In last month’s post about my most recent food excursion to Philadelphia’s famed Reading Terminal Market, I pointed out Uncle Gus’ Steaks, a new cheesesteak stand that I had been previously unaware of. They replaced Carmen’s, a hoagie and steak stand that had previously been in the same spot. Although I’ll miss Carmen’s wonderful ItalianContinue reading “A Cheesesteak Worthy of the Reading Terminal”
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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”
Lunch at a Historic Tavern and the Best Doughnuts Ever
My wife’s friend, Jen, the new queen of cagey, lives in California, but she sent my wife – with me tagging along – to an address in a northern suburb of Philadelphia to collect her birthday gift. We had no idea what that gift would be. But the address was for the Whole Foods supermarketContinue reading “Lunch at a Historic Tavern and the Best Doughnuts Ever”
Another Great Cheesesteak: Goomba’s of Colmar, PA
I’ve begun to work my way through the list I compiled earlier this week of the remaining cheesesteaks I need to eat before I can put out my rankings of the top 10 for the Philly region. From my raw observations, there are four places in particular that seem to get singled out the mostContinue reading “Another Great Cheesesteak: Goomba’s of Colmar, PA”