In Pittsburgh, fries and coleslaw go INSIDE the sandwich

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This entry was posted on Monday, March 12, 2007 4:55 PM and is filed under Whatever.

 

Not healthy

Last night I ate a Primanti Brothers sandwich.  Despite their toxicity, they're tasty lardwiches.  Not surprisingly, this morning my innards woke up angry - a cross between gout, and a bad case of the AIDS.

My kids took advantage of the spring-like weather by hosting a neighborhood game (in my backyard) of "let's throw shit at each other".  Afterwards, I organized a clean up, but the kids were more interested in digging up the yard.  It's not like they could make the yard look much worse.

The aftermath

The after-aftermath

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    • Monday, March 12, 2007 7:41 PM Noise wrote:
      Yummmm Primantis... tell me, though, that wasn't your first time. Which sandwich did you get? I'm partial to the Roast Beef & Cheese and the Pastrami & Cheese, but the Fish (yes, Fish!) is good too. I'm not a big fan of the so-called Cheesesteak though (really more of a cheeseburger). I don't know how it can be their #2 best seller.

      What amazes me is how many other restaurants try to imitate the Primanti sandwich and can't even come close. The worst imitations are the ones that use creamy cole slaw and crispy fries. What are they thinking?!?
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      1. Monday, March 12, 2007 10:40 PM Old Man Neill wrote:
        I'd been there before as a tourist, but this was my first time back as a "local".  It lives up to its hype.  This time I got the corned beef and cheese.  I'll try the fish in about 6 months, when my body recovers.

        I think most cities have a unique heart-attack special that only one restaurant has perfected.  Chicago has "Italian beef" sandwiches.  They're amazing at "Al's Beef", but taste like crap everywhere else.
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    • Monday, March 12, 2007 9:41 PM Colleen wrote:
      Man, that sandwich looks gross! Maybe it's just me but I can already feel the pain just looking at it. NO THANKS! Well, I would try it once just to said I did BUT that's it! I love slaw!!
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    • Tuesday, March 13, 2007 6:14 AM Noise wrote:
      I love me some Italian Beef! I've had it from a couple of places but don't remember what they were called. One was out Schaumburg way; the other might have been Al's. Both were good.

      Once last year I had a connecting flight in Chicago on my way to LA. I ran all over the airport looking for a restaurant selling the Italian Beef, and there were none to be found. The guy at the info desk said I had to leave the airport to find one. WTF!?!

      Next week I'm going to NYC, and one of the highlights of my trip will be a pastrami sandwich from Katz's Deli (www.katzdeli.com)... man, you haven't had pastrami til you've had Katz's!
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    • Tuesday, March 13, 2007 7:38 PM Charles wrote:
      I'm dying laughing!!!
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    • Tuesday, March 13, 2007 10:07 PM Pitt Native wrote:
      Nice. Were you at Primanti's or did you drive the sandwich home and whip out the camera?
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      1. Tuesday, March 13, 2007 11:42 PM oldmanneill wrote:
        i stole them off the internets
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        1. Thursday, March 15, 2007 8:00 PM Pitt Native wrote:
          Even better.
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    • Friday, March 16, 2007 2:37 PM Anjali wrote:
      I think I've seen Primanti's on Food Network before. If I remember correctly, it was on a "top 10 pig-outs" type of show.

      Al's Italian beef, if you're talking about the Al's on Taylor street, fucking sucks, and is gross and overrated. The servers are rude, the sandwiches are fatty and low quality, and there's like nowhere to sit. I went to Buona Beef recently because I was in the burbs, don't ask me why, and it was freaking excellent.
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      1. Friday, March 16, 2007 2:39 PM Anjali wrote:
        Oh and by "servers" I mean "half-conscious, surly homeless people they found outside the day before."
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        1. Friday, March 16, 2007 3:59 PM Old Man Neill wrote:

          their herd of ex-cons employees were the worst.  i hated their italian beef the first 5 times i went there.  then one day it clicked.  my last year in chicago i was eating that crap once a week.  my mouth is watering just thinking about it.  if i hadn't moved, i'd probably be dead by now.

          oh yeah...i'd like to do a write-up about your new "french" look.


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    • Sunday, March 18, 2007 5:39 AM Rachel wrote:
      Hahaha, they put fries inside of sandwiches here in West Africa and I TELL everyone that it's a pittsburgh thing and that they STOLE it from the Primanti brothers and us... and then they just kind of stare at me with vacant eyes...
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    • Friday, March 23, 2007 3:26 PM Nikki wrote:
      Ahhh... Primanti Bros... had my first taste of greasy heaven when I was in college. I get back every other year or so, since that's how long it take MY innards to recover... Thanks for the comment, by the way.
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    • Friday, March 23, 2007 7:45 PM Jamilah wrote:
      That shit looks gross. I'll have to take your word for it. LOL @ gout and AIDS of the innards.

      After looking at the pictures of your kids destroying the yard, I realize I would love to be a fly on the wall when your wife sees the crap you let them get away with.
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    • Saturday, March 24, 2007 7:27 PM Tabitha wrote:
      Since I was laughing out loud reading this, I had to explain to my husband what was so funny. I read him the line about the game of "throw shit at each other." With eyebrows raised, he repeated, "throw shit"?

      "Not literally," I replied. "They're not monkeys."
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