A cheese steak from Tony Luke's with provolone and fried onions
If you're a fan of the cheese steak, then you owe it to yourself to make a pilgrimage to the City of Brotherly Love. Where to eat once you get there? Here's our list of Top Cheese Steaks from the just-released 2009 Philadelphia Restaurants guide:
39 E. Oregon Ave.; 215-551-5725
The “amazing” cheese steaks are worth even a “wait in the cold and rain” at this “classic South Philly” stop off I-95 near the stadiums, where it’s a given you’ll “park in the median” amid truckers and watch “counter people” “yell at the drunk customers”; the “prices match” the “picnic-table” setting, but “who needs decor when you have the hot pork with greens?"
600 Wendover St.; 215-482-5407
“If they serve cheese steaks in heaven” they must order them from this Roxborough “hole-in-the-wall” cheer fans who venture away from “touristy” Ninth Street for these “meaty”, “awesome” sandwiches slathered in “fried peppers” and served by the “coolest rushed staff around”
2711 Comly Rd.; 215-677-8020
7200 Bustleton Ave.; 215-338-0985
Boosters boast these steak stands “reign supreme” in Northeast Philly and Lower Bucks with their “awesome” cheese steaks of “sliced rib-eye” (“not chopped-up ground beef”) served by royally “rude” counter guys; “you don’t go there for decor”, but regulars recommend it anyway for an “artery-clogging” experience without “driving to South Philly.”
2311 Cottman Ave.; 215-333-5467
431 N. 62nd St; 215-747-6615
400 South St.; 215-928-1911
“What decor? what service?” ask fans who “drool” in line at “almost any hour of the day” at this “bare-bones”, “cafeteria-style” Philly cheese steak foursome for “awesome” creations “cooked in front of your eyes”; be sure to order “with Whiz” – and bring “Rolaids for dessert."
214 Market St.; 215-923-1000
Take “out-of-towners” or drop in on your own to the Campo family’s “affordable” Old City hoagiery for “great” sandwiches loaded with “first-rate” fillings; they offer “arguably some of the best” goods around, and “fast”, yet “friendly” “whaddya-want” service helps keep things moving.
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