re: why can't baton rouge make roast beef poboys like new orleans

The difference in quality between New Orleans poboys and Baton Rouge poboys is FAR more pronounced when you're having a seafood poboy than with roast beef. I don't doubt that there are good roast beef poboys in BR- I've had several. I've yet to have a fried shrimp or oyster po boy on par, or even close to on par, with something you can get in NO