Seen in South Philly

Yes, know it well.  It's on 9th Street in South Philly aka the "Italian Market".  They make phenomenal whole pigs, plain or stuffed.  They bake them to order in a very, very large vertical indoor oven.  They'll either deliver it along with or without a carver or you can pick it up yourself, just bring a large wooden plank to carry it on.  I've gotten whole pigs from Cannulis going back over 30 years ago, they're always fantastic. 

I assume you're looking for a fresh uncooked one however, to smoke yourself?  While they likely sell them that way too, there is no shortage of farms/other places to get that.  I'd lean towards Cannulis if you're looking for one to be cooked for you, and cooked extremely well.

Edit: keep in mind what they will cook to order will be a baked pig, served with probably a gallon of juice - in the style of porchetta as opposed to a smoky bbq'd pig.  I don't think they do a smoked version but I could be wrong about that, they may have that capability too

KiterTodd said:

All of a sudden I want a cheese steak.   Just don't say you prefer Geno's....  
:-t

uh oh. I'm a Geno's guy. :-\"

Tony Luke's on Oregon is the best

John's Roast Pork in South Philly has a great cheese steak wit Provolone.

Jim's on South. Mmmmmm... wiz-wit. 

My word...doesn't anyone respect the classics!!!?!?

Whiz Wit at Pat's.   That's the only proper order...
...I will give you that Geno's makes a better french fry, though. 

The few roast pork sandwiches I've had are awesome...more of an adult cheesesteak for me. But I haven't visited the legends yet like Tony Luke's or Tommy DiNic's.  I'm in Maryland now, though, and nobody makes a decent cheese steak, let alone a roast pork sandwich. And don't get me started on the pizza...

John's Roast Pork for the cheesesteak and the roast pork sandwich.

Ok. I've tried looking through my pictures so I guess I'll just ask y'all.

There's an Irish? Place in the historic distric? By the colleges. It's right beside a bbq place with this giant pinup girl painted on the wall. Any ideas??

Anyhow, they had a great cheesesteak.

I was only there for the day and I'm pretty sure it was close to the colleges. The bbq place was beside it with the pinup painted in the wall. Now it's bothering me. It was a neat place.

Yes! My wife actually ordered a whole roasted pig there last year for my 30th.. Phenomenal taste, fully deboned and seasoned italian style...

And +1 on John's Roast Pork for cheesesteak

John's Roast Pork won a James Beard Award.  Pretty astonishing when you consider it's a dilapidated little sandwich shack beneath a freeway.  But when you get the food it makes perfect sense.  The cheesesteak with sharp provolone might be the best sandwich I've ever had.

Farbuck said:

Pat's is the original.   It's not necessarily the best - right now Tony Luke's probably is.    But roast pork sandwiches are THE sandwich in Philly.   Nick's is great but in the suburbs [where I live] you've got weekend porchetta at Luigi & Giovanni's in Newtown Square.  It's worth the trip.

RIght there on St Albans circle... I know it well. You know they do not make it there, right? They actually order it from a place in Philly, and bring in each weekend. Excellent stuff though. Everything they have there is excellent. Their roasted hot peppers really vary though. Sometimes I can eat a whole one on a slice of crispy bread and some butter. Other times, I cut one in half, put both halves of the pepper back in the container, and wipe the knife on the bread; that is enough heat for me. I wish it was more predictable, because when you get it wrong - woweee!!!!

KiterTodd said:

....I was thinking of starting a new thread on how to make a perfect roast pork on the BGE for the authentic Philly sandwich.  There are a lot of crockpot and oven recipes online for recreating the Tony Luke sandwich, but no BGE links I could find.  Would have to be the right seasoning on the pork, and I suppose you can finish up by making the broccoli rabe in a cast iron skillet when the pork was done...and even toast the buns before final prep.

But if we started that thread I'd want to make it this weekend, and I have too much to do and not enough friends coming over to eat an entire roast pork.  :-O  
But if folks are up for the challenge, I think it'd be a good thread. 

Recreating an authentic Philly roast pork sandwich on the BGE?   Hmmmm....

I had my first Roast Pork sandwich from John's Roast Pork three weeks ago.  Best sandwich.  Their cheesesteaks were also excellent.  I'd love to learn how to make that Roast Pork sandwich.  John's has spinach instead of broccoli rabe though.  Had to have the smoked provolone on it.