and |
| Factory, and it's located at 815 Andrew Jackson | | | | provolone cheese. You may not be able to finish |
| Way, in the Five Points area of Huntsville. It's one | | | | the whole thing all at once, but you won't leave |
| of Huntsville's best kept secrets, because even | | | | any at the restaurant, because these things are |
| though it's only a short drive from any part of | | | | positively addicting. |
| town, it's not located in one of the super crowded | | | | There's lots more to choose from at the Po' Boy |
| restaurant rows. | | | | Factory, and once you've been there you're likely |
| For anyone who is tired of the big national chains, | | | | to find yourself returning again and again to try |
| and is hankering for the real taste of authentic | | | | everything on the menu. Sure, they've got |
| New Orleans Cajun seafood, Po' Boy Factory | | | | hamburgers and cheeseburgers for any Yankees |
| should be the first place you head to the next | | | | who happen to be passing through Huntsville, but |
| time you eat out. Naturally, with a name like Po' | | | | that's not why most people eat there. No, it's for |
| Boy Factory, one of their specialties is that | | | | the po boys, the muffalettas, the gumbo, the red |
| famous sandwich, and you won't find anything | | | | beans and rice, the ettoufee, and the jambalaya. |
| else like them in the Northern Alabama area. Their | | | | Or how about a dinner basket of catfish, shrimp, |
| po boys come in lot of different varieties, such as | | | | crab, scallops, crawfish, oysters, or even gator |
| the traditional favorites of shrimp, catfish, oyster | | | | meat? Yes, you read that right! When's the last |
| and crawfish. If you can't make up your mind, | | | | time you saw that on a menu? I haven't had the |
| you can get a half and half of any two of the | | | | courage to try it myself, but if it's anything like |
| above. But that's just the tip of the iceberg - | | | | the rest of the Po' Boy Factory menu, it's no |
| they also have po boys made with grouper | | | | doubt delicious. |
| (blackened, grilled, or fried), mahi mahi, Caribbean | | | | So if you've been dying to get some real Cajun |
| jerk chicken, hot sausage, roast beef with gravy, | | | | seafood in Huntsville, Alabama, make the short |
| Philly steak, chicken fingers, soft shell crab (in | | | | drive to the five points area for a meal you won't |
| season), and a club po boy with ham roast beef | | | | soon forget. The Po' Boy Factory may be one of |
| and turkey. Believe it or not, many people have | | | | Huntsville's best kept dining secrets right now, but |
| tried them all. | | | | it won't be for long. |