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FRANKS RESTAURANT, B.R. has the best muffaletta anywhere
Posted on 10/18/23 at 12:01 pm
Posted on 10/18/23 at 12:01 pm
I've eaten breakfast and lunch many times over the years and decided today to try their muffaletta sandwich and I was totally suprised how good it was. It was reasonably priced at $19 for a whole sandwich but I could not eat it all. It did come with fries also. The bread was thin and toasted and was as close to New Orleans bread as you can get. A litlle crunchy and buttery. I would highly recommend this muff if any are in the mood for it. I think I need a nap now lol.
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Posted on 10/18/23 at 12:09 pm to Yeahright
Friend,
Frank's uses Leidenheimer for its muffulettas, which are good, but not as good as Gendusa's muffuletta rounds. Why would someone toast a muffuletta? They come baked.
Yours,
TulaneLSU
Frank's uses Leidenheimer for its muffulettas, which are good, but not as good as Gendusa's muffuletta rounds. Why would someone toast a muffuletta? They come baked.
Yours,
TulaneLSU
Posted on 10/18/23 at 12:11 pm to TulaneLSU
Gendusa's is a cold muff, correct? And cold muffuletta's are horrible.
Posted on 10/18/23 at 12:16 pm to Yeahright
you've obviously never been to Cannatella Grocery on Gov't Street. They have their own bakery and have been making muffalettas for over 100 years. The family of Italian immigrants originally settled in NOLA and moved to Melville years later.
$17 for a whole muffaletta AND they sell the fresh baked bread, quality meats, cheeses, and their own Italian olive salad mix if you wanna make them at home. I buy 4-6 of their muffaletta bread at a time as they freeze very well for future use.
This was my version after warming in the oven
$17 for a whole muffaletta AND they sell the fresh baked bread, quality meats, cheeses, and their own Italian olive salad mix if you wanna make them at home. I buy 4-6 of their muffaletta bread at a time as they freeze very well for future use.
This was my version after warming in the oven
Posted on 10/18/23 at 12:19 pm to jmon
Friend,
A muffuletta is simply the name of the seeded round loaf of Italian bread. A muffuletta sandwich is meat, cheese, and olive salad served on a muffuletta.
Gendusa's is a bakery in Gentilly that opened in 1922 serving both French loves and Italian loaves. I am uncertain when they began baking muffulettas, but they have never served muffuletta sandwiches to my knowledge.
I am of the opinion that such sandwiches should be served at room temperature as they were first served and as they were intended. Heating them negatively impacts the flavor and texture of the olive mix, unpleasantly releases the oils from the meat, and distorts the cheese. The new muffuletta sandwiches served at The Napoleon House are heated, and are probably the best version of the heated muffuletta sandwich, but would be much better at room temperature. The best muffuletta sandwiches come from Central Grocery,and I cannot wait for them to reopen. The versions being sold around town today under the Central Grocery label are drier, thinner, and just not very good.
Yours,
TulaneLSU
A muffuletta is simply the name of the seeded round loaf of Italian bread. A muffuletta sandwich is meat, cheese, and olive salad served on a muffuletta.
Gendusa's is a bakery in Gentilly that opened in 1922 serving both French loves and Italian loaves. I am uncertain when they began baking muffulettas, but they have never served muffuletta sandwiches to my knowledge.
I am of the opinion that such sandwiches should be served at room temperature as they were first served and as they were intended. Heating them negatively impacts the flavor and texture of the olive mix, unpleasantly releases the oils from the meat, and distorts the cheese. The new muffuletta sandwiches served at The Napoleon House are heated, and are probably the best version of the heated muffuletta sandwich, but would be much better at room temperature. The best muffuletta sandwiches come from Central Grocery,and I cannot wait for them to reopen. The versions being sold around town today under the Central Grocery label are drier, thinner, and just not very good.
Yours,
TulaneLSU
Posted on 10/18/23 at 12:35 pm to Yeahright
Everyone knows that the best muffuletta sandwich in the Baton Rouge area is Anthony's.
Posted on 10/18/23 at 12:51 pm to Got Blaze
quote:
They have their own bakery and have been making muffalettas for over 100 years.
Per website: In 1923, Chas. Cannatella opened in Melville, Louisiana.
Posted on 10/18/23 at 12:59 pm to Shexter
Cannatella's muff >> Anthony's muff
Posted on 10/18/23 at 1:03 pm to TulaneLSU
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I am of the opinion that such sandwiches should be served at room temperature
You and Tom Fitzmorris agree, but it seems you two are in the minority when it comes to how a muffuletta sandwich should be served and enjoyed.
I could not disagree more and in fact, the heat allows the most delectable flavors of the olive salad to be released, the toasty bread and seeds imparting a wonderful nuttiness and fragrance and the saltiness of the cured meats deserve a tinge of maillard reaction.
jmon
Posted on 10/18/23 at 1:15 pm to Trout Bandit
Had Cannatella's yesterday and it was a bit salty, TBH. and I like salt.
Posted on 10/18/23 at 1:52 pm to Got Blaze
My favorite lately is the muffuletta from the Iverstine deli on Perkins (near Essen).
I'm a big fan of both Cannatella and Anthony's. But neither are convenient for me.
I'm a big fan of both Cannatella and Anthony's. But neither are convenient for me.
Posted on 10/18/23 at 1:57 pm to Motorboat
Anthony's is the GOAT by far!!!!!!
Posted on 10/18/23 at 2:09 pm to Trout Bandit
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Cannatella's muff >> Anthony's muff
Yep. Something is not right with Anthony’s olive salad mix.
Posted on 10/18/23 at 2:09 pm to barbie150
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Anthony's is the GOAT by far!!!!!!
No Pocorello's was the GOAT but it's closed down. You need to get out more.
Posted on 10/18/23 at 2:11 pm to Shexter
the second muff looks excellent
Posted on 10/18/23 at 3:27 pm to t00f
As far as whether Gendusa’s serves muffs, one is probably referring to Gendusa’s Bakery in Gentilly and the other to Gendusa’s Restaurant in Kenner.
Posted on 10/19/23 at 3:09 pm to Got Blaze
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This was my version after warming in the oven
Yours looks better then theirs if you ask me.
Posted on 10/19/23 at 3:33 pm to btrcj
Pocorello's closed? Did something happen to the owners? I loved that place.
(sorry if I am way behind times, but I've been away from BR for quite some time)
(sorry if I am way behind times, but I've been away from BR for quite some time)
Posted on 10/19/23 at 3:42 pm to 308
quote:
Pocorello's closed? Did something happen to the owners? I loved that place.
"CASH ONLY! - there's an ATM over there..."
quote:
The sons had no interest in carrying on the business
One son worked it for awhile to help out but didn't want to stay on
They had cut back hours big time anyway and also taken planned vacations
Pokie had health issues - kidney and the wife now has cancer is what I was told
quote:
sorry if I am way behind times, but I've been away from BR for quite some time
Hawk's Nest has also closed. Ray died a few years ago.
Posted on 10/19/23 at 9:52 pm to Trout Bandit
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Cannatella's muff >> Anthony's muff
I don’t like either one. I haven’t found a good one in Baton Rouge. I would like DiMartino’s in Algiers, please!
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