Restaurant
Central Grocery
New Orleans, Louisiana
The French Quarter grocery that is credited with inventing the muffuletta sandwich in 1906.
- Cost
- Paid
- Booking
- No need to book
- Time to allow
- 30 min
Central Grocery opened in 1906 and is the home of the muffuletta, a round Sicilian sesame loaf layered with cured meats, cheese and olive salad. It is a small Italian grocery with a sandwich counter, open 9am to 5pm daily. Share a whole one if you are not very hungry.
Good to know
- A whole muffuletta is big, so share one
- Open daily 9am to 5pm
- Takeaway is common, eat in Jackson Square
- Best time
- Late morning
- Open
- All year
- Getting there
- Street parking in the French Quarter is limited
- Vehicles
- No campervans
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