Central Grocery
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Central Grocery is a small, old-fashioned Italian-American grocery store with a sandwich counter located at 923 Decatur Street, in the French Quarter of New Orleans, Louisiana. It is owned and operated by the Tusa family, who have owned the store since it was opened in 1906. The store was one of many family owned, neighborhood grocery stores during the early 20th century, when the French Quarter was still predominantly a residential area. Though tourists are more common in Central now, it has retained much of its old world market feel.
It is famous as the home of the New Orleans muffuletta sandwich, and sells not only the sandwiches as take-out or eat-in, but also the ingredients of the muffuletta—including olive salad by the jar—for people who want to make the sandwich at home. Because of the muffuletta, they were featured on the PBS special Sandwiches That You Will Like.
Central Grocery also sells Italian, Greek, French, Spanish, and Creole table delicacies.
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