Two guys, a food truck, and a steak-laden mission to create perfection
Welcome to Cheesesteak 2.0. A new era of Philly’s iconic sandwich is upon us, and to celebrate, we’re taking a look at the movers and makers redefining the genre. Go here to dig in to our full coverage.
Freezing cold, standing in the hard, bright midwinter sunlight in the gravel drive beside a Gilbertsville brewery, Anthony Billetta and I are talking about cheesesteaks.
Talking shit about cheesesteaks, really. Who we like, who we don’t, why. We’re philosophizing about cheesesteaks in the way that only people from here can, because only people from here — Philadelphia, its suburbs, this region — have that kind of context. The almost rabbinical immersion and investment of daily study, of opinions hammered out across years of debate…