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| - For those saying this food isn't authentic, I have to disagree. My wife and I tried the oyster/shrimp po boy, the Catfish po boy, and the red beans and rice. I was born in NOLA, and spent the first 25 years of my life 15 minutes from downtown. I've literally eaten hundreds of Louisiana po boys. This is the closest to authentic that I can find in the valley. Authentic po boys rely heavily on the right bread, and while the bread at Mingo's isn't exactly like Louisiana po boy bread, it's pretty close. It's really tough to get authentic po boy bread to AZ...I've tried. The breading on the seafood is a cornmeal breading, and is terrific. One other small detail that Mingo's gets right that most others don't, is that they use iceberg lettuce. ROMAINE LETTUCE IS NOT SERVED ON PO BOYS IN NEW ORLEANS. The menu is limited to sandwiches, red beans, and jambalaya, but the brick and mortar location has only been open for 2 months. I'm looking forward to an expanded menu. This NOLA family will definitely be back for more.
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