Primanti Brothers Restaurant
According to the restaurant, Joe Primanti, born in Wilmerding, PA, invented the sandwich during the Great Depression. His brothers, Dick and Stanley, later joined him.In the 1930s, the Strip was a very busy place. So Primanti s designed their sandwich to be eaten with one hand, while the driver drove the truck with the other.
The Primantis opened their hole-in-the-wall restaurant at Smallman Street and 18th street in the Strip District of Pittsburgh and served the late-night and early-morning workers who were unloading fish, fruits, and vegetables. It has also been a tradition for the late night crowd to go to Primanti s in the strip district after the bars have closed, due to their hours of operation (at one time they were one of the few establishments open after 2 a.m.). Primanti Brothers (Pittsburgh English:/pɹ̩ˈmæːni/), founded in 1933, is a chain of sandwich shops found throughout Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and its suburbs, with an additional three locations in the Fort Lauderdale, Florida area.
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. . 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.
Its signature items are its sandwiches, which consist of grilled meat, a vinegar-based cole slaw, tomato slices, and French fries between two pieces of Italian bread. The original shop is located in Pittsburgh s Strip District, a narrow strip of land where the warehouses and produce yards are located. President-elect Barack Obama.
By combining the sides with the sandwich, a Pittsburgh staple was born. Truckers delivered their goods in the middle of the night and had to get back on the road quickly.
Crowds line up with standing room only; however, the cooks prepare the sandwiches at a very fast pace and keep the crowd moving without writing down any order on paper. The restaurant has evolved to become a casual neighborhood restaurant with 15 Pittsburgh locations, including those found in PNC Park and Heinz Field. 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 U.S.
