Sammy’s Food Service and Deli on Elysian Fields Avenue has been a New Orleans neighborhood institution since the Gendusa family opened it, serving the po-boys, plate lunches, and Southern deli food that keep a Mid-City community fed on a daily basis rather than on a tourist’s schedule. It appeared in Season 10, Episode 10 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, “A Triple D Thanksgiving,” which aired November 15, 2010. Guy Fieri found a New Orleans deli doing things from scratch the way the city’s neighborhood restaurants have always operated — fresh bread, house-made fillings, and the kind of generous portions that earn a lunch counter its regulars.
Quick Facts
Restaurant: Sammy’s Food Service and Deli
City: New Orleans, Louisiana
Cuisine: Southern / Deli
DDD Season: 10
DDD Episode: 10
Episode Title: A Triple D Thanksgiving
Original Air Date: November 15, 2010
Address: 3000 Elysian Fields, New Orleans, LA 70122
Phone: 504-947-0675
Website: https://sammysfood.com
Status: Open
What to Eat
The Po-Boys are the New Orleans deli staple — roast beef debris, fried shrimp, or oyster on fresh-baked French bread dressed with lettuce, tomato, mayo, and pickles. The Roast Beef Po-Boy with debris gravy is the item most regulars order first. The Plate Lunches rotating daily cover the New Orleans comfort food catalog — red beans and rice on Mondays, smothered chicken, and the kind of slow-cooked Southern plates that define Mid-City eating. The Muffaletta with Italian meats, provolone, and olive salad on a round sesame roll is the other New Orleans sandwich classic worth ordering. Find a New Orleans hotel on Booking.com.
Plan Your Visit
Check the website for current hours.
Address: 3000 Elysian Fields, New Orleans, LA 70122
Phone: 504-947-0675
Website: https://sammysfood.com
Status: Open
Triple D Essentials
Stream the A Triple D Thanksgiving episode on Amazon. New Orleans has one of the deepest Triple D maps in America — More Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives helps plan the full run.
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Sammy’s Food Service and Deli appeared in Season 10, Episode 10 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, “A Triple D Thanksgiving,” originally aired November 15, 2010.