We just got back from our east coast
vacation, and because we are now to poor to go out to eat we will
count our vacation as our in restaurant in July :) On this vacation
we knew we had to try cheese steak in Philly and pizza in New York
City to see what the big deal is. I think we choose the right
places, however it was proven to us that Brian and I are true
mid-westerners
We had two cheese steaks while in
Philly. The first one was on a food cart and the other was at
Geno's, which is a popular, historic, cheese steak place that a
co-worker told me about before we left on our trip. Brian actually
preferred the food cart sandwich. At Geno's I got whiz on my sandwich
which is the way to go. It made the sandwich more moist. You have to get whiz and onions to do it right. Geno's was
a neat place. It was in a small neighborhood and if you want to eat
there you need to hunt for it. It is not something that you are just
going to bump into if you are on vacation. You could tell just by
being near the building that this place has a lot of history. I
would definitely seek out Geno's if you are going on vacation in
Philly. Having said that, Brian and I both agree that we prefer the
Italian beef sandwiches of Chicago over the Philly cheese steak.
Our New York City pizza was the exact
same experience as the cheese steak. We made the right choice, but
we prefer the thicker saucier pizza we get in our area. We went to
John's pizza which is just west of Time Square. The building was
neat with a huge mural on the wall, and they made the pizzas in brick
oven that you could see from your tables. When we got there the
place was crowded, so we knew this was the place to be. Once again,
the pizza was good New York pizza and this is the place I would
recommend if you are on vacation, however he both prefer the more
saucy pizza found in our hometown.
We ate at many good places on vacation.
My number one recommendation would be the Reading Terminal Market
which is within walking distance from all of the historic attraction
in Philly. This place is rows and rows of food vendors. They had a
fruit/fish market where you could buy stuff to cook at home, but they
also had food vendors selling everything under the sun. We took part in a German place, a grilled cheese place, and a cupcake/pie place. The one warning about this place is to go early in the day. We got there about two hours before closing and a couple of places ran out of stuff we wanted to try. The Reading Market was kind
of like a giant food court at a mall without any pesky stores to get
in the way. Oh and none of the restaurants where chains which we
enjoyed.
After our great vacation I will leave
you with this little bit of useful information, if you find yourself in a hotel in Exton, Pennsylvania at 10pm and they point you in the direction of the 24 hour diner in town, run
in the OPPOOSITE direction ;) Happy Eating and Happy Summer!
