A tourist vegetarian's view on primanti's: Grubbing!
I had the egg & cheese sandwich with an iron city beer and enjoyed my entire experience (including the styrofoam cups, wax paper plates, and garbage behind my chair to throw it all away in). The sandwich is big, messy to eat, full of different flavors, and even better with some red hot sauce. Primanti's is open 24 hours, they have a TV with whatever game is on (yes I have noticed people in pittsburgh love their teams), and the food is fast, unpretentious, and satisfying (loads better than any other long hours-fast food-chain-type place). I have to agree with what I was told...no trip to Pittsburgh is complete without a visit to Primanti's & some Iron City beer.