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  • Since taking it over with his wife, a New Orleans native, he's left the rickety look intact, continued to allow smoking, and he's concocted his own roast-beef po'boy recipe, using an oven-roasted inside round and a gravy made from beef broth, drippings, flour and spices.

    The Crescent City's Greatest Po'boys Steve Garbarino 2011

  • Last year, the garlic-stuffed roast-beef po'boy—airy and juicy, with clove-crunching aroma, built on Leidenheimer bread one of its trucks—won the "Best Roast Beef" award at the Po-Boy Festival.

    The Crescent City's Greatest Po'boys Steve Garbarino 2011

  • You have to be careful when picnicking at La Push or werewolfs will steal your roast-beef sandwich!

    Stuff We Did On Our Vacation, Part One; Or, A Pictorial Essay on Vampire Habitats 2010

  • In recent years, the popularity of roast-beef po'boys with Swiss cheese and beef gravy has given shrimp and oyster a run.

    The Crescent City's Greatest Po'boys Steve Garbarino 2011

  • Same thing if you make a roast for dinner, have one serving, and pack a roast-beef sandwich for lunch the next day.

    The Small Change Diet Keri Gans 2011

  • Mr. Klein said he was attracted to Arby's because of the unique position it has in the market with the roast-beef sandwich offering, whereas many quick-serve restaurants make burgers their staple.

    Ex-Burger King Marketing Chief Hired by Arby's Suzanne Vranica 2012

  • I didn't want to do anything to disturb my Election Day ritual of casting my ballot and then retiring to Fine & Schapiro, a nearby kosher deli, for a rare roast-beef sandwich (Russian dressing on the side), fries and a Dr. Brown's Black Cherry Soda.

    Politicos on the Home Front Ralph Gardner Jr. 2010

  • Same thing if you make a roast for dinner, have one serving, and pack a roast-beef sandwich for lunch the next day.

    The Small Change Diet Keri Gans 2011

  • While Arby's has said it saw improved sales last year, the chain had been in decline for many years and particularly suffered during the economic downturn, partly because of perceptions its signature roast-beef offering was too expensive.

    Ex-Burger King Marketing Chief Hired by Arby's Suzanne Vranica 2012

  • Last year, the garlic-stuffed roast-beef po'boy won the "Best Roast Beef" award at the Po-Boy Festival.

    New Orleans's Most Famous Sandwich 2011

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