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Old 06-03-2010, 04:12 PM
 
Location: Chicago
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I'm a native San Franciscan and have never heard of the "Frisco Melt". What is it?
Eehhh... I think I got it confused with some hamburger from a fast-food joint. I meant sourdough melt. Or maybe just sourdough bread.
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Old 06-03-2010, 04:15 PM
 
Location: Pittsburgh
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What beer? I can't think of any that get much attention outside the local market, even the micros.
I remember visiting my brother in Dallas in the mid 1980s. Rolling Rock was a popular beer in the fern bars among the yuppie set. I guess they felt distinguished since it had a green bottle like Heineken and was brewed with "water from the Laurel Highlands." Rolling Rock is ok, but it was priced with the premium beers of the day like Heineken and Sam Adams. That is stretching it. East End Brewing is local microbrewer who makes some good beers. I do not know if it has spread it's market into Ohio the way that Cleveland based Great Lakes has into the Pittsburgh market.
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Old 06-03-2010, 04:26 PM
 
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I remember visiting my brother in Dallas in the mid 1980s. Rolling Rock was a popular beer in the fern bars among the yuppie set. I guess they felt distinguished since it had a green bottle like Heineken and was brewed with "water from the Laurel Highlands." Rolling rock is good, but it was priced with the premium beers of the day like Heineken and Sam Adams. That is stretching it. Eastt End Brewing is local microbrewer who makes some good beers. I do not know if it has spread it's market into Ohio the way that Cleveland based Great Lakes has into the Pittsburgh market.
To call Rolling Rock a Pittsburgh beer is a stretch. I don't think anyone outside the region has any idea where Latrobe is, and Rolling Rock isn't really associated with Pittsburgh outside the region except maybe by members of the Pittsburgh diaspora.

Also, there's a huge, huge difference in the reach and volume between Great Lakes and East End. Great Lakes is a regional brewery whose products are distributed from Minnesota to western New York; whereas you'll be hard-pressed to find East End outside of Allegheny County.

The best-known beer actually from Pittsburgh or the immediate area is Iron City. Pittsburgh is not widely known as a beer-making city the way, for instance, Milwaukee and St. Louis are.
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Old 06-03-2010, 06:28 PM
 
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I remember visiting my brother in Dallas in the mid 1980s. Rolling Rock was a popular beer in the fern bars among the yuppie set. I guess they felt distinguished since it had a green bottle like Heineken and was brewed with "water from the Laurel Highlands." Rolling Rock is ok, but it was priced with the premium beers of the day like Heineken and Sam Adams. That is stretching it. East End Brewing is local microbrewer who makes some good beers. I do not know if it has spread it's market into Ohio the way that Cleveland based Great Lakes has into the Pittsburgh market.

It always amazed me to see people in other regions pay a lot of money for Rolling Rock. In some cities, it was considered on the same level as imported beer.
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Old 06-03-2010, 06:30 PM
 
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Primanti's=yuck! If I want to take out of towners to a greasy Pittsburgh institution, I take them to the O. The folks I've taken to Primanti's didn't care for it, but most liked the O.
Is the O still around? I haven't been there since my college days. Now THAT is a Pittsburgh Institution.
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Old 06-03-2010, 07:52 PM
 
Location: Pittsburgh
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Is the O still around? I haven't been there since my college days. Now THAT is a Pittsburgh Institution.
Yes the O is still in Oakland. It makes my arteries clog everytime I smell it when I walk by. Shady crap on the news still takes place there at 2 in the morning also.

I think the one in Plum closed though.
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Old 06-03-2010, 09:13 PM
 
Location: Philly
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it ain't all about the sandwich though, I'd take a beef on weck over a primanti's any day, but not if it meant I had to trade Pitt for buffalo.
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Old 06-03-2010, 09:49 PM
 
Location: Mid-Atlantic
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I remember visiting my brother in Dallas in the mid 1980s. Rolling Rock was a popular beer in the fern bars among the yuppie set. I guess they felt distinguished since it had a green bottle like Heineken and was brewed with "water from the Laurel Highlands." Rolling Rock is ok, but it was priced with the premium beers of the day like Heineken and Sam Adams.
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It always amazed me to see people in other regions pay a lot of money for Rolling Rock. In some cities, it was considered on the same level as imported beer.

Could not agree more. When I visited some friends in Boston back in the 80's, Rolling Rock was a cult beer. Couldn't understand it, not even a average beer IMHO.
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Old 06-04-2010, 05:36 AM
 
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I'll be having it for the first time in July, but honestly, I can't even imagine how a sandwich with fries and coleslaw on it could be bad. And I'm a proud foodie who is intimately familiar with $30 entrees at twee restaurants with obnoxious names.
This is the most puzzling question of all. How can make a sandwich with good bread, coleslaw and fries taste this bland? You have so much room to work with. The only answer that I can come up with this their heads have gotten too big and they are into making an image as opposed to making a good sandwich.
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Old 06-04-2010, 05:57 AM
 
Location: Pittsburgh area
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Could not agree more. When I visited some friends in Boston back in the 80's, Rolling Rock was a cult beer. Couldn't understand it, not even a average beer IMHO.
Kinda like PBR now? Seems like similar thing to me. Nothing has changed about PBR the beer, just the image.
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