If you ever make a pilgrimage to South Philly, perhaps after an Eagles game. Pat’s or Geno’s?”, from a Texan who had Cowboys tattoo…… Seriously! Back when I was in the military, it was, “Oh you’re from around Philly, so…. Pat’s or Geno’s? This has been the quintessential question in Philadelphia all my life. “Pat’s King of Steaks” boast that they opened first in 1930 followed by their bitter rival “Geno’s Steaks” founded by the late Joey Vento in 1966. It all started back in 1930, Pat and Harry Olivieri owned a hot dog cart, one day they made a sandwich of chopped beef on an Italian roll, the rest is history. Stay tuned this is going to be a long one but this will be one that you reference back to. The moral of the story is not everyone has heard of a cheese steak, even less know about the two main players, less know how to properly order a steak, and even less know how to make a real South Philly style steak. she said O……K…….20 minutes later, you guessed it, a sirloin steak arrived with 2 pieces of cheese on top.

The waitress asked what I wanted, I said I missed home so how about a cheese steak……. Many moons ago, while stationed in Colorado I went to lunch with a friend at a diner on Colfax Ave. That is not the same all over the country. To me a cheese steak is second nature, we just whip them up when we are hungry, no big deal. The Philadelphia region, has many prolific culinary delicacies perhaps the most defining would be the Philly Cheese Steak.

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