It’s what we eat when we can’t think of what we really want.
And everyone knows that the roast pork has always been our unacknowledged, locals-only secret weapon in the sandwich culture wars.īut the hoagie? The hoagie is how Philly eats lunch. Sure, the cheesesteak is the sandwich most closely associated with Philly. Hoagies at Angelo’s | Photograph by Michael Persico