HOUSTON- In 1969, New Orleanian Percy Creuzot, Jr. (known as “Frenchy”) along with wife, Sallie, decided to bring a taste of New Orleans to the Houston Community with the birth of Frenchy’s Po boy, in a small, family-owned storefront on Scott Street, in the vicinity of University of Houston and Texas Southern University. They specialized in their popular Creole hot sausage, shrimp loaf, oyster loaf, and roast beef sandwiches. At that time, there were no other Creole restaurant in Houston, so the opening of their restaurant was exciting and inviting to the people of Houston.
Their main competition at the time was Church’s Chicken, which was directly across the street from them because they offered a two-piece meal deal for only 59 cents. The Creuzots found it extremely hard to just sit by and watch flocks of people  stand in line just to get a cheap meal at their competitor’s establishment. Percy soon realized that Church’s Chicken was on to something by selling a chicken dinner for meager prices and was successful in doing so.
Therefore, he began to also sell chicken dinners. But, once customers began to realize that Frenchy’s sold his “seasoned” chicken dinners for the same price as Church’s regular chicken dinners, business took off. From its humble beginnings, Frenchy’s has grown to become the hometown favorite for millions of customers over the years, with a full Creole-style menu of sides to accompany the famous, Creole seasoned Frenchy’s chicken. To date, retail and restaurant chains, like H.E.B. Grocery Stores and Harlon’s Barbecue, carry and serve Frenchy’s products. The Creuzots have two children, Percy III and Angele Creuzot.
We salute Percy and Sallie Creuzot, Jr. as this week’s Living Legends and invite you to send in who you think will make a good Living Legend and why they should be honored as such to news@aframnews.com.