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BB Sandwich Bar Cheats at Cheesesteak

Saturday, November 15, 2008

What is it about cheesesteaks that make them so confident? Perhaps it’s the masses of meat and cheese or perhaps it’s the incredible man-points one gains by eating cheesesteak or maybe it’s just something in the personality of someone who opens a cheesesteak joint, they seem to love aggressive slogans. BB’s Sandwich Bar (120 W [...]

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Captain Wogie, Bringer of Delicious

Sunday, March 16, 2008

Oh (Amazing) Wogies (39 Greenwich Ave, New York, NY). How sweet the taste. That saved a wretch like me. I was lost but now I see.
Oh Wogies. Your cheesesteaks are incredible. They’re not like others (see 99 Miles to Philly and Carls Steaks): not greasy or terrible food-coma inducing. They are warm and [...]

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Put ‘em Up Carl!

Friday, March 7, 2008

A sign outside Carls Steaks (507 3rd Ave, New York) reads “AOL Voted Best Sandwich in NYC.” Bold claim, Mr. Carl, that’s a mighty bold claim. “If anyone’s up to testing it, it might as well be me”, said I. And test it I did. I marched in the next lunch day and said “Whiz [...]

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See Past the Grease, Through to Tasty Philly

Monday, November 12, 2007

In the spectrum of sandwiches, the Philly cheesesteak is always the mildly retarded sibling that makes everyone laugh. While it starts with reasonable ingredients: steak, cheese and maybe onions, but winds up looking like some kind of horrible disaster. It’s greasy and slimy and looks more than a little like dog food with a strange [...]

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