Top 20 Cheesesteaks in the Philly Region

This list is the culmination of over two years of eating at least one cheesesteak just about every week. While it wouldn’t have been possible for me to make a serious attempt at trying every steak in the Philly region, I did my best to get to all of the places that are known toContinue reading “Top 20 Cheesesteaks in the Philly Region”

A Late Addition to My Top Tier

In less than a month I’ll be putting out my revised list of the best cheesesteaks in the Philly region. With so little time to squeeze in a few final steaks and no apparent new heavy hitters on the horizon, it appeared that my lineup was set and it was just a matter of placingContinue reading “A Late Addition to My Top Tier”

Revisiting One of Last Year’s Best

Starting back in late February I began revisiting the steak shops that made my top ten last year in an effort to gauge whether they still deserve a spot when I revise that list in a few months. I’ve also been including the five honorable mentions in that process and it was one of thoseContinue reading “Revisiting One of Last Year’s Best”

Revisiting a Favorite for another Steak and Pie

A select few of the many places I’ve visited for cheesesteaks since starting this blog in 2021 have excelled at both steaks and pizza. One was Joey’s Pizza of Thorndale, PA, which served one of the steaks I placed among the honorable mentions on my Top 10 list last year. But that was overshadowed byContinue reading “Revisiting a Favorite for another Steak and Pie”

The Best Pizza I Ate on the Cheesesteak Trail

When I was growing up, almost all of the places I was aware of that sold cheesesteaks also had pizza on the menu. That’s probably still the case more often than not in the Philly region. So when I knew in advance that a restaurant I would be visiting for a cheesesteak was known toContinue reading “The Best Pizza I Ate on the Cheesesteak Trail”

My Year-Long Cheesesteak Odyssey – and What’s Next

*There is an alphabetical list of links to all of my cheesesteak posts at the bottom of this post. While I’ve always lived in the Philadelphia region, I didn’t start eating cheesesteaks at the rate of a little over one per week until roughly a year ago. It was at that point that circumstances andContinue reading “My Year-Long Cheesesteak Odyssey – and What’s Next”

Plan B Turns Up Gold Once Again

I mentioned at the end of my Seinfeld post that I had something special planned for this week’s cheesesteak outing, but that it wasn’t guaranteed to pan out. It didn’t – but not for the reason I had feared. As luck would have it, the friend I was supposed to go with had to postpone,Continue reading “Plan B Turns Up Gold Once Again”