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| - My first stop in the Strip District was the famous Primanti Bros., a chain of sandwich shops founded in 1933 in Pittsburgh. This is the original location. Its signature items are its sandwiches, which consist of grilled meat, an Italian dressing-based coleslaw, tomato slices, and French fries between two pieces of Italian bread.
I settled on pastrami, which was the original sandwich and a sweet tea. I'm not sure if you can tell but this sandwich is stacked! It's hard to get your hands around. The first bite is a bit of shock. Taking in all the tastes, including the slaw. It's different, but delicious, a winning combination for sure! The added fries give it more 'meat'. I would eat here from time to time. It seems like a good hangover cure.
As I was leaving I ran into Toni. She saw me taking pictures and asked the couple I was sitting next to about me while I was in the restroom. She was waiting for me when I walked out, excited to hear about this girl from Nebraska. What a sweet little lady! Toni has been the manager at Primanti's for 40 years. She migrated here from Italy, which is pretty clear from her thick accent. She started working in a restaurant and became friends with the guy who now owns Primanti's. She said her favorite sandwich is also the pastrami and as far as the 'fame', she doesn't care. "It's all about making the money." She also told me that out of all the famous foodies who have visited, that Bobby Flay is her favorite. "He's my boyfriend!"
The original shop is located in Pittsburgh's Strip District, a narrow strip of land where the warehouses and produce yards are located. In the 1930s, the Strip was a very busy place. Truckers delivered their goods in the middle of the night and had to get back on the road quickly. So Primanti's designed their sandwich to be eaten with one hand, while the driver drove the truck with the other. By combining the sides with the sandwich, a Pittsburgh staple was born. Of course, the restaurant offers a slightly humorous take on it, offering the explanation that the Primanti brothers simply forgot the plates and forks one day. According to the restaurant, Joe Primanti, born in suburban Wilmerding, Pennsylvania, invented the sandwich during the Great Depression. His brothers, Dick and Stanley, later joined him. The Primantis opened their hole-in-the-wall restaurant at Smallman Street and 18th Street in the Strip District and served the late-night and early-morning workers who were unloading fish, fruits, and vegetables.
The restaurant was featured in an article in the August 2003 edition of National Geographic magazine.
The restaurant was mentioned on the April 21, 2008, episode of The Daily Show with Jon Stewart in an interview with president Barack Obama. Stewart suggested that Obama visit the restaurant for their "great sandwiches", which Stewart had enjoyed as a comedian on the club circuit.
Primanti Brothers made the list of 1,000 Places to See Before You Die in the USA and Canada by Patricia Schultz. The original Primanti Brothers location was also one of the featured stops of Man v. Food host Adam Richman during the show's visit to Pittsburgh.
In 2012, another Adam Richman-hosted show, Best Sandwich in America, featured Primanti's during the Northeast-region episode.
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