The pepperoni roll
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The pepperoni roll is a signature dish of United States; we have verified places to eat it in Pittsburgh. Soft Italian bread baked around whole-stick or sliced pepperoni and provolone, eaten warm from the bakery counter. Start with where to eat The pepperoni roll in Pittsburgh.

The pepperoni roll · Pittsburgh

Soft Italian bread baked around whole-stick or sliced pepperoni and provolone, eaten warm from the bakery counter. A Strip District grab-and-go staple of Appalachian-Italian origin.

The pepperoni roll spread from the West Virginia coalfields into western Pennsylvania's Italian bakeries, where pepperoni and cheese are baked inside a soft bread roll. In Pittsburgh's Strip District, Jimmy & Nino Sunseri became famous for an oversized two-pound version stuffed with house pepperoni, mozzarella and provolone. The rolls are sold warm from bakery counters as a portable lunch with deep Appalachian-Italian roots.

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