The Battle of Philly

Okay, so look...everyone's heard of it...the Philly Cheese Steak. Yes, it did supposedly originate in Philly: it actually was first sold out of a hot dog stand by the Olivieri brothers in the Italian Markets. ANYWAY, the real reason we came down here...

GENOS vs. PATS- for years these two places (located right across the street from each other) has argued in debate over which cheese steak is better and The Belly Busters went down to settle it once and for all. Geno's is your classic, all-american, blind patriotism, speak English or die type of joint...which is cool. Pat's is kind of the same but less particular about your nationality. At these places you gotta' order it proper "A Whiz Wit!" means a Sandwich with cheese whiz and onions.

To the left of you is GENO'S. We ordered the classic sub with Cheese Wiz...a hometown favorite. If you notice Geno's does not cut up their steak but serves it in slices. The cheese steak was very good and in the middle of freezing December, a warm cheese steak at Pat's looked promising.





We got to Pat's, still trying to remember the taste of Geno's in our minds to judge properly and we ordered the regular steak sandwich. As we finished the sandwich, we determined Geno's was better but we missed one glaring difference........we didn't order it with cheese wiz like we did at Geno's.

As you can see, Pat's serves their sandwich with shredded steak. This was the first sandwich we ordered and it couldn't stand up to Geno's. However, we realized, that we needed to be fair so we ordered one wit cheese at Pat's. WOW...what a difference.

THE VERDICT: Well, Philly Fanatics, here's the deal: both sandwiches were hella good but ultimately all three Belly Buster members agreed that....

PAT'S STEAKS is the better Philly Cheese Steak due to the quality of meat and better bread. If you are going to do this taste test on your own, PLEASE make sure you order the EXACT same sandwich from each place...or else you could be making the same mistake we initially did. But anyhoo, with Philly's case finally solved, The Belly Busters crew took a long run up the Rocky Steps and shook their fist in another victory.

Mike at Pat's Fusco at Geno's