R&O's in Bucktown

R&O's Pizza Place
(216 Hammond Hwy., Metairie
504-831-1248

I got back from Santa Clara yesterday evening and was in serious need of local food, so we went out to R&O's. I've been a fan of this place since the late 80s, back when they were a hole-in-the-wall around the corner from the present location. Fitzmorris would talk them up on the radio, and they had to move to a bigger place on Hammond Hwy. Then they got too big for that and bought the building they're in now.

R&O's is not just about pizza, they do pretty good po-boys as well. Their seafood is so-so, but hey, two out of three ain't bad. We usually get pizza when we go there, but everyone was in a sandwich mood last night. I had the "R&O Special," which is roast beef, ham, and swiss cheese, dressed, pickles on the side. Wife and teen both had shrimp po-boys, plain, with butter. Teen usually drowns his in ketchup, it was nice to see him not do this last night. Hopefully that means his tastes are refining a bit.

My sandwich was excellent. The bread was toasted and fresh, the roast beef hot and sloppy. The ham wasn't as good as the roast beef, though. R&O's is using seeded french bread, and they're the first place I've seen it at since the storm.

The shrimp on the other two sandwiches were huge. I can never remember when one shrimp season ends and the other begins, but we must be near the end of the season. They were nice looking, big, battered well--not too much, but a good coating.

Like many places, R&O's is still on limited post-storm hours, only open for lunch Thu-Sun, and dinner Wed-Sun.