Marisa McClellan who has been doing a project this summer at the Reading Terminal Market, chronicling people’s stories on the blog Stories from the Reading Terminal. Last week she had lunch with a gentleman named Eric who insisted on talking over his favorite sandwich, the roast pork at DiNic’s.

Folks, you’ve got to try the roast pork with provolone and greens that DiNic’s dishes up. It’s one of the happiest sandwich experiences I’ve had in my life. It’s messy and by the time you get to the end, the bread is starting to lose it’s integrity, but that doesn’t matter. The taste is someplace very close to sandwich perfection.

DiNic’s Roast Pork (with provolone and greens) [Metroblogging Philadelphia]
Stories From The Reading Terminal [Official Site]

Craig LaBan heads up to North 5th Street to Porky’s Point to experience what he calls one of the best pork sandwiches in Philadelphia.

Porky’s easily makes one of the best roast pork sandwiches in town – but with a Puerto Rican twist: The sublimely tender meat is perfumed with garlicky soffrito and sparked with crunchy bits of roasted cracklin’ skin.

Roast Porky [Inquirer]

Philadelphia Magazine breaks down the Holy Ghost of Philadelphia’s Holy Trinity of sandwiches, the roast pork sandwich. We’re not going to get into whether the cheesesteak or hoagie is the Father or the Son.

Philly Magazine defines the ideal Italian style roast pork sandwich and gets down to ranking Philadelphia’s best.

An Italian-style roast pork sandwich sounds simple enough: You lay provolone on an Italian roll and add well-seasoned pork. You saut� broccoli rabe or spinach with garlic until it�s soft, taking care to keep the green color bright. You spoon cooking juices over the meat. Done right, it�s some of the best eating money can buy for under $7.

The top ten after the jump.

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