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| - It's a Pittsburgh institution. You know it by heart. Fries and slaw on all the sandwiches. The locals love it. It's revered nationwide. Perhaps even larger than that. But I can't say I've ever been supremely bowled over by the food at any of the locations.
I think first and foremost for me it's the slaw. Hey, I love cole slaw, be it sweet or otherwise. But Primanti's slaw just seems to overpower everything else on their sandwiches, including the fries, which do their own thing trying to battle it out for top taste when mashed in with everything else you have going on between two slices of bread.
And, like another reviewer said, the Pittsburgher is just not very good at all due to the mushy, salisbury steak-like quality of the meat. There are a couple other local places around here that use the same kind of meat (Portofino's comes to mind with their hamburger hoagie), and I can't figure out why. Why go this route when you could just use good old ground beef or chuck, fry up a patty and cut it in half? It's bordering on meatloaf here, but meatloaf that's trying to taste like a burger and it's just weird.
Other sandwiches I've had here such as the jumbo and cheese fare better. Finding a sandwich that suits your tastebuds might take a few attempts to nailing down the right one. Although, there are plenty here who enjoy it right out of the gate and swear by it. Sometimes hype does indeed work.
The next time I visit, I plan on trying the chicken wings, which is a relatively new thing on the menu. I hear they're really good, and I'm a sucker for tasty wings. All in all, Primanti Brothers is a place you'll either love or wind up scratching your head at, wondering what all the fuss is about. I love Pittsburgh and its endless enjoyable food options. I just always feel like I should love Primanti's more since everyone else does.
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