Poboys Creole Cafe, a new Louisiana-style sandwich stall, has quietly slipped into Edgewater Public Market, with plans to make some noise on Fat Tuesday when it officially debuts next Tuesday. The spot soft-opened in early February and is already turning out po’boys, gumbo, and jambalaya, plus a few Front Range twists. Owners Jeremy Bentham Smith and CJ Davidson built the concept around classic Creole flavors paired with local Colorado ingredients.
Smith and Davidson, longtime friends who first met at Florida State University, describe the stall as “a tribute, more or less,” to a former Tallahassee Po’Boys Creole Cafe. The stall is slated for its official Fat Tuesday debut, complete with beads for the holiday, and the pair moved from idea to signed food-hall deal in roughly five months, according to Westword.
Where to find it
Poboys Creole Cafe operates in the food-hall section of Edgewater Public Market at 5505 W. 20th Ave., unit #116, just west of Sloan’s Lake. The market’s vendor page shows the business as opening earlier in February and lists its hours and a contact number, per the Edgewater Public Market site.
Menu highlights
The menu leans hard into po’boy sandwiches, generally priced between $14 and $17, all dressed with lettuce, tomato, pickles, and house remoulade. Fillings include fried crawfish, fried or blackened shrimp, and a vegetarian eggplant Creole. Entrées feature gumbo ($17), jambalaya ($18), and crawfish étouffée ($19), along with the Crawdaddy Burger, topped with fried crawfish, at about $18. The owners say they are sourcing their rolls from Vinh Xuong Bakery and are working with a Florida purveyor to add a fried or grilled gator option, according to Westword.
What this adds to the neighborhood
Poboys Creole Cafe brings another distinct regional flavor to Edgewater Public Market and helps fill a gap for Louisiana-style fare in the food hall. The market has evolved into a neighborhood hub with more than a dozen food and retail tenants, and coverage of the property notes that the new stall is likely to pull in a Fat Tuesday crowd as part of the broader mix, per Mile High CRE.
