Question about Philly cheesesteaks

There are only two places to get a Philadelphia cheesesteak. Philly and South Jersey. OK, maybe three. Maybe Delaware. Northern Delaware.

 

Got a favorite place?

 

i live about 25 minutes east of philly right on the delaware. have yet to eat a good philly cheesesteak.

 

So true, deadliner. I think it's one of the great culinary mysteries. It's as if there were only one city in America where you could get a decent cheeseburger. Makes no sense.

 

I feel the same way about Chicago stuffed pizza, WT. How has that concept not spread across America?

 

Like a real bagel. Boiled. "water" bagels. NOT steamed franchise bagels. Even in NY the real bagel is going the way of the buffalo.

 

Steak 'N Shake is evil.

 

We could have been friends, dargan. We could have.

 

Mmmm ... Giordano's

 

Philly cheese steak is overrated.

Everytime I visit I stop at one of three places in town for a steak wit wiz, but I still prefer provolone.

There's a great place up here in New Hampshire that serves great cheese steaks. I prefer Cahill's Super Subs to anything Philly has to offer.

 

My personal favorite when I lived in the area was Leo's on Chester Pike in Delaware County. Relative to center-city, it's roughly equivalent to driving to the airport.

Pat's and Geno's are legendary, but I'll take a Leo's steak over either any day (mostly because of the ability to walk up to the counter, have your sandwich cooked fresh, and walk out 5 minutes later without spending a half-hour in a line).  I used to live about 5 minutes away from Leo's, and I can honestly say that I was never disappointed with any of their sandwiches.

http://www.bestcheesesteaks.com/cheesesteaks/pa.htm
(Read the first few testimonials)