My friend Joe was back in the area to visit family and asked if I was free for lunch Saturday. It was an offer I couldn’t refuse and we set about determining where to go. As Broomall, PA is centrally located between my home and where he’d be, we looked at a couple restaurants thereContinue reading “Lunch at an Old-School Pizzeria and Steak Shop”
Category Archives: Food
Why Not?: The Duck Cheesesteak
In a few of my earlier posts, I mentioned grabbing something to eat while on the way to visit my father. I drive a little less than an hour to see him each week, and while I don’t always mix a meal into the outing, it’s become fairly common. I need to eat a coupleContinue reading “Why Not?: The Duck Cheesesteak”
Elite Cheesesteaks Made on Four Wheels
I added a note to the bottom of my last post to alert you that I’d be checking out a new sandwich shop that serves a highly touted cheesesteak Tuesday. It turned out I was only partially right about that. Gazzos Steaks of Pottstown, PA, serves those steaks out of a food truck rather thanContinue reading “Elite Cheesesteaks Made on Four Wheels”
Root Beer Float with a Twist
This is another in an occasional series of posts I’ve written about my home soda-jerk escapades. Here is a link to the entire series. I was fortunate to score several bottles of my favorite root beer for the holiday. Sprecher’s is brewed in Glendale, Wisconsin, just outside of Milwaukee. I drank a lot of itContinue reading “Root Beer Float with a Twist”
An Italian Hoagie with Staying Power
I’ve devoted a disproportionate amount of posts to sandwiches. While most of those have been about cheesesteaks, I’ve also written on corned beef, pastrami, meatball, roast pork and roast beef sandwiches. But with the exception of including a single shot of one I had eaten before starting this blog in a post on local mealsContinue reading “An Italian Hoagie with Staying Power”
Two More Hamburgers Near Me to Ring In 2023
It should come as no surprise that my first post of last year was about a cheesesteak. But in keeping with my more recent efforts to both diversify what I eat and write about and get back to one of the key foods that I neglected while downing all those steaks, I’m kicking off 2023Continue reading “Two More Hamburgers Near Me to Ring In 2023”
The Ten Best Things I Ate In 2022
I pondered several different approaches to writing a year-end round-up and settled on picking the ten best things I ate away from home during 2022. The year was disproportionately devoted to cheesesteaks. I’ve eaten more of them than in any other year by a wide margin. But I’ve already posted my list of the tenContinue reading “The Ten Best Things I Ate In 2022”
Returning to a Northeast Philly Standout
No other eatery that I’ve written about has left me with more conflicted feelings than Cafe Carmela of Northeast Philadelphia. It’s not a stretch to call it one of my favorite restaurants in the area in an overall sense. In addition to the food being at a higher level than you’ll find at most placesContinue reading “Returning to a Northeast Philly Standout”
Christmas Eve in Bethlehem – PA
Among the many joys that came with marrying my wife, one of my favorites is her family’s various holiday and birthday traditions; none more so than how they celebrate Christmas. While most of our meals together are eaten at one of our homes, on Christmas Eve the entire family dines out at a restaurant somewhereContinue reading “Christmas Eve in Bethlehem – PA”
Silvio’s Strombolis and the Price of Procrastination
When I last wrote about Silvio’s Deli, which sits in the charming little town of Hatboro, PA, I closed by saying I would return there soon for one of their cheesesteak strombolis and that I’d let you know about it when that happens. After passing on it in favor of sandwiches the last couple timesContinue reading “Silvio’s Strombolis and the Price of Procrastination”
BZ Maestro Eats 