When you go to New Orleans, you’ll probably hear about needing to get the Central Grocery Muffuletta. If you head to the French Quarter, it will be an easy stop to grab and go these legendary sandwiches. Even if you are already full having dined out at another location for breakfast or lunch, if you are here in the area just grab one because you can take it with you on the plane, which is what I did. While you are packing your meal throw in the iconic New Orleans treat of pralines too.

The Central Grocery Muffuletta is the best muffuletta I’ve ever had. And they have been making them for a long time – in fact Central Grocery & Deli is home of the original Muffuletta. This family owned grocery store is still lined with Italian imported groceries as it was in 1906 and now on the third generation of the same family. The story goes that this location near the Farmer’s Market (and it’s close to the French Market) was a lunch stop for many of the Sicilian farmers who would buy essentially a variety of different things to make a ham and cheese and bread board.