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| - Primanti's why do you LOOK amazing, but taste so sad?
This concept is genius, the execution is not. I am told, the idea behind it is that steel workers needed something grab and go so they would pile everything including the fries, cole slaw and deli meat in one and wrap it up for them.
Here's my problem with this place. Why is the bread plain fluffy, starchy, stale white bread? It's not grilled, or buttered, and I might even be okay with that, but the weird part for me is just that is it not quality bread. If you are slingin' sammies all day why not invest in some good locally made bread?
Fries on a sammie? YES PLEASE! I appreciate that they are hand cut. But mine were cold, sad and had absolutely no seasoning on them. It was like piling bland on top of bland.
Last but not least the burger was NOT a burger. It was almost like a fake piece of meat or a JTM. I could not believe this was the standard here, and what they were KNOWN for! And the pastrami? I guess I was expecting a slow roasted juicy, succulent pastrami. This was shaved razor thing, and it was served cold.
The pros - it's a tradition, and at least worth trying it to say you did it, and the concept is quirky and fun, but I just can't get over the execution and how low quality the ingredients used here are. Maybe they have fallen into the "people will eat it no matter what stage" and are ok with serving food like this, but that would make me really sad.
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