Honestly the fact this place got made from some high-schoolers writing a paper was really touching to me, and the owners keeping their roots is awesome. Great episode.

I had the pleasure of eating my first and only roast pork sandwich from John's earlier this year while visiting my brother in Philly. I can say, with ZERO hesitation, that it was the best sandwich I've ever had. As Lucas points out, there is a lot going on - the degree and complexity of flavor is unexpected and explosive. If you're a first timer, as I was, I recommend the following configuration: roast pork, spinach, SHARP provolone, and long hots. Also, be aware when you arrive that there are two separate lines, depending on what you're ordering.

It’s funny how Lucas always walk like a slowmotion robot in the intros. Can’t stop laughing 😂😂 everytime

Lucas! Wishing you and your family a Blessed Thanksgiving. Thank you for sharing this delicious video. Blessings ChefMike

Bring back the mom and pop places like this.Much better than a franchise imitation .

Fantastic. Gonna make both of these for lunch tomorrow.

I went there today!! Because of this video! I went to philly with a friend for a day trip and it was FANTASTIC!!

I love living in South Jersey, 10 minutes from the WW or BF Bridges. I can hit Philly right now and grab these. I think I may do just that. 🤙🏼

I was with the first 150k subsricbers of Eater. Now it’s 2.1M. Wow! Good job you guys! Good content.

this guy looks dead inside but he explains the food so well

100% the best sandwich in all of Philly. musta gone here 100 times while i was in school

Nice video!! Lived there for 3 years a while back never heard of them!

Would you say this pork sandwich was deeply profound?

One of my bucket lists in this life time!

Finally! Philly does not get the media it deserves but I'm going there first ahead of NYC. This is a really good feature of an original.

I’m freaking drooling over here, thanks a lot lucas 😒

“I love a soggy sandwich” - Lucas. Yeah he’s definitely from Chicago lol

If your from philly you grew up eating johns roast pork and cheesesteaks....the whole world is just late to the party

Spot on. Live in Philly and the progression for a lot of residents is cheesesteaks to Denics roast pork and then you ultimately realize John's is far and a way the best.

Seriously, out of all the people you could interview in South Philly, you interview the guy with the patriots t-shirt on?

I think I need to make a road trip to Philly! 😍

To go to Philly and eat many cheesesteaks is on my bucket list 👌

love this video

If I were here, I’d go to both. Got two at d’nicks years ago and I never forgot it. I definitely liked it more than the cheesesteaks I had at pats.

"the spinach is great. it's a different animal"

Lucas! Love your show!! Do you have any places around New Orleans you recommend?

Went here on my trip from Australia, was so delicious. Food coma in the jeep directly after however.

Damn i miss cheesesteak, I live in Seoul Korea now.

I need this in my life right now...

We need to slide on over to Philly for some pork!

Friend from Philly took me to this place for my first authentic Philly cheesesteak. It was great!

great video :)

1. I’m so happy that you didn’t get Cheez Whiz on that steak. Thank you !!!!!!! 2. Interviewing a guy in a Patriots shirt at John’s Roast Pork. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 At least he seemed honest and complimentary! 😄😄😄

This place is incredible

not going to lie.....this season is much better than last season

I live in kentucky, wife went here on a business trip, i hear its the best of both worlds, and she tried several, dinics, cosmis, pats,genos, tony lukes, although she did like tony lukes cheesesteak with the whiz, but she prefers the spinach over the broccoli rabe on the pork roast

You should have tried their Roast Beef with gravy. That good stuff too.

This may be my favorite episode. The story about the guy that passed out is priceless.

WTH, I just ate, but I'm drooling.

Can confirm, best roast pork sandwich EVER! on a side note, what long time South Philly resident wears a patriots jersey? Get outta town you bum! Fly Eagles Fly

The best roast pork is at Dinic's at Reading Terminal Market, served with broccoli rabe, not spinach. The rabe adds a lot to the sandwich and I think spinach is just too muted a flavor for such a sandwich. Tourists, please try it with the rabe.

Lucas, you should try Bradley's Cheesesteak in State College!!!

Saw a Pats fan in Philly, immediate like

John's is the sh*t! I'm glad u finally made ur way there!

Still can't believe this is the guy from the Mythbusters parody .. !

Lucas please let me know. Which sandwich is better. The pork sandwich or the Chicago Italian beef? They’re very similar in preparation and presentation so which is better?

Best cheesesteak in the city no question about it

Like that place

Finally a new episode.

wow. we went from this type of food establishment to the most current 10min hot stuff! what a bizzare direction we are going in the culinary world. We are all just getting chopped.

Philly has the best food in the world!!!

Love you Lucas!

so glad that i live like 15 mins from this place xD

*I love pork sandwiches!!!!*

jeez. this video hit me hard. I'm drooling.

They don’t have mountains of meat and onion that they pick at throughout the day. Shots fired

How do you never gain any weight Lucus!? I got to try this sandwich next time I'm in Philly!

Lucas is an angel we need but we donot deserve :)

Good for the eaters. ..

You absolutely picked the best place in the city for a cheesesteak and a roast pork. Let me start width John's cheesesteak it is the best anywhere around and he does not use that stupid cheese whiz crap. In fact he doesn't even have it on the menu. This is the number one Cheesesteak for me in Philadelphia. Now his roast pork is also one of the best. I like it better then Tony Luke's but only by a slight very slight margin. Tony Luke's has a fabulous roast pork Italian but I don't care that much for his cheesesteaks. I cannot wait to get home and stop in Philadelphia and grab a roast pork Italian from John's Roast Pork. The one thing I should mention is both of these sandwiches need to be unwrapped as quickly as possible so the roll does not Steam and get soft and then eat them as soon as you can. I'm salivating right now.

Bourdain takes me here

listen to him, philly is known for the cheese steak, perfected the roast pork

Jesus that looks good

I live in France and I will probably never eat one of those pork sandwiches. This makes me very sad.

Truth. The other white meat can be divine. When I lived in Jersey, there was this diner that sold fresh pork like I've never had since. I still miss that pork after 22 years.

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Of course it’s better. It’s pork. People put it in pies and ice cream and still tastes lovely! :)

Anyone know what cut of pork is best for this sandwich?

Provolone is far better on a Philly than American White or Cheeze-Wiz. Fight me.

Best host eater has

Rip to Ian's jawline.

My one and only gripe is I prefer Broccoli Rabe over spinach on the roast pork sandwich

What did he say at the very end of the video?

I'm hungry...lol

... and you know the best NY pizza in philly right? Please !

And for roast beef don't miss nicks at 20th and jackson.

Dude didn’t put his hands down once during his whole 3 minute schpeil!! That’s South Philly

If I ever had to go to the electric chair a sandwich from John's would be my last meal!!

This is the best cheesesteak in philly and I love this place and everything about it but i love how they make ordering seem so simple every time I go with people that have never been i always have to tell them know what you want before you go in and they get confused until someone who doesn’t know what they want get yelled at😂😂😂

The dream job

A friend of ours goes to the Philly football games and brought us back a pork sandwich from John's...... FANTASTIC !!! We're 3 hrs west of Philly so I need a knock off recipe... I know it won't be the same but I'd settle for CLOSE. Either that or I'll have to beat the owner with a wet noodle to get that spice combination. lol Therein lies the secret to this great sandwich. Fabulous video !!! :o)

I need that jacket

He predicted the super bowl

Johns doesn't use broccoli rabe which I love on my roast pork....other than that they're awesome. I like DiNics roast pork better but its only my opinion can't go wrong with either. And Johns cheese steak is amazing.

Lucas, you are so darn attractive.

every sandwich is better than a cheese stick

John's is very good. Paisano's is excellent. DiNics is superlative.

Goals

I always laughed at the philly cheese steak with cheese wiz being renowned the best. This is place i would go if i ever traveled to that shit hole town.

John’s has amazing sandwiches, but my only gripe is the anti-broccoli rabe stance. Sorry, spinach doesn’t cut it. The rabe is the true balance. Sure, the pork is great at John’s, but nothing beats the bitter element of the rabe and no seasoned spinach will ever do it justice. They have a good pork and cheese sandwich, but the rabe is necessary to make it true Philly-style Italian roast pork. Either way, give them a shot, they got great food no matter what. (don’t forget the long hots either or were fighting)

That one guy looks like a thick version of Jesse Pinkman.

When you answered john pork’s call:

Where's Nick Solares?!

Guy's got a lot of balls wearing a Patriots shirt in south Philly

I wish we had these kind of places in London, all we have is disgusting fast food and overpriced hipster restaurants😒😒😒

hi

did his english teacher taught him biology.

Industrial, Philadelphia.

Mmmmmmmmmm meatballs

Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!! What are you eating with your turkey??