My wife is from Sydney, Australia. I have not been on the East Coast in about ten years. We're in Cherry Hill, New Jersey right now. I looked up ""Best Cheese Steaks in Philadelphia"". Pat's comes up. So we drive down to South Philly.
First, they don't take anything but cash so I have to go find an ATM. So I get in this huge line and wait my turn. I order two cheese steaks. (About $20) I watch the guy ladle liquid processed cheese from a bucket onto my sandwich.
You have to order fries and drinks from the next window down. I order two fries and two drinks. (Another $11)
We get a table. All tables are outdoors and the building is a wedge surrounded by inner city roads. Another couple is sitting in their van on the road right next to us eating their food while the car is running. The heat from the engine and exhaust is smothering us. Finally they move their over weight selves down the road.
My wife is eating her sandwich when she finds much of the meat has gristle and fat in it. Mine is the same.
How disappointing. Pat's is basically an assembly line dealing out sub-standard so-called ""Philly"" cheese steak sandwiches. They mocked John Kerry for asking for Swiss cheese when he ate there but he probably saw the slop they were gonna slather on his sandwich and didn't want that crap.
Bottom line: Worst cheese steak ever!! DO NOT BUY INTO THE HYPE!! I WILL NEVER EAT THERE AGAIN!!
Cons: Overpriced, sub-standard food
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