Who has the best cheese steak in Philadelphia

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<p>[Reading</a> Terminal Market › Home](<a href=“http://www.readingterminalmarket.org/]Reading”>http://www.readingterminalmarket.org/)</p>

<p>Rick’s is not there anymore they lost their lease. <a href=“http://www.rickssteaks.com/locations.html[/url]”>http://www.rickssteaks.com/locations.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Funny thing is I’ve lived here all my life and never eaten at any of the ‘famous’ places. I don’t order out ever so if I want a cheesesteak I buy frozen steaks and an Amoroso roll and make my own</p>

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<p>sue - what kind of cheese do you use? I have found that one of the mistakes I see with cheesesteaks is not properly seasoning the meat. Some seem to cook it with no salt or other seasoning and then sprinkle something over it after it’s cooked.</p>

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<p>Rick’s in the Reading Terminal is the best. I’ve been to Pats, Genoes, Tony Lukes, and many others and Ricks is just the best. But the one in the Philly stadium isn’t great.</p>

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<p>Sue, I thought I remembered reading about Rick’s losing their lease but didn’t see anything about it when I did a search earlier.</p>

<p>I agree about homemade cheesesteaks and Amoroso rolls. I always used Steak-um’s but was told by some Philly natives on another forum that the meat to look for is chipped steak in the beef section. Sure enough, there it was! I tend to use provolone or mozzarella as a back up. [Philadelphia</a> Cheese Steak Sandwich, History of Philadelphia Cheese Steak Sandwich](<a href=“http://whatscookingamerica.net/History/Sandwiches/PhiladelphiaCheeseSteak.htm]Philadelphia”>http://whatscookingamerica.net/History/Sandwiches/PhiladelphiaCheeseSteak.htm)</p>

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<p>Just because a place is a tourist trap, doesn’t mean it’s not worth visiting.</p>

<p>Haven’t been to Jim’s since the early 80’s and it was a great tourist trap then. Black and white tiles, chrome, and glass. Sitting upstairs, eating steaks on a summer weekend evening, watching the pierced punks and punk wannabes from Jersey throng on South Street. What an experience. Is Zipperhead still there?</p>

<p>Is South Street still the place to go if you’re under 25?</p>

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<p>Ricks got it back after protest. They’re still going strong.</p>

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<p>No, Rick’s is closed. Look at the link to their website. ““On October 29th, 2008, Rick’s Steaks closed its Reading Terminal Market location because their lease had expired.””</p>

<p>I use the store brand of meat because it’s usually cheaper. I just put whatever type of shredded cheese I happen to have open at the time.</p>

<p>BUT I always use Amoroso’s rolls. They get delivered fresh daily to my local supermarket.</p>

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<p>Tony Luke’s. I don’t have the address but its under some freeway overpass. The line was long and locals were parking on the median! My husband liked the pork sandwich :frowning: but our kids and I liked the cheese steak.</p>

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<p>mushroom cheesesteak w/fried onions …the absolute best. Tuna Grinder a second close.</p>

<p>Blew my kids mind when we just walked up to some rowhouse converted into a hoagie shop and ordered steaks through what was basically a hole in the house wall. They looked at me like I was nuts. Hoagie shops in every neighborhood. Just have to look</p>

<p>Actually had cheesesteak egg rolls today at Barnabies…pretty tasty.</p>

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<p>[Tony</a> Luke’s - Directions](<a href=“http://www.tonylukes.com/directions.htm]Tony”>http://www.tonylukes.com/directions.htm)</p>

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<p>ok for all of you lonely for a hoagie – last year I sent my daughter a package from the following company for her birthday: [Taste</a> of Philadelphia…](<a href=“http://www.tasteofphiladelphia.com/]Taste”>http://www.tasteofphiladelphia.com/). It purported to be full of Philly foods for those away and missing their favorites. cheesteaks, hoagies, tasty kakes, even goldberg’s peanut chews. She never said whether the food was any good, but she did like getting it.</p>

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<p>for another south philly “al fresco” experience – try John’s Roast Pork, 14 Snyder Avenue. strictly a take-out place, but you can tell when the construction workers line up around the block at lunch time that the eats are good. lunch only. cheesesteaks too. but go for the pork with broccoli rabe and provolone.</p>

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<p>Just noticed this thread.</p>

<p>Pat’s & Geno’s – Fugeddaboudit. Although I took my mostly-vegetarian niece and nephew to Geno’s because they wanted to go there, and their eyes bugged out when they saw the tribute wall to Danny Faulkner (the cop killed by Mumia Abu-Jamal). Verrrrry educational for them, and worth a second-rate greasy cheesesteak.</p>

<p>Rick Olivieri is gone from Reading Terminal Market, but not from Citizen’s Bank Park.</p>

<p>Jim’s is sorta OK (better than Pat’s and Geno’s, but not by that much), and colorful, but I actually like some place that’s about half a block east of it on South Street better. I don’t remember the name, but it’s something about Steaks.</p>

<p>Tony Luke’s is my current fave. However, I agree with Booklady: the real treat there (and also a unique Philly thang) is roast pork and provolone with broccoli rabe. Yum! You can get an excellent version of that at Nick’s in Reading Terminal Market, too, if you don’t want to venture into the wilds of South Philly. I like Jake’s, too, in the Liberty Place foodcourt. I like any place that (a) cooks the steaks to order, (b) uses provolone, (c) offers decent pizza sauce, and also a wide range of add-ins (mushrooms, sweet peppers, hot peppers, olives, pepperoni, greens), and (d) uses good fresh bread. It’s not rocket science, folks!</p>

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<p>The reason they aren’t sold nationally is because it would be too expensive to stock them and keep them fresh on the shelves. They have a much shorter shelf life than twinkies :-)</p>