As a teenager I used to go to Jim's Steaks I think it was, on Castor Ave., in Juniata. To me, back then, they had great steaks. I've only had Pats steak a couple of times. Born in South Philly but raised in the Northeast.
Aliquippa & Southern posted:No discussion is complete without Pittsburgh's Primanti Brothers
Doug
I don't know what that is but it is not a cheese steak.
I used to live in Philly, and had a good friend who strongly preferred Geno's, which I never understood. Moved away over 25 years ago, but visit occasionally. Took my son to a Phillies game last summer, and went into South Philly to take him to the Italian Market in South Philly, and Geno's and Pat's, where we split a cheesesteak from each. To my great surprise, I now have an entirely new perspective on it. Geno's has less meat, and you can get it with lettuce and tomato (not an option at Pat's); but the Geno's meat has more of a real "steak" flavor. My son could not pick a favorite; we agreed that each have their own distinct appeal.
The Claymont Steak Shop in northern Delaware doesn't do bad, either - here is some evidence!
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Forget the cheesesteak and stick to Scrapple. 
I've been fortunate in that when I was but a young, single guy, I drove over the road in a semi. This afforded me the opportunity to try all sorts of cuisines. I liked many of them, and have fond memories of hot Pastrami and Swiss on rye over in Newark, NJ, fried oysters and other seafood dishes up on the New England coast, Mexican food out west (and in Mexico), along with many, many other servings of good food.
BUT... being I'm an Ozark hillbilly at heart (and lineage)...
This past Tuesday I was out in the mountains tromping around old abandoned roadbeds among the pine covered mountains.
(Pic from Tuesday)
Lunch time was spent at a little hole in the wall "general store" in the backwoods of Arkansas. The store had a bare concrete floor, dusty old fishing tackle and other assorted (non perishable) items for sale on the few shelves... old tables and chairs... and big propane fed heating stove. There were old photos and such hanging around on the walls. The locals were all friendly (you never meet a stranger when in those parts IF you're not a jerk) and there was lots of good "dinner conversation".
I'll have to say they served me up some the best eatin' I've had in a while consisting of fried 'taters n' sausage, boiled cabbage, and corn bread, all swigged down with home brewed sweet tea. It was spoon slurpin' good!
SO... even though I've dined on a bunch of cuisines and like many of them... hard for this boy to find something better than the regional foods where I live. UMmmmm... UM!
I'm hungry now. Think I'll go see what's in the fridge.
Andre
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John Pignatelli JR. posted:rex desilets posted:Perhaps..Woodland Scenics Corner Emporium could be used as a start. After that the project is a little bit of structure work and a huge amount of illuminated signage.
It would be useful to have square-on shots of the building without the illumination...
Rex, I would be glad to go to either one and take copious amounts of photos for them. However if Miller where to do just a few Cheesesteak signs I can go with that and use the Corner emporium or a MTH corner building. it would be a great project. As glitzy and gaudy as it gets!
Accuracy, man. All or nothing
BTW Wentz promises next year when he feels better. SB XIII
Subversive talk about trading Wentz for multiple draft choices...
bluelinec4 posted:I vote for this building Ishkabibbles
With a tall, cool Gremlin! (grape juice and lemonade)
Mitch
(also a Tony Luke's fan)
Farmer_Bill posted:Forget the cheesesteak and stick to Scrapple.
If you are born and raised in South Philly you would find that a cheese steak is the Holy Grail and scrapple is the breakfast meal The Cheesesteak is Lunch at least once or twice a week other sandwiches at lunch would be Hoagies, my lunch while in school would be Cheesesteaks, Italian Hoagies. pork sub, meatball or sausage and sometimes a Cheese hoagie with three different cheeses on it. friday was always Tuna.
Scrapple and egg sandwich in the morning
Dinner was at the Melrose dinner, yum
Then I got married and it all went bye bye. But now it is almost all back. except in the yuppy town of Fredericksburg VA you cannot find a place to get a scrapple and egg sandwich. They do not understand the concept. I was at a local choke and puke and I saw they had scrapple, I said to the waitress I will have a scrapple and egg sandwich please, she said we don't have a scrapple sandwich, I said ok give me a scrapple and egg plater over well with the eggs with four pieces of white toast. When it came I took a hunk of the scrapple on the toast and one egg, I also made one for the wife.
The waitress was bewildered and ask where you all from honey?
I said north of the Mason Dixon line. She asked if the VRE went there.
I said yes.
Farmer_Bill posted:Forget the cheesesteak and stick to Scrapple.
FB, I know you are the resident Scrapple connoisseur, but I think maybe you have that backwards.... the Scrapple sticks to you!!! 
-Dave
NW Arkansas is relatively civilized in that scrapple can be obtained at a couple of the specialty butcher shops around here... :9
Only one (somewhat) decent cheesesteak joint, however.
Mitch
If you go just outside of Fredericksburg on Rt. 3, there is a place called the Country Store that served scrapple. Haven't been in a while but I'm pretty sure they still have it and will put it on a breakfast sandwich for you.
Pittsburgh's Primanti Brothers way better food and they use real cheese, not Cheezwiz, like they do in Philly.
OK...we have gone from requesting a building to a food review thread.....closed.
