Dining Out New Orleans: Radosta's Restaurant, Deli & Catering

Today's lunch was courtesy of Radosta's, 249 Aris Avenue, Metairie, LA 70005.  They've been serving the New Orleans area since 1952. They are located in a cozy neighborhood with limited parking so choose your parking spot carefully.

As you walk through the door, you realize you're in a neighborhood deli/general store market/liquor store.  Walk to the back of the shop and order at the counter.  Drinks are in refrigerated coolers with soft drinks and a large selection of domestic and foreign beer.  Iced tea is also available. You choose your drink and pay for everything as you leave.

The menu covers almost every po'boy combination you can imagine available in either 10" or 7" size.  Selections include their specialty roast beef, along with ham, veal, pork chops, chicken meatball, Italian sausage, chicken or tuna salad, turkey, liver cheese (!), salami, olive loaf, soft shell crab, fried shrimp, catfish, oyster, fried shrimp parmesan, BLT, grilled cheese, club sandwich, and fried eggplant parmesan.  See?  Something for everyone!! Prices range from $5.95 for the smaller size to $14.95 for the larger option.

Muffalettas are offered in 1/2 size ($8.95) or whole ($18.00)

Daily specials include everything from red beans and rice, spaghetti and meatballs, hamburger steak, and fried catfish.  There are burgers, onion rings, seafood platters, southwest egg rolls, and so much more.  

Sweet Harold finally decided on the fried shrimp po'boy dressed which means you'll get lettuce and tomato added to the sandwich. Lightly breaded and not overly salted (yay!) this one was a winner. 

I definitely knew I had to try their famous roast beef po'boy.  The roast beef was tender and so was the bread. I don't like soggy bread, so I appreciated that there wasn't a lot of gravy to soggy down the bread.

The order of fries are HUGE, so I'd recommend sharing an order.

The owners are friendly and welcoming. The atmosphere is busy, noisy, and entertaining.  I really wish I had the time and opportunity to eat my way through the extensive menu.