Famous Pittsburgh sandwich shop faces boycott over its treatment of JD Vance during campaign stop | 29 Sept 2024 | A well-known Pittsburgh sandwich store is now facing calls for a boycott after it turned vice presidential candidate Senator JD Vance away from its doors. On Saturday afternoon, Senator Vance tried to make a campaign stop at Primanti Bros in North Versailles, but he was rebuffed by staff who said they had not been given advanced notice. Store bosses did so even as multiple paying customers inside the store asked for Vance to be allowed inside so they could chat with him. After being denied entry, Vance reportedly ended up speaking with people in the parking lot outside. But the Vance supporters who filled Primanti Bros were furious with the way the restaurant had treated the vice presidential candidate. Footage taken inside the 90-year-old business showed many of Vance's supporters apparently calling for a boycott. In one video, a woman said that a manager had told the senator and his team that they would "call the police if [Vance] comes out [of his car]." "The kitchen crew's running out because everyone's cancelling their orders," she said.