Central Grocery

Central Grocery Review

This old-fashioned Italian grocery store produces authentic muffulettas, one of the gastronomic gifts of the city's Italian immigrants. Good enough to challenge the po'boy as the local sandwich champ, it's made by filling round loaves of seeded bread with ham, salami, provolone, Emmentaler, and a salad of marinated olives. Vegetarians can order a version without meat. Sandwiches, about 10 inches in diameter, are sold in wholes and halves. The muffulettas are huge! Unless you're starving, you'll do fine with a half. You can eat your muffuletta at a counter or get it to go and dine on a bench on Jackson Square or the Moon Walk along the Mississippi riverfront. The Grocery closes at 5 pm.