bebopper
2004-02-17 23:23:53 UTC
I was in the city today to get my sax worked on and thought I
would finally try the legendary Shank & Evelyn's luncheonette on 10th
near Christian.
The place just oozes Philly atmosphere. Everybody knows
everyone else, Evelyn and her daughters run the whole show, and they,
of course, call you "hon" if they don't know your name (which seemed
rare.)
I had read their cheesesteaks were way up there, but in
retrospect, I wish I had tried their veal or chix parmesan, or
homemade roast beef or pork w/ gravy, or sausage or whatever ....
In the classic 9th and Passyunk style, they don't chop the
meat. Everything on their grill is pressed beneath one of those
flat-irons. So basically, you get a six ounce minute steak (the first
time I ever got one medium-rare, though ..) LOTS of american cheese on
an extremely fresh roll.
Maybe if I were a vegetarian I might have enjoyed it more. It
did come with some great oil-roasted hot Italian green peppers (which
made the sandwich.) Sauce (ordered) did not come with the sandwich.
Maybe I should have asked for gravy, but this is probably one of the
FEW places in that neighborhood where gravy is brown and goes on roast
pork/beef ...
Anyway, I would go back in a minute, but not for the
cheesesteaks ....
It's a S. Philly classic, and next time I'm having the
homemade soup of the day and maybe a roast pork with brocolli rabe on
the side.
cheers,
bebopper
would finally try the legendary Shank & Evelyn's luncheonette on 10th
near Christian.
The place just oozes Philly atmosphere. Everybody knows
everyone else, Evelyn and her daughters run the whole show, and they,
of course, call you "hon" if they don't know your name (which seemed
rare.)
I had read their cheesesteaks were way up there, but in
retrospect, I wish I had tried their veal or chix parmesan, or
homemade roast beef or pork w/ gravy, or sausage or whatever ....
In the classic 9th and Passyunk style, they don't chop the
meat. Everything on their grill is pressed beneath one of those
flat-irons. So basically, you get a six ounce minute steak (the first
time I ever got one medium-rare, though ..) LOTS of american cheese on
an extremely fresh roll.
Maybe if I were a vegetarian I might have enjoyed it more. It
did come with some great oil-roasted hot Italian green peppers (which
made the sandwich.) Sauce (ordered) did not come with the sandwich.
Maybe I should have asked for gravy, but this is probably one of the
FEW places in that neighborhood where gravy is brown and goes on roast
pork/beef ...
Anyway, I would go back in a minute, but not for the
cheesesteaks ....
It's a S. Philly classic, and next time I'm having the
homemade soup of the day and maybe a roast pork with brocolli rabe on
the side.
cheers,
bebopper