Eric, you only included one photo! but I wouldn't make a choice of the two most popular restaurants selling Philly Cheesesteak Subs...
In my 17th and 18th summer, I worked in a small South Philly Pizzeria that also sold Subs including their own version of the Philly Cheesesteak... Our bread was made by the Amoroso Bakery, the steak wasn't "Steakums" but was sliced (by machine) by me from frozen flank steaks. It was fried on a grill using olive oil, with wonderful onions that I also personally sliced on the same machine causing me uncountable tears!
The cheese was genuine Italian Provolone (you guessed it--sliced on the same machine)... and the rolls were sliced open (by hand) and placed on the grill to toast until the meat was done cooking and cheese was melted to perfection.
So I don't consider steak sandwiches made with Cheese Whizz to be a Philly cheesesteak...
In the two summers I worked at Tony's Pizza, at 28th and Snyder Ave, I must have eaten a couple hundred of those subs! Never got tired of them.
Next time you are in Philadelphia, stop at Ralph and Ricky's Pizza and say hello to the boys for me... they used to work with me at Tony's... When they quit working there, they opened their own Pizzeria and put Tony's out of business... I was already gone... got drafted in October of 1967!
That Ford may be the right color, but it is a THUNDRBIRD!
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regards, -John S
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