| ="article_content"> | | | | steak. Pat’s promptly followed suit but offered |
| When it comes to the original and the best’, | | | | a selection of different cheeses to add to their steak |
| there’s only one place to eat an authentic | | | | sandwich. This event provoked bitter rivalry between |
| cheese steak - in the city of its invention: Philadelphia. | | | | Pat’s and Geno’s, which is still in |
| First offered as a tasty snack in 1952, the cheese | | | | evidence today, and many native Philadelphians still |
| steak - a long roll sandwich filled with thinly sliced steak | | | | disagree about which of the two establishments |
| and smothered in cheese - is as intertwined with the | | | | produces the best cheese steak sandwich. However, |
| history of Philadelphia as the Declaration of | | | | as they're located on the same street, it’s easy |
| Independence. | | | | to visit both restaurants and make up your own mind! |
| At street vendors, quality restaurants and even at the | | | | You won’t want to eat cheese steak during |
| city’s fantastic new sporting venue Citizens | | | | your entire break so, when you’re not seeking |
| Bank Park — home of the Phillies — you | | | | out the city’s culinary delights, there is much to |
| can buy cheese steaks everywhere. But, for the | | | | see in Philadelphia. The established historic district |
| universally acknowledged best cheese steaks in Philly | | | | offers all the sights within a comfortable walking |
| you must seek out Pat’s and Geno’s | | | | distance. Here you can visit the house where Thomas |
| restaurants in the Italian market in South Philadelphia. | | | | Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence and |
| Legend has it that in 1930 hot dog vendor Pat Olivieri | | | | also view the Liberty Bell. If you prefer not to walk |
| decided to use chopped up steak as an alternative to | | | | take a horse-drawn carriage or even a modern-day |
| the usual wiener and thus inadvertently invented the | | | | Duck tour instead. The city is also home to the |
| steak sandwich. Acting on the advice of a cab driver | | | | MLB’s Phillies and the Eagles of the NFL, and |
| who eagerly sampled the alternative hot dog, Pat | | | | offers an exciting nightlife. |
| opened his own restaurant in the Italian market area of | | | | To sample the best cheese steaks in the USA, then |
| South Philadelphia, modestly called Pat’s King | | | | make sure that you visit Philly’s Italian market, |
| of Steaks’. | | | | but opt to stay at one of the downtown hotels in |
| Just across the street from Pat’s you’ll | | | | Philadelphia from where you can sample the best of |
| find Geno’s. Although slightly clouded by claim | | | | the rest that the city has to offer. Adam Singleton is |
| and counter-claim it is generally thought that in 1952 | | | | an online, freelance journalist and keen amateur |
| Geno’s employee Joe Vento added Cheese | | | | photographer. |
| Whiz to the steak sandwich and renamed it a cheese | | | | |