I had the french onion cheesesteak and it was delicious…Ive had french onion burgers before but never had a french onion cheesesteak so here is my breakdown
Roll–very fresh long roll
Meat–you can taste that it is very high quality rib eye from the 1st bite
Cheese–average cheese with an average portion
Flavor–surprisingly tasted like french onion soup which is what I was looking for when I ordered it
Great location near Independence Hall and steps from 2nd n Market st el stop.
I have been to most of the cheesesteak places in the city due to owning a food blog website and I have to say they have one of the best Cheesesteaks in the city. The roll is incredibly fresh and the cheese and steak go perfectly together. The best part is that from 11am to 3pm you can get this incredible Cheesesteak for just 5.75…Awesome Mega slice too!!!
I went here for restaurant week so let’s break it down
Caesar salad—very fresh….tasted like Kens salad dressing but I’m not sure
Filet Mignon–Great!!…asked for medium–outer part was medium-well but center was a perfect medium
Sides—I’m not impressed when higher priced restaurants serve string beans, I just think that they don’t show a chefs culinary skills…the mashed potatoes were excellent
Dessert–one of the best carrot cakes I’ve ever had
Overall a great experience with an incredible dessert so I will eventually return
I take alot of pride in finding good dive bars, corner bar on richmond st has an outstanding pork sandwich, the Abbaye in Northern Liberties has an amazing burger, some might consider the incredible burger that I had from Blue Moon Cafe on Richmond st to be a dive bar and I thought that was the best burger I’ve had all year….I walked into this very dark Kensington type bar not expecting much, I’ve been to hundreds of these type of places and only a handful are any good. Immediately I see the board and it says “rib eye” steak and fries just 7.99 my 1st thought was that it’s impossible for that to be real rib eye in a place like this, it’s so dark how the hell could they see to cook it lol…the cheesesteak came out and much to my surprise it was not only real rib eye but it was loaded with meat, just to give you an idea a real rib eye cheesesteak in center city is 9-11 dollars and there are no fries…my only complaint was that the roll was on the small size and sub par and the fries were boring but the steak and cheese were great and that’s what your paying for so who cares….I also had the grandma’s sauce and agree with everyone who says it was awesome….bottom line is that this is a great dive bar with incredibly great food and service.
I have been to the best Mediterranean restaurants in the city with my favorite being Zahav and I must say this place is fantastic!!…Outstanding customer service, great staff, friendly service….the owner let me sample some salads and they were all great and fresh!!!…I feel that New York style bagels are a step above the rest and they have great ones!!!…I also had the falafel and there are places in this city that have bad ones but not here….their falafel is great and goes very well in the pita bread with the Tzaziki sauce and vegetables….I shall return.
I have been walking by here for quite some time hoping to get here. I saw the great reviews on yelp. I’ve been to the best greek/Mediterranean restaurants in this city with my favorite being Zahav on Walnut St and Zorbas on Fairmount Ave….I judge a Greek restaurant by two things…Pita bread and tzaziki sauce and both of these are outstanding here… I had the gyro platter and the meat was delicious too….my only complaint is that the rice is a little bland but that’s typical when you get a dish that has rice because it usually just accompanys the dish and isn’t the main attraction….I really liked the food here and hope they keep up the good work.
My restaurant photo collection contains 554 restaurants and 178 of those are burger places.The burger here ranks at the bottom of this list so let’s break it down
Bun–horrible dry seeded bun
Meat–overcooked
Condiments–needed much more and the small ketchup chalices ain’t cutting it
Came in here today with the intention of adding the Kobe beef sliders to my burger collection.I always say the service at these upscale places are second to none,so that isn’t an issue.I decided to read the menu and that decision cost me a few extra dollars.I chose to “take the gloves off ” and order a steak.I love the cutlery they bring out before the meal it makes the experience “extra fancy”.The steak was just about perfect,tender and very nicely seasoned.Ilove the steak at Smith and Wollensky but I have to admit this one is a better cut and better tasting.I was looking forward to the Kobe beef sliders so maybe I will come back tomorrow.In my opinion this is the best steak money can buy.
This review is for the burger only and not the lemonade which I think is incredible!!!….the service was great!!! So heres the break down…..
Bun—typical bun nothing special
Meat–excellent the only reason I gave it 3 stars
Toppings–usual toppings but I was surprised they offered mayo as an option
The meat on this burger was only 6oz so that was also a problem.
I have been going on vacation in Montauk for 20 years and this place has always had a terrific burger!!!…there’s just something about the meat they use that is incredible,after eating everything on the menu I highly recommend the “Big John” burger it’s big enough to just eat one and it’s got the very cool McDonald’s secret sauce so here’s the breakdown
Bun–typical burger bun
Meat–incredible!!!….always good
Toppings–very fresh
