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Late night diners crowded in front of Pat's Steaks. Pat's King of Steaks (also known as Pat's Steaks) is a restaurant that specializes in cheesesteaks.It is located at the intersection of South 9th Street, Wharton Street and East Passyunk Avenue in the Passyunk Square section of South Philadelphia, directly across the street from rival Geno's Steaks.
Pat’s King of Steaks are the creators of the famous sliced beef and onion sandwich. Since inventing the sandwich in the 1930s, Pat’s has been on a roll, adding cheese in the 1950s.
“Cocky” Joe Lorenzo, an employee at Pat’s King of Steaks, is credited with adding Provolone to a steak sandwich in the 1950s, birthing the Philly cheesesteak.
Geno's Steaks is a Philadelphia restaurant specializing in cheesesteaks, founded in 1966 by Joey Vento. Geno's is located in South Philadelphia at the intersection of 9th Street and Passyunk Avenue , directly across the street from rival Pat's King of Steaks , which is generally credited with having invented the cheesesteak in 1933. [ 1 ]
A cheesesteak hoagie contains lettuce and tomato in addition to the ingredients found in the traditional steak sandwich, and may contain other elements often served in a hoagie. [35] A vegan cheesesteak is a sandwich that replaces steak and cheese with vegan ingredients, such as seitan or mushrooms for the steak, and soy-based cheese. [36] [37 ...
Nearby on South Street, Jim’s is an institution (order it with Cheez Whiz and fried onions), and Pat’s King of Steak is home of the world’s first cheesesteak, created by legend Pat Olivieri ...
In 2003, then-presidential candidate John Kerry made headlines when he ordered a cheesesteak sandwich with Swiss cheese, viewed as too gourmet, at Pat's King of Steaks - considered a local faux-pas.
Shinerunner - The argument here is that these are variants on a type of sandwich. According to one of the first cheesesteak restaurants in Philly, Pat's King of Steak, the cheesesteak is a steak sandwich. It appears that somewhere along the line other restaurants changed the name for one reason or another - most likely as a marketing ploy.