Did You Know NOLA Had a Pig Stand? It Evolved Into A&G Cafeteria and Mrs Drakes Sandwiches

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The first location opened in 1932 at 2627 Canal St. near Broad Street. “Office workers in the midtown business section can flee the sun-baked pavements of the area during their lunch hour these days and dine under cool, shady oak trees,” wrote The New Orleans Item in August 1932. The newspaper’s headline called it a “Pig Stand,” explaining it was a local outlet of a Dallas-based chain of restaurants by that name.

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