BZMaestro Eats: My Dining Adventures in the Philly region and on the road
Taking Care of My Jewish Deli Craving
Jewish-style delis have always been among my favorite restaurant genres and I was way overdue for a stop at one heading into last week. Given that Famous 4th Street Delicatessen – Philadelphia’s most renowned deli – was awarded a prestigious Michelin Bib Gourmand this past November, and I hadn’t been there for a couple years,…
Trying a Brand New Steak Shop in Media, PA
The plan for this week’s post had been to revisit one of the cheesesteak purveyors on my top 20 list. But it came to my attention a couple weeks ago that a new steak shop was about to open in Media, Pennsylvania, where my wife and I eat fairly regularly. So I called an audible…
Enjoying a Rare Hoagie from a Delco Italian Deli
The cheesesteak may be Philadelphia’s signature sandwich, but the region also has an abundance of other great long-roll offerings, including roast pork, chicken cutlets and hoagies. I don’t eat nearly as many of the latter as I used to – in part because I only have so many large sandwiches in me during any given…
My Latest Cheesesteak – and Pizza for the Big Game
The slow ice and snow melting process and the impact it had on driving and especially parking kept me relatively close to home during late January and early February. For this week’s post, I checked out out Prime Steaks of Glenolden, Pennsylvania, which is only 10-15 minutes from me. The cold may have impacted my…
Venturing Out for Chinese
After five days of being stuck at home following a major snow and ice storm and sub-freezing temperatures that prevented any meltage, I finally ventured out for lunch with my friend, Brenda, on a recent Friday afternoon. We had initially planned on visiting a bakery and sandwich shop in South Philadelphia, but reports of the…
Returning to South Philly for One with Whiz
Those of you who have followed my cheesesteak posts know that I nearly always order them with Cooper Sharp cheese – or American at the dwindling number of steak shops that don’t offer Cooper. But that wasn’t always the case. Cooper Sharp has only become popular on cheesesteaks in recent years. Prior to then -…
Northeast Philly’s Hottest Steak and Pizza Shop
Maintaining this blog requires me to keep up with the hottest new purveyors of cheesesteaks in the Philly region. One that has been getting an increasing amount of attention and raves lately is La Nova Pizza and Steak, which opened about a year ago and sits on Frankford Avenue – or US-13 – in Northeast…
Getting My Malaysian On in Chinatown
Philadelphia’s Chinatown has been a favorite dining location of mine since I was a young boy. While it has obviously long been home to numerous Chinese restaurants, over the past couple decades a good number of eateries featuring other East Asian cuisines have opened there. Among those, there is none that I’ve eaten at more…
Succulent Ribeye at a South Philly Steak Shop
I’ve mentioned in a couple recent posts that in addition to hitting as many new steak shops as possible, I’ve begun the process of revisiting the ones that are in my top 20 with an eye toward eventually putting out a new list. My most recent cheesesteak outing took me to South Philadelphia’s Nipotina, which…
A Taste of the Midwest in South Philly
While the emphasis of this blog is on cheesesteaks, I’ve also made my fondness for the sort of smashed burgers that used to primarily be prevalent in the Midwest known here on several occasions. Thankfully, they are now easier to find all over the country and an increasing number of spots in the Philly region…
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