The region’s restaurants have been busy preparing for a massive influx of guests. Frequently topping visitors’ “must-try” lists is Primanti Bros., maker of the so-called “Pittsburgh sandwich” that has become synonymous with the city itself.
As locals well know, the iconic sandwich, served on thick-cut Italian bread, features grilled meat, cheese and tomato, with fries and coleslaw stuffed inside of it. Created at a sandwich cart in Pittsburgh’s Strip District in 1933, the legend goes the Primanti’s sandwich offered a quick, portable meal for warehouse workers and truck drivers delivering to the neighborhood’s historic produce terminal.
But what do first-timers make of the towering Primanti’s sandwich? Are there any tips and tricks to eating it visitors should know? We visited Primanti’s original location in Pittsburgh’s Strip District and asked the company’s vice president of marketing Ryan Wilkinson…