"Opened by the Tran family in New Orleans East in 1982, Dong Phuong Restaurant and Bakery was named an America’s Classic in 2018. One of the city’s first Vietnamese restaurants, Dong Phuong is known as much for pho and banh mi sandwiches as for its crackling-crust pistolettes favored for po-boys at so many sandwich shops around the city. The bakery is also a popular favorite during carnival for king cakes." - Beth D’Addono