darkstar965 Posted May 22, 2011 Share Posted May 22, 2011 Any opinions re: the best pork sandwich in Philly? Hands down Paesanos. Girard Ave for experience almost as good as the sandwich. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonRocks Posted April 23, 2013 Share Posted April 23, 2013 [These paragraphs were copied from The Mother Thread as part of larger posts. Use the Snapback Function (the little icon at the top-right of each entry) to view each post in its entirety.] Paesano's was excellent and the neighborhood is not that bad. There are far worse places in Philly, that's for sure. Had the Arista (Whole roasted suckling pig, Italian long hots, broccoli rabe and sharp provolone) and the Gustaio (House-made lamb sausage, sun-dried cherry mustarda, gorgonzola spread, roasted fennel, and arugula) and both were outstanding, including the "philly-style" service. As an aside, the Italian style roast pork with rabe and provolone from DeNic's at the RTM is still a damn good sandwich. PaesanosThis is a 2 or 3 location sandwich spot that we thought was worlds ahead of more over-hyped options like Pats, Genos, Tony Lukes. They don't do "cheese steaks" per se though the "paesano" is a beef brisket sandwich that looked amazingly delicious. I got a roasted pork special and it was outstanding. Liscio's bread (a close match for Sarcones), "long hot" peppers, generous and delicious pork, broccoli rabe. A truly great sandwich. We went to the location on Girard Avenue. Not so great neighborhood but everything a Philly sandwich shop should be with just 6 or so stools at a counter in a shoebox of a space and cases of local sodas for the dorm-sized fridge being passed up to the cook through street-sized windows as I left. This is the kind of place I imagine the local Taylor guys had in mind when they marketed themselves as recreating what they loved from home but never came close to actually doing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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