I first stumbled upon PGH Po' Boy on Small Business Saturday on a sudden trip to the Pittsburgh Public Market.
Ben let us place our order and then walk around while he prepared our food - a nice gesture that I am not sure everybody would think to offer.
When we came back our order was ready. I had the shrimp po' boy and my fiance had the crawfish grilled cheese. The po' boy was fantastic. Was it messy, as previous reviewers have said? Yes. But does that speak towards the quality of the food? Not in my book. A lot of the best food I had in my life was some of the messiest food I had -- this wasn't even some of the messiest, yet it still was some of the best.
I had a bite of the crawfish grilled cheese and it was equally as good -- I have subsequently ordered it as my main dish now.
Furthermore, Ben gave us a small sample of the gumbo, which was some of the best gumbo I have had in my entire life.
Bottom line is, the food is great. If you have the time to talk to Ben, the conversation is equally as good.
Excellent people and excellent food.