Antone's Famous Po' Boys
Established by Jalal Antone, an American of Lebanese and Syrian descent,[1][2] it grew to having fifteen locations and having products distributed throughout the Southern United States, but was beset by ownership disputes within the surviving family in the 1990s.Therefore, Antone chose to make sandwiches the primary selling point of the business, while offering Levantine food on the side for the immigrants.Okde, who went to Houston to avoid the Lebanese Civil War, had originally intended on making money to support himself during his studies and planned on having a career in a petroleum firm, but he grew in the business, assuming more responsibilities and opening his own franchises.[8] John Nova Lomax of Houstonia wrote that the Legacy locations "franchised and tried to take the name far and wide" while the Original ones "kept things close to home and more traditional", and that the fissure developed in the 1990s.[11]In October 2017, Houstonian consumer packaged food executive, Craig F. Lieberman, was hired as a consultant to the Company and became CEO and a limited partner in July of 2020, In fall 2019 an Antone's Famous Po'Boys location in the Texas Medical Center opened.To celebrate their 60th Anniversary a Fried Green Tomato Po Boy was created in conjunction with Billy F. Gibbons, lead guitarist with ZZTop.In 2023 Antone's began selling packaged sandwiches at Houston Hobby and George Bush International Airports By 2024 Antone's was selling Po Boys over 500 supermarkets in Texas and their packaged sandwiches were sold in sports venues at Texas A&M, Baylor, Southern Methodist and University of Houston , and Texas Southern University..The Company became a sponsor of the Houston Open PGA and the Austin Blues Festival in 2024, selling sandwiches at both events.Antone developed a Po-Boy,[5] with chowchow added to ham, salami and provolone cheese,[14] and is traditionally served cold.[15] Stephen Paulsen of the Houston Chronicle stated that the "Original" variety is "in the city's food DNA, the Shipley Do-Nuts of sandwiches.Lomax in particular stated that the storage of the sandwiches at grocery stores ruined the flavor due to the delicate properties of the chowchow and mayonnaise.
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