Am I the only one who finds the thought of this particular concoction revolting? To each his own as far as taste for food goes but I honestly can not fathom why anyone would want a meat-filled pretzel. Then again people eat fish heads so this isn’t the worst thing ever. Still……
http://www.philly.com/philly/restaurants/93923134.html?cmpid=15585797
Cheesesteak Pretzel makes official debut today
By Peter Mucha
Inquirer Staff Writer
The marriage of two of Philadelphia’s favorite foodstuffs was celebrated today with a lunchtime giveaway at Love Park.
Meet the Cheesesteak Pretzel: a handheld cheesesteak baked inside soft-pretzel dough.
More than 700 were handed out, to mostly positive reviews.
“This stuff is good,” said Jermaine Bernard, 33, finishing his first while in line to get a second. The visitor from Los Angeles hoped to try for a third as well.
“Not two thumbs up, but one thumb up,” said actuary Derek Eyler, 25, of Abington.
“I would like maybe a little bit more cheese,” said real estate manager Mandy Davis, 27, of Center City. While a regular cheesesteak can be a meal, the Cheesesteak Pretzel, she said, was “more snack appropriate.”
“It’s kind of a strange combination,” said victim advocate Kourtney Burris, 24, of South Philadelphia. “It’s straight-up Philly, that’s what it is.”
The folks at the Philly Pretzel Factory introduced the Cheesesteak Pretzels this morning at almost every one of its more than 100 stores between New York State and Georgia.
The regular price is $3.50, or two for $6. (Get 2 for $4 with a coupon found on Page 17 of today’s Daily News.)
Next Monday, every outlet will also serve them up for free between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m.
It’s a twist on the chain’s Pretzel Dogs and Spicy Pretzel Sausages – links poking out the ends of golden-brown tubes.
The Cheesesteak Pretzel, though, is totally enclosed, like a knish.
“It’s good. . . . It’s not messy like a regular cheesesteak,” said steam mechanic Bill Toole, 45, of Woodbury, sitting in his truck outside the 16th and Sansom store this morning. “I’m not going to be wearing this all day.”
“It’s the exact taste” of a regular cheesesteak, said sanitation engineer Aaron Godwin, 18, of Swarthmore. “I like it. . . . There’s a lot of cheese in it.”
The aim was to add another lunchtime option, said Daniel DiZio, president of the chain, which sold 125 million soft pretzels last year.
A year and a half of research and testing went into the final product, which has American cheese, no onions, he said.
Fried onions were considered, and might be in a future version. The door’s open on other possibilities, though don’t expect to see a Hoagie Pretzel or salads, said DiZio, 39, who started selling pretzels on Roosevelt Boulevard at age 11.
Good god. That sounds horrible.
Anything fattening and disgusting, Philly people will eat. Ever heard of the Northeast Philly gut? Or skinny fat chicks? All terms I learned when I moved to Philly.
Women out here show off their guts like other women show off their breast…….not the same thing, and NOT sexy!
I stumble to this website and always like to hear opposing views about this city and other thing in general. For the most part I can understand your fustrations (ie: parking, dog poo…)and most of the people commenting.
But having said all that “California Girl” comments are unfounded and vile! This “girl”, probably someone in their mid-60′s, and just as fat and gross as her made up stories about Philly!
Sorry if that might sound harsh (which I think it doesn’t) but I have not heard anything from her comments that have any merit!
Move out already! You’re the slob that makes this city as bad as you say it is!
Gia – I have posted your comment in full because I appreciate all comments and opinions. But the attack on California Girl is indeed a wee bit harsh. Some people are blunt and leave short comments. Personal style differ.
Philadelphia is always listed near the top of the fattest cities in the country. This is an indisputable fact.
On the other hand, I’ve seen the proud gut show-off in other places too. That doesn’t appear to be a Philly-specific phenomena. Some women simply think a hanging gut is sexy. Maybe to some people it is. Overall though I don’t find it to be a good look…for women or men.
Ew.
That sounds gross.
You know Fhilthadelphia & it’s food really is a good laugh! Everyone talks about the “orange snott filled Chsteaks” because they think Fhilthadelphia started it, right?! Wrong!!! The steak sub, sandwich, hero, panini what ever, was first made in New Haven, Connecticut… Sorry Fhilthy residents to have broken your hearts if you didn’t know that, people of this scum of a city stole that claim just like the pretzel…The pretzel origin is from Europe, so again what is Fhilthy even good for, uuhhhmm let’s see; Rocky is from NY, cream cheese is from England & France, it was first made in NY, Ben Franklin is from Boston, Atlantic City & the beaches belongs to Jeresy, & the Liberty Bell is cracked! Think about it, Fhithadelphians throw the name on the front of something & they all want to take the credit for it…. So just stop branging about nothing that Fhilthadelphians have ever did!
There’s some gross food where I come from but the thought of this is too much for me to handle. People like this? Yuck!!!!!!
Come on, it’s pretty good. I’m a transplant to Philly (since 06) and overall I don’t think the food is that bad.
Anthony I think you have your facts wrong. Check yourself.
Cheesesteak pretzel? What’s next? Scrapple fondue?
Hey California Girl, I agree with you. I have not seen as many “muffin-tops” as I have in Phatadelphia (maybe it’s because all these out-of-shape women/girls wash all that fattening food down with a big bottle of WAWA iced tea, which is full of sugar).
Hey EddieP, the food in Philly SUCKS! The restaurants and their waiters SUCK! The attitude by food staff in Philly (at the Gallery, SEPTA stops, at hockey, baseball and football games) SUCKS!
And Anthony is right about Philly and their “false sense of entitlement” to everything. Who invented the pretzel? Frugal monks in Southern France or Northern Italy in 610 AD, who created it with leftover dough. The strips were then formed to represent a child’s arms folded in prayer. And locals call it a Philly pretzel?
The cheesesteak? The steak sandwich was invented by the Brits in 1762, but when a Philly put it on a hoagie roll…VOILA! It became a Philly thing. FYI, Canadians have been eating steak subs, a variation of the Scottish pasty, well before south Philly immigrants slapped sliced beef on a soft roll.
There is nothing original about Philly food. Oh wait. Yes there is. The portion sizes.
This is for California Girl: I was watching Man v. Food on the Travel Channel where Adam Richman takes on Tony Luke in the Ultimate Cheesesteak Challenge. EVERY young girl and woman in the back cheering them on had a short Phillies shirt on and their fat was hanging over the sides. You should have seen it…maybe not. It was ugly.