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I was a Philadelphia native - lived in the city until I was 25 and the near suburbs for 30 years after that and I never order a cheesesteak with onions or cheese whiz. My preferred version is a pizza steak with sauce, no onions and mozzarella.

OK...have to ask...are you from Mayfair or Frankford?

I grew up a few hundred feet from Greenman's, so Hoagies were set in the taste buds once I could eat solids! Steaks were usually from a place 2 blocks away (Mark's at that time) and always a PIZZA STEAK...for me with sauce, provolone and onions. (LORD, now I'm hungry...!)

Moved away in 1973 and in trips back I found that the Cheez Whiz abomination had taken root all over.

Back in my youth, though, not all neighborhoods had or had even heard of a Pizza Steak.

I'm older than you are - I grew up in Logan, Olney High, Temple.

No, there were no pizza steaks back then - think they started in the 70s, maybe even 80s.

The only time I remember running into the cheese whiz thing was one night probably in the late 80s we were headed to a Phillies game and decided to stop in South Philly for steaks at either Pat's or Geno's. First I ever saw cheese whiz outside of a supermarket, and, no, I didn't get it.