Primanti Bros.: Area tradition still makes an impression

Attention Seton Hill University (SHU) students!
If you are looking to eat out at a restaurant that will fill you up, entertain you, and is part of the western PA culture head to Primanti Bros. on Pittsburgh Street in Greensburg.
If you are from the area then you probably already know the semi-famous sandwich place. Primanti Bros. started out as a small wooden lunch stand in the strip district of Pittsburgh.


By Faith Simmons,
Staff Writer
Attention Seton Hill University (SHU) students!
If you are looking to eat out at a restaurant that will fill you up, entertain you, and is part of the western PA culture head to Primanti Bros. on Pittsburgh Street in Greensburg.
If you are from the area then you probably already know the semi-famous sandwich place. Primanti Bros. started out as a small wooden lunch stand in the strip district of Pittsburgh.
During the great depression is when the famous Primanti Bros. sandwich got its start.
The sandwich was first piled together in 1933 by John DePriter a nephew of the Primanti brothers Dick and Stanley. A man that had just arrived into town brought a couple of potatoes into the restaurant, he had wanted to see if the potatoes were frozen.
John fried them up on the grill and they looked good. A couple of customers noticed and asked for some of the potatoes so he piled them onto their sandwiches and the rest is history, at least in Pittsburgh.
My fabulous server, Russ, helped me navigate my way through the menu, and suggested that I get the Pitts-burgher cheese steak (the number two best-seller) or if I didn’twant steak to try the turkey version that is also very popular.
So I decided that I couldn’tdecide and I ordered both the Pitts-burgher cheese steak and the turkey version. I have many ways to dispose of leftovers back home.
When the food arrived I almost gasped at the size of these sandwiches. Boys, seriously, if you need to get filled up I dare you to come here and down one of these
sandwiches.
There was at least two inches of French fries piled on top of both sandwiches, with coleslaw, tomato, provolone cheese, all together on two very thickly sliced pieces of Italian bread. Wow!
My first thought was, how will get my mouth around this sandwich? I valiantly pursued the enormous creations with care to not spill any of the tasty ingredients onto the table.
I loved the tangy coleslaw with the salty fries it was a match made in heaven.
I know why the Pitts-Burgher cheese steak is their number two seller now, it was much tastier than the turkey version. The way that the steak tasted with the potatoes, was just out of this world.
Next time I visit I am going to bring my guy friends and challenge them to a cheese steak eat-off. I am anxious to try all of the other tasty sounding sandwiches on the menu.
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