Anyway, had my first Primanti's in the 70's with my dad, since he had business to do in the strip district.
Fell in love with the slaw, cabbage, vineger, and a little bit of sugar and pepper.
Still can't eat cream based cole slaw.
I’ve never heard this mill story. Primanti’s was a restaurant in the strip district that serviced truckers and was open all night but not all day.
I went there after concerts at Heinz Hall. I remember standing in line with other concert/theater goers and the truckers until the doors opened around midnight.
“My god what a leftist article.
Anyway, had my first Primanti’s in the 70’s “
Their source is ... Primanti’s!
And what is leftist about the article?
How is the article leftist?
Putting slaw and fries on your sandwich is a classic southern sandwich
Yankees try and steal everything
I had my first one in the 90’s. I agree with you.
oh, no Mr. Bill! ... No “evidence” to support folk lore!
If truckers ate it originally, but steel workers made popularized it and made it famous, that doesn’t debunk the story. Maybe Leif Erickson had the first one.
Pittsburgh Steelworkers are true gourmands - they also invented the Pittsburgh Steak
The article is silly. What’s next? The Philly Cheese Steak is a right wing conspiracy made up by Frank Rizzo.
it sounds about as appetizing as Cincinnati chilli.. Nah, Id rather eat at white castle.
I like sandwiches. I like fries. I like coleslaw. But I like them separated.
I woulda thought it was Brunswigher.
I like the empanada story better.
Ping.
Lived here for closing in on 40 years.
Never ever heard this sammich had anything to do with the mills..
Created by primanti brothers in the strip to the truckers who delivered the produce etc early every morning to the strip district terminal… yes putting everything on the sandwhich to make it easier to eat but never ever heard anyone ever claim it was because of the mill workers
The closest mill was over in the south side, no one in those days was going from that mill to the strip for lunch on any sort of regular basis
Next thing we know congress will demand a committee to investigate the origins and reasons for the sandwich which obviously is threatening the security and safety of our nation. The cost will run into the billions and will be accomplished by another line of liberal morons just like the January 6. And they will try to indict Trump on having a wrapper placed on his floor from Primanti’s. And the robot GOP will buy into the investigation and send some sandwiches to the Ukraine.
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The first time I went to Primanti’s was in 1988 when my boss took me. I was not a Pittsburgher and had never heard about their sandwiches. So, I ordered a side of fries. Neither my boss or the waitress warned me. Worked in the strip for almost 25 years.
Yikes. Why is that something you want to celebrate?
I grew up in the ‘Burgh area and never heard of this sandwich. My idea of a Pittsburgh sandwich is a thick layer of chipped ham with cheese and toppings of choice on a hard roll.
On the other side of the state there’s a myth too. Philadelphia’s hoagie involves workers for the CCC on Hog Island in the middle of the Delaware river rowing back to shore to get sandwiches at a deli. They didn’t have sandwich bread, so an Italian rolls was used to make the sandwich. The workers from Hog Island like it so much the first time, they continued to order their sandwiches on rolls. They became known as hoggies, but with a look Philadelphia accent it sounds like hoagies.
I have no idea if that is true.
“Well,” said Primanti Brothers’ Ryan Wilkinson when I asked him about the sandwich’s origins, “it was actually for the guys working the produce terminals and the docks down in the strip when it was a bustling area back in the early part of the last century.”
That is the story I have ALWAYS heard.
Love Primanti’s; my favorite is with capicola.