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Highly Recommended: The Pittsburgh Salad
Eater ^ | 7/28/16 | Shannon Reed

Posted on 08/03/2023 12:07:59 PM PDT by DallasBiff

W

hen I moved from Brooklyn to Pittsburgh for grad school in 2012, it was a sort of homecoming, since I’d grown up in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, about two hours away. I doubted that the food in Pittsburgh could possibly compete with New York’s — cue the melancholy marathon of one more chocolate mousse cheesecake at Junior’s, a final slice from Joe’s, a last everything from H & H — and in some ways, I discovered that I was right: The best place to start the search for bagels and pizza in Pittsburgh was at the airport, where you can buy a ticket to LaGuardia. But I eventually discovered that Pittsburgh has its own edible charms, from pierogies to burnt-almond cake — and something I’ve not consistently found beyond its borders, the Pittsburgh salad.

You can tell a lot about a person by their first reaction to a Pittsburgh salad — a layered bowl of cool lettuce, some veggies, grilled chicken (or steak), and a sprinkling of shredded cheese, all served with French fries. Some people are horrified that something so densely packed with calories — and the worst carbs of all, fried ones — could possibly be presented as a "salad." Others are delighted that something called a salad could be so hefty, so substantial. And the best kind of people will respond in one way: "Why haven't I been eating salads like this my entire life?"

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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Food
KEYWORDS: frenchfries; pittsburgh; pittsburghsalad
One of the best things growing up in the "burgh" in 60's and 70's, Mom would order a salad for me and it had fries on top.
1 posted on 08/03/2023 12:07:59 PM PDT by DallasBiff
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To: DallasBiff

I’ve never had a Pittsburgh salad or even heard of it but that sounds delicious. Maybe it’s because I grew up with NY garbage plate.


2 posted on 08/03/2023 12:10:55 PM PDT by ViLaLuz (2 Chronicles 7:14)
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To: DallasBiff
Primani Brothers, with their famous fries on everything signature dishes, hasn't gotten far beyond the Pittsburgh area. Four states is about their limit, I think.

Just sayin'

3 posted on 08/03/2023 12:14:51 PM PDT by Vigilanteman (The politicized state destroys aspects of civil society, human kindness and private charity.)
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To: Vigilanteman
Primani Brothers, with their famous fries on everything signature dishes, hasn't gotten far beyond the Pittsburgh area. Four states is about their limit, I think

The fries sucked at Primanti's, it was the cole slaw, that made those sandwhich's great.

4 posted on 08/03/2023 12:18:03 PM PDT by DallasBiff (Apology not accepted.la is not the sharpest knife in the drawer)
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To: DallasBiff

The best way to have a steak is “Pitssburgh rare”


5 posted on 08/03/2023 12:25:13 PM PDT by z3n (Kakistocracy)
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To: DallasBiff

I actually agree with you, but it is the fries that make them famous. Their pizzas aren’t half bad either.


6 posted on 08/03/2023 12:29:00 PM PDT by Vigilanteman (The politicized state destroys aspects of civil society, human kindness and private charity.)
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To: All
PRIMANTI'S FAMED SANDWICH.


7 posted on 08/03/2023 12:41:15 PM PDT by Liz (More tears are shed over answered prayers than over unanswered ones. St Teresa of Avila)
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8 posted on 08/03/2023 12:45:03 PM PDT by Liz (More tears are shed over answered prayers than over unanswered ones. St Teresa of Avila)
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To: DallasBiff

I’d try that. New fan of Smashburger’s skinny fries with rosemary and garlic but wish that they would cut off the natural ends. Nasty.


9 posted on 08/03/2023 12:52:32 PM PDT by StAnDeliver (Tanned, rested, and ready.)
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To: DallasBiff

I recall the great steak salads at the Pittsburgh Marriott, Airport, in the 80’a/90’s.


10 posted on 08/03/2023 1:05:17 PM PDT by traditional2 (lets go B*and*n)
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To: DallasBiff

Wish I had a good chipped ham sandwich on a hard roll. The stores where I live no longer sell chopped ham loaf, so I can’t fake chipped ham anymore by asking them to shave the chopped ham.


11 posted on 08/03/2023 8:26:33 PM PDT by Some Fat Guy in L.A. (Still bitterly clinging to rational thought despite its unfashionability)
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To: DallasBiff

The Pittsburgh way…
Put fries on it.
Call it the “best”.


12 posted on 08/04/2023 10:44:03 AM PDT by Pennsyltucky Boy (bitterly clinging to our constitutional rights in PA)
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