The ‘almost famost’ Primanti Brother’s sandwich

I’m sure you’ve heard of the Pittsburgh Steelers, Penguins, and Pirates. Many may even know that Pittsburgh’s nickname is Steel City. How about that Allegheny County- where Pittsburgh is located- has over 1.3 million residents? Sure you know all of this. But have you heard of the Primanti Brother’s ‘almost famous’ sandwich.

The 'almost famous' Primanti Brother's sandwich

Okay, are you looking at the picture wondering “what the heck am I looking at”. It’s okay to wonder. I first thought that it sounded and looked absolutely gross. Then I tried it- OMG words can not describe the taste. It is so many tastes in one bite your brain goes into flavor overload and you just melt. So what’s on this Steel City classic? You pick your meat then piled high between thick fresh Italian bread is provolone cheese, tomato, french fries and cole slaw. Ack, french fries and cole slaw on a sandwich. Trust me- it’s awesome!

So where and why did this sandwich come to be? It’s really simple actually.

Back in the 1930’s Joe Primanti opens a cart in the strip district selling sandwiches to truckers on the go. It was decided that he should expand to a small restaurant on the 18th street in the Strip District and the hours were 3am to 3pm to accommodate truckers and the like. His brothers Dick and Stanley joined him along with John DePriter who was the cook. According to nephew John DePriter “One winter, a fella drove in with a load of potatoes. He brought a few of ‘em over to the restaurant to see if they were frozen. I fried the potatoes on our grill and they looked pretty good. A few customers asked for them, so I put the potatoes on their sandwiches.” And the rest is history.

~ Primanti Brothers~

They have been featured a number of times on the FOOD Network channel as well as the Travel channel. So there you have it- another reason why Pittsburgh is rockin’ it out!

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