so really...best cheese steak in Philly is????

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  • cutz
    cutz Posts: 12,227
    So, who has been to any of those places and had a cheesetseak? 

    If so, which one's and how were they?

    I haven't been to any of them, but I live close to some and I'm close to Lilo's Tomato Pie. I've heard how good their cheesteaks are, and Tomato Pies too. 
  • RiotZact
    RiotZact Posts: 6,292
    I’ve only been to Angelo’s and it’s the undisputed GOAT in my book. The Cooper Sharp is great, but I prefer their house made long hot wiz.

    I’m going to have to give Cafe Carmela a shot here soon though. 
  • Jearlpam0925
    Jearlpam0925 Deep South Philly Posts: 17,517
    Yeah Angelo's is local so have been there but all these other places never even heard of. My contention has always been that as long as you draw a 50 mile circle around Philly you'll find a decent cheesesteak. 
  • F Me In The Brain
    F Me In The Brain this knows everybody from other commets Posts: 31,800
    Angelo's is only one I've been to but there are two that are not far from me in Jersey.  Will report back if/when try.
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  • The Juggler
    The Juggler Posts: 49,590
    Curly's is fantastic...though I think they actually use too much meat. It is an enormous undertaking to eat that thing. 
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  • Johnny Abruzzo
    Johnny Abruzzo Philly Posts: 12,352
    Somewhere on our travels one of the kids said they wanted a "Philly Cheesesteak" and we said no don't bother you won't like it.
    Spectrum 10/27/09; New Orleans JazzFest 5/1/10; Made in America 9/2/12; Phila, PA 10/21/13; Phila,  PA 10/22/13; Baltimore Arena 10/27/13; Phila, PA 4/28/16; Phila, PA 4/29/16; Fenway Park 8/7/16; Fenway Park 9/2/18; Asbury Park 9/18/21; Camden 9/14/22; Las Vegas 5/16/24; Las Vegas 5/18/24; Phila, PA 9/7/24; Phila, PA 9/9/24; Baltimore Arena 9/12/24; Pittsburgh 5/16/25; Pittsburgh 5/18/25

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  • F Me In The Brain
    F Me In The Brain this knows everybody from other commets Posts: 31,800
    Mama's Meatballs....very strong.  Burnt my fucking tongue as I didn't wait.  :lol:

    Kid got the meatball sub and that was good as well.  (We only ate half)


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  • cutz
    cutz Posts: 12,227
    F Me In The Brain said:
    Mama's Meatballs....very strong.  Burnt my fucking tongue as I didn't wait.  :lol:

    Kid got the meatball sub and that was good as well.  (We only ate half)


    That cheesteak looks really good. Nice size?(at least by the picture)

    Mama's Meatballs is on that list. 9 more to go for you? 
  • F Me In The Brain
    F Me In The Brain this knows everybody from other commets Posts: 31,800
    Yes half filled me up.
    Angelo's and Mama's. 
    A few others are close by and will try them at some point.
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  • F Me In The Brain
    F Me In The Brain this knows everybody from other commets Posts: 31,800
    Also / they had shirts that had Got Balls? printed on the front.   :lol:
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  • Johnny Abruzzo
    Johnny Abruzzo Philly Posts: 12,352
    Mama's in Bala Cynwyd? Yeah those are legendary.
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  • F Me In The Brain
    F Me In The Brain this knows everybody from other commets Posts: 31,800
    No,haven't tried that.  This was from that list shared here last week...in "Pennsucking" 
    Pennsauken 
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  • mcgruff10
    mcgruff10 New Jersey Posts: 29,111
    Killer cheese steak in morrisville, pa. (Across the River from Trenton) 
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  • The Juggler
    The Juggler Posts: 49,590
    mcgruff10 said:
    Killer cheese steak in morrisville, pa. (Across the River from Trenton) 
    Looks decent!
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  • cutz
    cutz Posts: 12,227
    Well, I had a cheesteak at one of the top 10 I posted a little while back. 

    I went to Lillos in Hainesport, NJ..

    I ordered over the phone for 2 cheesteaks with American Cheese.(I opt out of the Cooper Sharp which a friend told me that's what they put on it unless you ask otherwise). I forgot about the Garlic spread when I ordered, and I may have asked without that if I had. I'm a basic cheesteak guy who just likes the Steak & Cheese(American mostly) and Roll. I go in and pick them up and she says $34 and change!. I looked online and saw a price for around $12.50. I thought I may have been over-charged but I payed it and I looked at the Menu I picked up while inside and saw the price is $15.95, when I was walking back to my car. And what else I didn't know is the Cheesteak is 16 oz!!. It's HUGE!! Not sure If they have a smaller size or not.

    It was very good, considering I was concerned how it would taste with the Garlic spread. The Garlic is noticeable but didn't power over the taste of the on this cheesteak too much. Every now and then I would take a Bite and did notice the Garlic taste.(Friend said he had one that had A LOT of garlic, but he loves Garlic).

     I would recommend getting one there if you're in the Area.

    Sorry for no picture as I'm low-tech and have no clue how to post.

    Lillo’s Tomato Pies

    2503 Marne Hwy, Hainesport, New Jersey, 609-491-7751, facebook.com/LillosTomatoPies. Closed Sunday-Monday.

    Open since 2021 on a desolate stretch of Hainesport, Lillo’s is the cheesesteak's version of a sleeper hit. The bustling family pizza shop is home to not just an excellent Trenton pie, but also what some in Jersey have anointed as the best cheesesteaks in the known universe.

    The first bite will pretty much knock you out of your chair, and maybe change your dating life. The key ingredient, the one that makes people wild, is garlic aioli. The sandwich near-steams with it. Essentially, Lillo’s had the crazy idea to load a thick Cooper Sharp cheesesteak onto garlic bread.

    The result is intensity and richness. For some, it’s the apocalypse, the end of what they can allow on cheesesteaks. For others, it’s the rapture.

    I felt both ways, many ways at once: Is it too much, this garlic spread? On this sandwich that also features cheese and ribeye and onion and seeded Liscio’s roll? 

    That first bite will have you writing your mother about true love. By the end, you will need to decide: Do I now also have to talk to a priest?
  • Johnny Abruzzo
    Johnny Abruzzo Philly Posts: 12,352
    I'm half-ish Italian - I can never get enough garlic.
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  • The Juggler
    The Juggler Posts: 49,590
    Yeah I can never put enough garlic into whatever I make. My wife hates me for it.

    This cheesesteak has me intrigued!
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  • Get_Right
    Get_Right Posts: 14,108
    $34? Fuck that.
  • Jearlpam0925
    Jearlpam0925 Deep South Philly Posts: 17,517
    I think that was for 2?
  • Get_Right
    Get_Right Posts: 14,108
    edited August 2023
    We do not have true cheesesteaks up here in Westchester NY (it's actually a food dessert). What we have is something called a balboa wedge. Grilled roast beef, onions and provolone. With horsey sauce. And the roll is from the Bronx. Not the same, but damn good. $14.

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