Dalessandro’s Steaks and Hoagies Review

Dalessandro’s Steaks and Hoagies Review (Follow up to Chubby's)

As mentioned in my prior article today, I have recently eaten at 2 major cheese steak joints in the Roxborough area of Philadelphia. These two places are directly across the street from each other similar to Pat’s and Geno’s Steaks. I will now review Dalessandro’s Steaks and Hoagies as a follow up to Chubby’s Cheese Steaks.

DAlessandro’s Steaks and Hoagies was established in 1960 and is located at 600 Wendover Street, Philadelphia, PA 19128 (at Henry and Walnut Lane). They are a must if you are interested in trying the best Philly cheese steaks. Dalessandro’s is the best cheese steak place in Roxborough/Manayunk at minimum and debatably the city. They have a specialness to them that makes them unique. First, you can order gourmet sodas and domestic and imported beers at their small “sit down inside” shop. The uniqueness of this place is also found on the counter where you eat. There is a long chain of various peppers from mild to really hot hot peppers that you can sample for free with your cheese steak. This is very different for a cheese steak shop.

I ordered Dalessandro’s Philly cheese steak with provolone cheese (I wanted to mix things up compared to my usual American cheese). The cheese steak is very cheap at $5.94 for a foot long sandwich. They packed the rolls with the chopped rib eye steak that they use making sure that you get your money’s worth. The provolone cheese was mixed well with the steak. I am not such a big provolone fan but I wanted it today.

The soft Italian rolls were perfect. They had the right soft texture that is ideal for this type of sandwich. Their onions were slightly cooked and were mixed in with the steak and cheese. I had a few peppers with their cheese steak to complement the meal.

I am really impressed with Dallesandros and think that they may be considered an elite group from the best of the best. Their place is very small but the staff was very friendly and they run their business very professionally. Also, Dallesandro’s has received numerous awards throughout the years from many different sources.

Dalessandro’s is definitely better than their competition across the street, Chubby’s. Not only have they been around much longer but their total package is much better. A cheaper, bigger, tastier sandwich. Allessandro’s, welcome aboard the Best Philly Cheese Steaks and I am sure our readers will be hearing more about you in the future!

Chubby’s Cheese Steaks Review

Chubby’s Cheese Steaks in Roxborough Review

I tackled 2 major cheese steak joints in the Roxborough section of Philly today. They are both right across the street from one another similar to Pat’s and Geno’s in South Philly. The competition is pretty fierce too. This post will be about the newer of the two called Chubby’s Cheese Steaks.

Chubby’s Cheese Steaks was established in 1987 and is located at 5826 Henry Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19128 (Roxborough area). Chubby’s is a bar type cheese steak place which makes it unique compared to many cheese steak joints in South Philly. You can sit at the bar and eat you sandwich while ordering whatever special is on tap. There is a small TV there but it wasn’t on while I was there so it’s not much of a sports bar. What is interesting about this place is that it is a small little shop but yet very comforting. It is the type of place that you go to after a real stressful day of work to get two fixes that will cure your blues: a drink and a cheese steak.

The Philly cheese steak here is similar to the DAlessandro’s Steaks and Hoagies across the street. The roll was a soft type of Italian roll but a little crispier than its competition. The value was excellent. I ordered a Philly cheese steak with provolone cheese and it came out to about $6. The onions were larger sliced onions that were grilled slightly brown. The cheese was all wrapped up in the steak and melted nice. I would say that the sandwich needed a little more cheese though.

Chubby’s also used chopped meat in their sandwich as opposed to steak strips. The chef cooked a whole pile of chopped meat on the grill at one time Jim Steaks style. Chubby’s cheese steak was a decent size and a good amount for the buck. I will give them a green light but as my next review of Dalessandro’s will tell you, I liked them better out of the two steak joints. I also had several other testers with me and they came to the same conclusion that Dalessandro’s had a better Philly cheese steak.