Big Mike's in Forksville:
Posted on 12/03/2022 12:15:51 AM PST by DallasBiff
The cheesesteak is a sandwich beloved by many. It's a quintessentially American meal that comes from one of the most historic U.S. cities: Philadelphia. Now, nearly a century after Philly restaurant owner Pat Oliveri (owner of Pat's King of Steaks) created it, the cheesesteak is an essential part of American food culture
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freds downtown has bread flown in daily from philly
Sorry, there’s nothing magic about the northeast. Some Atlanta places worth trying:
Woody’s in Atlanta, near 10th and Monroe, is solid. Too bad I don’t like going in-town, into the City of Atlanta proper. Because crime and soft in the head policing and jurisprudence, which are two sides of the same coin.
Dave’s Cheesesteaks at the Super H-Mart plaza in Doraville can be quite good, but they’re more hit or miss. And they’ve got the competition of all the great Asian places there, they have a tough row to hoe because of that.
The Mad Italian on the I-285 access road near Shallowford is very good. They’ve been around forever, used to be in-town but have been out at the Perimeter for decades now.
Sorry, I remembered it incorrectly
I prefer my cheesesteak with fried onions, provolone, hot peppers, ketchup or sauce, and unchopped. Worked in Philly for 25 years and found the best cheesesteak to be at Casapullas in Wilmington, De.
Fifty years ago, there was a corner steak shop in Downingtown, PA that made the best steaks imaginable. Back in that era you mostly got your steaks from some independent steak shop in the corner owned by an Italian guy. There were no chains with homogenized, bland sandwiches.
You simply got meat, onions, melted provolone (you usually didn’t even get a cheese choice), and the fresh baked roll. Any sort of sauce was sacrilege as was the very idea of Cheese-Wiz. The chef would expertly chop and mix the ingredients on the grill to perfection and pop it piping hot onto the roll.
“ Sorry, there’s nothing magic about the northeast. Some Atlanta places worth trying:”
In many respects that’s true but the best pizza in the history of the universe is served ONLY in New Haven, Connecticut. There is simply no comparison.Sorry.
If you can get your fill of that drive a few miles north on I91 and try a steamed cheeseburger in the Meriden/Wallingford/Middletown area. It sounds inedible; it is staggeringly wonderful.
I lived in Philly for my first adult 20 years, and treat myself to one whenever I went back there. However, Jersey Mikes has the all beaten today... even in Boise Idaho. There’s a J.M’sabout a mile from my home now.
Used to be a super place in Rochester, NY in the 60s-70s.
Called Campi’s and my mouth still waters over it.
I suffered sticker shock a few months ago at Tubbeys!! We went from the all famous $5 foot long to now at $13.75 for the same. I’m truly gonna miss them doubting I’ll ever go back...
Big Mike's in Forksville:
Thanks. I was wondering about Big John’s. I now live an hour from Philly but whenever we’re back home in Michigan I wonder how Big John’s compares
John Krukhas a couple of places in SW FL. Kruks Philly Steaks..
yeh
a loose meat sammich
now beer me
There is an old joke about pizza that also applies to cheesesteaks: It's like sex. Even it's not the best...it's still pretty damn good.
“the best pizza in the history of the universe is served ONLY in New Haven, Connecticut.”
I agree wholeheartedly. Nothing better than Pepe’s or Sally’s. The steamed burgers in Meriden did not impress me though. Maybe I caught them on a bad day, but it was all bun and a very small beef patty with the special cheese. The fried potatoes were awesome though.
Pat’s & Geno’s get theirs from the Italian bakeries down the block.
Same with White House subs in Atlantic City - the Italian bakery is across the street.
A horse walked into a bar and the bartender asked “Why the Kerry face?”
Great thread... The gang and I pick a Saturday once in a while and spend the day sampling steaks all around Philly.. Too many great spots in my opinion to crown a winner. Someone mentioned the bread. I 100% agree on the importance. On one trip I didn’t pick the best. Rather, I noted X’s meat etc. On Y’s roll.. The bread could have it’s own discussion. Same for bagels. Some say it’s the Water ????
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Yes, there’s one on Owosso I’ve been wanting to try. Every time I’m there it’s to visit my brother and his family so there’s always food and stopping somewhere else on the way there or back always seems silly.
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