Geno's Steaks ★ 4.4
Geno's Steaks in Philadelphia is the 1966 Joe Vento cheesesteak corner across Passyunk from Pat's, the orange-and-neon South Philly rival half of the city's cheesesteak duel.
Try: Philly cheesesteak
Pat's King of Steaks in Philadelphia is the 1930 founder of the cheesesteak at 9th and Passyunk, where Pat Olivieri ladled chopped steak onto a hot-dog roll for a taxi driver.
Address: 1237 E Passyunk Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19147
Geno's Steaks in Philadelphia is the 1966 Joe Vento cheesesteak corner across Passyunk from Pat's, the orange-and-neon South Philly rival half of the city's cheesesteak duel.
Try: Philly cheesesteak
John's Roast Pork in Philadelphia is the 1930 South Philly counter at Snyder and Weccacoe, James Beard America's Classic 2006 with the city's defining roast pork sandwich.
Try: Roast pork sandwich, cheesesteak
Jim's Steaks South Street in Philadelphia is the 1976 South Street counter that reopened May 2024 after the 2022 fire, expanded into the next-door Eyes Gallery building.
Try: Philly cheesesteak
Tony Luke's in Philadelphia is the 1992 South Philly counter on East Oregon, the canonical roast-pork-with-broccoli-rabe-and-sharp-provolone Italian sandwich.
Try: Roast pork sandwich
Tommy DiNic's in Philadelphia is the 1980 Reading Terminal Market counter that won Travel Channel's Best Sandwich in America 2013 with its roast pork, rabe and sharp provolone roll.
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Spataro's Cheesesteaks in Philadelphia is the 1947 Reading Terminal Market cheesesteak stand, the second-oldest cheesesteak counter in the city after Pat's.
Try: Cheesesteak