Definitive cheese steaks and their close cousin, the roast pork sandwich, plus big soft pretzels make Philadelphia a worthy Roadfood destination. It’s also home to some of the finest Delaware Valley-style hoagies, brilliantly accoutered with lettuce, tomato, peppers, onions, oil & vinegar, and spice. The city of Pittsburgh is an eater’s paradise for all sorts of good reasons. These include grazing through the bustle of the 24/7 Strip District where attractions include sensational fried fish and piled-high sandwiches that include French fries and slaw right along with meats and cheeses at the legendary Primanti’s. Italian, Polish, and Hungarian fare of the highest quality are found in little-known eateries throughout the city. In the orbit of Scranton, Old Forge style pizza is Pennsylvania’s alone. Every eating trip through the state should include a visit to Pennsylvania Dutch country for groaning-board meals, hand-crafted sausages, snickerdoodles, and whoopie pies.
One essential characteristic of any worthy hamburger is democracy of spirit—it should be accessible to all and not cost an arm and a leg. That's why our list of...
You can pay a hundred bucks for a Philly cheesesteak at Barclay Prime, on Rittenhouse Square, sit in a plush leather armchair, and nibble Kobe beef, lobster, and shaved...
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IN PITTSBURGH'S STRIP DISTRICT, named for its ribbonlike grid of streets along the Allegheny River, a vast wholesale produce market comes to life just before midnight as long-haul trucks...
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Is there another dish as diverse as pizza? It can be an utterly simple tomato pie – nothing but sauce on crust – or it can be a multi-meat...
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Signature Pizza The Lackawanna County of Old Forge has a signature dish that is perhaps the strangest style of American pizza. Bearing scant resemblance to the familiar Neapolitan formula, Old...
What's Pork Roll? A New Jersey inamorata little known beyond state borders, pork roll, aka Taylor Ham, is pink like baloney but rugged-textured like salami. It contains enough sugar that...
Unique Regional Dishes After 40 years and 5 million miles spent on the road looking for America's best regional food, we've assembled a list of the quintessential, must-eat food in...
Of the Steel City's many claims to culinary fame, nothing is more inviting than its abundance of European restaurants. These range from the humble, take-out only Pierogies Plus (in...
The term diner has come to mean almost any inexpensive cafe that serves breakfast. But true diners are an elite class of eatery. They are mid 20th century design...
Every deli serves a roast beef sandwich, but a handful of U.S. restaurants make roast beef sandwiches that go beyond mere lunch meat on bread. The most memorable are...
"Drive-in" has come to mean just about any cheap-eats restaurant with car-friendly parking. A genuine drive-in is a place where customers park and are waited on and eat in...
Steamy hot, soft and supple, perfumed by spice and smoke, infused with the dripping succulence of animal fat, pastrami is the most voluptuous of delicatessen meats. Great pastrami sandwiches...
There's no point getting into a flame war over which American hot dog is best. It's impossible, because the nation's hot dogs are so diverse. However, we will go...
There's no neighborhood in America more appetite-friendly than Pittsburgh's Strip. Groceries of every sort, restaurants of every continent, stand-up snacks and sit-down meals abound. It's all within a few...
Rating and ranking famous Philly cheese steaks is a an obsession in Philadelphia. Differing styles of steak make it all the more interesting. Cooks make traditional versions with thin...
