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a Philly sandwich that survived a turf war just to be eaten
means a large sandwich made on a long roll, stuffed with meats, cheeses, and vegetables — what other regions call a sub or hero.
from The word is Philadelphia born and bred, though its exact roots are tangled. The most popular story traces it to Hog Island, a WWI-era shipyard where Italian workers carried hefty sandwiches called 'Hog Island sandwiches' — shortened, the tale goes, to 'hoggies' and then 'hoagies.' Other accounts credit a jazz-musician street vendor or simply the idea that you had to be a 'hog' to finish one. None is proven, and the spelling drifted for decades before 'hoagie' won out, but the city's affection for it is the one undisputed fact.
- wartime origin
- named for Hog Island shipyard workers' lunches
- official status
- Philadelphia's designated official sandwich
- hot vs cold
- true hoagie purists insist it's served cold
- alias map
- called a sub, hero, or grinder elsewhere
- bread rule
- the roll matters more than the meat
jersey mike's — sandwich chain with 2,000+ locations across us, founded 1956
wawa hoagie — convenience store chain in pennsylvania/new jersey selling 100+ million hoagies annually