Jacob Goes By Jack
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Hi all - I'll probably have a couple hours to kill around dinner time at 30th St. Station tomorrow. Anyone know if a good cheese steak can be obtained inside or close to the station?
If your desperate for a cheesesteak it's worth it. Simple because their the worst. BTW my vote goes for pats. I go once a year to experience a crappy cheesesteak. A good place is Jim's on South Street. The line goes around the block sometimes because he has good steaks.Pat's and Geno's. Sure they are not the best being now tourist stops but if you've never been there, it's worth it. .
Taste has nothing to do with it. If you go once to Philly, you have to say you ate at one of those places if only to say you were there. It's like any other tourist thing - everyone is going to ask if you went there and if you say you didn't, nobody will be interested in the fact that you went to a different cheesesteak place no matter how good it is. On a (non-Amtrak) business trip, a local fellow employee took us to a place he said was a lot better (and it was as it turned out) but nobody cared. So on our last trip, we had to try one of them (We picked Geno). It's one of those things you just have to do no matter how corny or silly. Similarly, on a trip to Amsterdam, I told my wife we had to walk through the red light district. She asked "Why would I want to do that"? I told her that everyone would ask and sure enough, even though that was 15+ years ago, if we tell people who have never been there, he first thing they ask is "Did you go to the red light district"? It is a great talking point.If your desperate for a cheesesteak it's worth it. Simple because their the worst. BTW my vote goes for pats. I go once a year to experience a crappy cheesesteak. A good place is Jim's on South Street. The line goes around the block sometimes because he has good steaks.Pat's and Geno's. Sure they are not the best being now tourist stops but if you've never been there, it's worth it. .
Steve FROM PHILLY!
Steve, if you had any taste, you wouldn't be living in Philly. <ducks><avoids thrown objects>I can agree it's a tourist type thing. But the taste business is for Philadelphians to decide.
AlohaIf your desperate for a cheesesteak it's worth it. Simple because their the worst. BTW my vote goes for pats. I go once a year to experience a crappy cheesesteak.Pat's and Geno's. Sure they are not the best being now tourist stops but if you've never been there, it's worth it. .
Steve FROM PHILLY!
HAHA! To be honest if I didn't live here, I would want to live up in New England. I've always been fond of visiting that area. Not fond of the snow. I've been used to snow my whole life and it be hard to be in an area without it... As much as I hate it.. Not to mention the choices for points runs are endless up there. Could head to SPG then down to NHV and back to BOS. That's a decent trip to earn points. Downeaster. NEC. LSL to ALB down to NYP back to BOS. I just see possibilities out of BOS.Steve, if you had any taste, you wouldn't be living in Philly. <ducks><avoids thrown objects>I can agree it's a tourist type thing. But the taste business is for Philadelphians to decide.
Too good taste! :giggle:HAHA! To be honest if I didn't live hereSteve, if you had any taste, you wouldn't be living in Philly. <ducks><avoids thrown objects>I can agree it's a tourist type thing. But the taste business is for Philadelphians to decide.
Ok several things here..I guess I'm too late to be useful for the original poster, but...
If you want a good cheesesteak, I can't help you with that. After I moved here, I kept trying all the cheesesteak places that the locals recommend, until I finally decided that I just don't like cheesesteaks. Really... it's just low-quality fried beef, with low-quality cheese added to it. Try an Italian Hoagie instead -- and get oil rather than mayonnaise on it.
The other thing I can recommend is: pretzels. Philadelphia is not actually famous for them for some reason I don't understand, but they are very good here. There are no less than three Auntie Anne's outlets inside 30th Street Station; try one.
Agree. But then I'm not a Philadelphian.I would take an auntie annes any day over a street vendor. Actaially a fresh super pretzel is better than a street vendor.
Let's not kill this thread -- I want to know more about good places to eat in Philly.Auntie Anne's sells a tasty snack, but no, they are not soft pretzels. Boy, could I go for a good Phily pretzel with mustard right now. And yeah,
if you pay more than 50 cents you got ripped off. (When I was a college student in Philly in the 90's you could usually find them for a quarter...
a cheap, filling snack for a poor college student.)
As far as cheesesteaks, I lived in Philly 4 years as a student and never once went to Pat's/Geno's. But I must have eaten hundreds of good
cheeseteaks in that time. Pretty much any street food truck makes good ones. The food trucks that can't make a good cheesesteak don't
stay in business, so just find a foodtruck with a few people in line and you know you'll get a good cheesesteak.
Syrenka Luncheonette for some good Polish food.Let's not kill this thread -- I want to know more about good places to eat in Philly.
Please - posters -- give me more -- I want to be there, I want to eat good, help me.
I actually looked that word up.But then I'm not a Philadelphian.
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