Chicago Tribune
Wednesday, April 7, 1999
Good Eating Section

Article:  On a roll in the Big Easy
The oyster poor boy still casts a spell in New Orleans

Poor Boy Heaven

Casamento's, 4330 Magazine St., 504-895-9761
Eighty years old, this tiny tile and marble decorated gem serves impeccable raw oysters, fries its oysters in lard and sells an "oyster loaf on pan bread" ($10-$40) instead of a poor boy.  Dressed with mayo and pickle.  Leaf lettuce and tomato are extra. Essentially it is a po'boy except this oyster sandwich ($5.20) is encased in "Texas Toast," bread cut two or three times the normal width and browned in a toaster.  "It makes my blood run cold," says Leidenheimer bakery's Sandy Whann.