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The story behind the Thanksgiving po' boy

Parkway Tavern's Thanksgiving Po Boy
Matt Bloom
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WWNO
Parkway Tavern's Thanksgiving Po Boy

Stuffing. Turkey. Gravy. Cranberry sauce. Those are the ingredients of a classic Thanksgiving dinner. But have you tried them in a New Orleans po-boy?

Justin Kennedy, general manager of Parkway Tavern, has perfected the art of fusing the holiday's flavors with the sandwich. Standing in the restaurant’s kitchen, he oversees an assembly line of cooks who slice, stack, and drizzle ingredients onto their creations every Wednesday in November.

Matt is a passionate journalist who loves nothing more than good reporting, music and comedy. At KUNC, he covers breaking news stories and the economy. He’s also reported for KPCC and KCRW in Los Angeles. As NPR’s National Desk intern in Culver City during the summer of 2015, he produced one of the first episodes of Embedded, the NPR podcast hosted by Kelly McEvers where reporters take a story from the headlines and “go deep.”