Heading Home for My Return to Cheesesteaks

Although I gradually ate more freely in the weeks after my spring oral surgery, some favorite food items remained off limits until fairly recently. Cheesesteaks, with their crusty seeded rolls and sometimes chewy meat, were among those.  When it came time to return to eating steaks, I had a huge array of options between revisitingContinue reading “Heading Home for My Return to Cheesesteaks”

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 regionContinue reading “A Taste of the Midwest in South Philly”

Expanding on the Cheesesteak Theme

It’s been a few months since my last cheesesteak post, so I already felt due for one when I came across an online rave for the steaks at Antica Pizza Co. of Warrington, Pennsylvania. That was all the enticement I needed to head north to Bucks County and check them out along with friends JohnContinue reading “Expanding on the Cheesesteak Theme”

Winning Food and Atmosphere on Campus

It was just within the past couple months that I discovered Villanova University, which is reasonably close to where I live, now has an on-campus restaurant with a menu and decor that looked appealing. The Refectory actually opened in 2019, and I’ve driven past it several times since then. But its signage isn’t easily seenContinue reading “Winning Food and Atmosphere on Campus”

Taking Visitors for Their First Good Cheesesteak

It’s only been a month and a half since the last time I posted about Goomba’s. While I wouldn’t normally return to any cheesesteak purveyor so quickly in light of how many other steaks I have to get to, there was a special reason for doing so Tuesday for lunch.  My friend Louis had drivenContinue reading “Taking Visitors for Their First Good Cheesesteak”