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[WildcatDen]

No he's right.

Authentic Philly cheesesteak has steak, cheese whiz and the cheese is put on the bun, not on the meat… And grilled onions. The steak must be ribeye. Even better if you mix the onions with the chopped steak.

No mayonnaise. No peppers. No lettuce or tomato.

OK. Like I mentioned before, Penn Station cooks the onions and steak together. It is up to the customer if they want mayo or peppers, they are add-ons. The provolone is added before the ride on the broiler. I prefer mine with the mayo but the peppers depend on my mood. Can we move on to Cheese Coneys now? It's Skyline Time!
Oh, and @Lee, you have not read the small print of your WDWMagic contract that simply states, when the Spirit is away, @Lee is required to participate in the spirited thread by adding tidbits of info and insider commentary. . .

 

[zweltar]

Had Malnati's on our last visit. Would definitely rank it higher than Gino's. Malnati versus Girodano??? Tough one. On a side note since we are skirting the thread with a bit of sandwich discussion, had Al's Italian Beef last time in Chicago. A good meal if I do say so myself.

Al's is alright, but Portillos's wins hands down.

 

[FrankLapidus]

must be a welsh thing

We do eat sea weed. Not me personally but laverbread is a Welsh delicacy.

 

[WildcatDen]

Al's is alright, but Portillos's wins hands down.

Will try that next time. Thanks!

 

[bhg469]

OK. Like I mentioned before, Penn Station cooks the onions and steak together. It is up to the customer if they want mayo or peppers, they are add-ons. The provolone is added before the ride on the broiler. I prefer mine with the mayo but the peppers depend on my mood. Can we move on to Cheese Coneys now? It's Skyline Time!
Oh, and @Lee, you have not read the small print of your WDWMagic contract that simply states, when the Spirit is away, @Lee is required to participate in the spirited thread by adding tidbits of info and insider commentary. . .

Skyline is interesting, the chili is pretty good but those are some very low quality hot dogs! All I could think of was how much better they would be on some local charcoal grilled hot dogs. They use insane amounts if cheese though, that's a good thing.

Now why can't anyone make some good chicken wings outside of western ny?? And if you consider a breaded chicken wing I will find you!

 

[PREMiERdrum]

Skyline is interesting, the chili is pretty good but those are some very low quality hot dogs! All I could think of was how much better they would be on some local charcoal grilled hot dogs. They use insane amounts if cheese though, that's a good thing.

Now why can't anyone make some good chicken wings outside of western ny?? And if you consider a breaded chicken wing I will find you!

I don't know if it's available nationwide, but we buy the Skyline chili canned and use it at home with fresh onion, the skinny cheese, and *good* hot dogs. It really makes a difference.

 

[coolbeans14]

Cabbage on a kebab? I've never seen or heard of anyone having cabbage on a kebab and I've seen some strange things put on kebabs. They're usually the staple of a British night out, apparently there's nothing like greasy strips of meat smothered in chili sauce and mayonnaise when you're too drunk to really know what you're eating . I hate kebabs myself but I might had have one or two when I've been a bit worse for wear; needless to say I regretted it the next day.

Let's face it though- British food is hardly healthy at the best of times

 

[DocMcHulk]

Not hating on it, I rather enjoy it. It's just not "pizza." It should have it's own word to describe it.

You mean there are other makers of pizza besides Giordano's,Gino's, and Malnati's? Who knew

There is no other pizza than Lou Malnati's. End of discussion.

 

[Soarin' Over Pgh]

There is no other pizza than Lou Malnati's. End of discussion.

Welp, that's it. S/he proclaimed discussion over. Time to lock it up.

 

[Grumpy36]

Al's is alright, but Portillos's wins hands down.

Tore and Luke's Italian Beef's are good too. Photo's Hotdogs are pretty good in Palatine. And Hot Dougs, but they're closing soon.

 

[DocMcHulk]

Welp, that's it. S/he proclaimed discussion over. Time to lock it up.

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[DocMcHulk]

Chicago area food discussion, now that's right up my ally!

Portillos + Lou Malnatis is the dinner of champions.

 

[alphac2005]

They both had pretty awful reigns over P&R, and I honestly hope we get neither for CEO.

#Kathleenkennedy2016

When you put finance or actuarial types as heads of major corporate divisions, the results aren't generally positive for consumers or fans.

 

[alphac2005]

Chicago area food discussion, now that's right up my ally!

Portillos + Lou Malnatis is the dinner of champions.

Love some Rosati's in the pizza department.

 

[DocMcHulk]

Love some Rosati's in the pizza department.

So, I used to work for a Rosati's. It may have changed since then, but each store uses different products. So quality would vary from location to location. We used to have people drive to our location because the one closer to them wasnt as good. This was 2001ish, so it may be different now.

 

[71jason]

Apparently. Although you should really try some of these things us colonials of come up with in the past 250 years… we cook some yummy stuff…

You need to get to Jerusalem restaurant at 535 and 192 ASAP. Although I'd get the schwarma before the kebab there.

 

[Fe Maiden]

Snowballs. We threw snowballs at a drunk teenagers dressed as Santa in 1968. He was a poor Santa.

We threw batteries at JD Drew after he wanted a 10 million dollar signing bonus.

Both of those are across the line.

I would say only one was across the line. The Birds were a sad sack team and the least they could have done was send out a proper Santa.
Not only am I ok with this, I'm proud to be a part of the lineage that would do this.

Batteries, way across the line.

We cheered when Michael Irvin broke his neck.

If you grew up in the NFC East, you can understand why we cheered

This is the common thought but it really isn't true. Is it true Michael Irvin was lying in the endzone with a possible broken neck while the fans were heckling, booing, cheering? Yes, but it really wasn't directed at him. This all went down in front of us, the reaction of the fans was directed more at Deion Sanders and Jerry Jones. Deion was standing over Irvin making a spectacle out of himself and then Jerry Jones ran over which got everyone even crazier. I vaguely remember screaming for Jerry to get his own bleepity-bleeping ambulance.

 

[Nubs70]

OK. Like I mentioned before, Penn Station cooks the onions and steak together. It is up to the customer if they want mayo or peppers, they are add-ons. The provolone is added before the ride on the broiler. I prefer mine with the mayo but the peppers depend on my mood. Can we move on to Cheese Coneys now? It's Skyline Time!
Oh, and @Lee, you have not read the small print of your WDWMagic contract that simply states, when the Spirit is away, @Lee is required to participate in the spirited thread by adding tidbits of info and insider commentary. . .

Two words. .. Gold Star

 

[flyerjab]

I can't wait for @WDW1974 to see what this thread has evolved into during his absence.

 

[EpcoTim]

The un-intellectual consumer is the one who can't separate their desire for one park to fail and the other to succeed instead of just enjoying what is there to offer.

What fact did I post. I didn't even post a fact. In fact I asked for what you typed. To look at both for which they are and have an open mind to both parks expansions. Please share what facts I twisted I'll wait patiently.

The top quote. Show me anywhere, anywhere at all, where someone said they wanted Disney to fail. Just because someone doesn't like or agree with something doesn't mean they hate it and want it to fail. Exaggerating to further your own agenda is nothing more than twisting the facts, though I don't like that term used here.