South Philly Spot Serves PA's Best Sandwich, Magazine Says

PHILADELPHIA — Philadelphia is known by many for its cheesesteaks. But locals know it's the roast pork sandwich that's the city's unsung hero (no pun intended).

And Food & Wine Magazine says a South Philadelphia staple serves up Pennsylvania's best sandwich with its roast pork.

The magazine released a list on Monday of the best sandwiches in each of the 50 states.

And in Pennsylvania it was John's Roast Pork on Snyder Avenue in South Philadelphia that was crowned the champion.

Here's what the magazine said about John's Roast Pork:

A serious jostling in the mosh pit that is South Philly's perennially cramped John's Roast Pork rides high atop our list of post-pandemic musts, partly just to feel something after our terrible year of No Touching, but also for a sandwich, a roast pork sandwich please, the one any right-minded Philadelphian can tell you is the one you go looking for once you're ready to dine sober, in the sunlight, like a whole adult. (They make a memorable cheesesteak, too, don't get agitated.) Slow-roasted pork topped with sautéed spinach dripping garlic-infused juices and slices of melty provolone go on a Carangi Bakery roll, delivered to you wrapped up tight. You pay cash and you get the hell out, either to dine on the spartan, industrial-view patio or the hood of your car. It's one of the most memorable meals you'll ever eat in Philadelphia.

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