Primanti Bros Went From Depression-Era Cart to $18 Sandwich Primanti Bros history, Pittsburgh sandwich, Strip District food history, Depression era food, Primanti Bros prices, Pittsburgh working class food, corporate restaurant expansion #PrimantiBros #Pittsburgh #StripDistrict #PittsburghFood #PANostalgia Primanti Bros began as a twenty five cent sandwich cart during the Great Depression, feeding Pittsburgh truck drivers and dockworkers. Over decades of expansion, it became a multi state chain