Talk:Pat's King of Steaks
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[edit] Traditional Cheez Whiz???
As much as the owners of Pat's and Geno's would like everyone to think that a Philadelphia cheese steak is suppose to use Cheez Whiz (because that's what they've been using in recent years), 99.99999% of all other Philly steak shops typically use American cheese. If you simply walk into a local neighborhood shop and say, "yo, one cheese steak", the owner assumes American unless you specify otherwise. I've never had the pleasure of eating a cheese steak outside of Philly, so I don't know what is done in other parts of the country, but I've had cheese steaks all over Philly, and its only at Pat's and Geno's where that nasty Cheez Whiz stuff is the rule. How long has Cheez Whiz been around, anyway? 10 or 15 years? Pat's has been making steak sandwhiches since 1930, and they've come with cheese since at least the 1960s. There is nothing "traditional" about Cheez Whiz. func(talk) 00:14, 20 Oct 2004 (UTC)
I, an outsider, was suprised that my Pat's cheese steak contained the aforementioned liquid hydrogenated death. But more importantly, this Kerry thing reeks of proximity. That is, it's temporal proximity is it's sole merit besides the facts that it involves cheese steaks, and that Kerry is, in general, an important person. All references to Kerry ought to be removed, as, if the page detailed every instance of a person eating a cheese steak, or even every instance of a person making a cheese steak faux pas, it would be utterly useless, not to mention long. -11/22/04
[edit] Ordering Order
The order in which patrons specify the items to be included on their steak is incorrect as written. The first portion of the order is the type of cheese desired (e.g., "Whiz"), the second whether onions are to be added (e.g., "Wit") or not ("Witout").
[edit] Official name
The official name of Pat's is "Pat's King of Steaks" not "Pat's Steaks." Although it may be informally referred to as the ladder, all of the restaurant's signage and references on its website read "Pat's King of Steaks." With that being said, I will be changing the article's title from Pat's Steaks from Pat's King of Steaks.
[edit] Other Partners?
I recently removed a statement from the South Phiadelphia article refencing Pat's Steaks, stating:
It is stated in the Milano family folklore that Salvatore Milano, born in Pietraperzia, Enna, Sicily, who lived 806 Federal Street, was to go into partnership with Pat in opening his steak sandwich shop back in the early 1930's. However, at the last minute, Milano pulled out at to open his own shop, near to 6th & Catherine, or thereabouts. While Salvatore Milano's shop failed, Pat's went on to become famous as being "King of the Steaks".
As written, it obviously needs citation, but I was surprised to find no reference to it in this artlce. Should it be incorporated? Can anyone substaniate the claim?Joe JJC 15:36, 7 January 2007 (UTC)
[edit] The First to Use Cheese?
This article says that Geno's claims to have been the first to use cheese, opening in 1966. But also says Pat's has been using Cheese Wiz since 1952? If that's true, then that totally contadict's Geno's claim. This is contradictory and confusing. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 68.238.178.226 (talk) 20:01, 1 April 2007 (UTC).
