Philadelphia's Best Fast Food 2008

Pita restaurant provides sandwiches with grilled meats, falafel, vegetables and more, as well as a build-your-own sandwich station.

Reviews:

• “Fresh and healthy take-out til 3am! (on Fri and Sat)”
• “First visit to Pita Pit … It’s a Keeper!”
• “i wish there were 6 stars…”
• “It’s all about the food!”
• “Amazing freshly prepared pita’s anyway you’d like them!!”

Tips: Check out the nutritional information of their food on their website.

Pita Pit
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No frills and plenty of quality ingredients make this burger joint a solid “quick-bite” destination.

Reviews:

• “Best burgers in the city”
• “Best Fast Food Burger Around”
• “Great Sloppy Burgers Done RIGHT”
• “Slop-burger”

Tips: Ordering for the entire office? Fax in your choices and they’ll have your grub waiting for you.

Five Guys

No bones about it: crispy chicken sandwiches, buttered biscuits and signature waffle fries.

Tips: Forget the soda pop. The lemonade here is freshly squeezed.

Chick-fil-A

South street restaurant serves hot Philly cheesesteak, chicken steak, eggplant parmesan and meatball sandwiches with wings and fries.

Reviews:

• “Friendly, welcoming atmosphere”
• “outstanding food”
• “i eat a lot of cheesesteaks”
• “A GREAT Philly Cheesesteak "
• “These Guys are a JOKE”

Tips: Can’t seem to decide on which sandwich to get? You can’t go wrong with what they’re best known for—their cheesesteak sandwich.

Steaks On South
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Known worldwide as the birthplace of the cheesesteak.

Reviews:

• “Pats and Geno’s Worst in Philadelphia”
• “The REAL cheesesteak…others are a steak steak sandwich!”
• “Pat Kills Geno’s (No Comparison)”
• “To Each His Own”
• “Pat’s and Geno’s Are the Worst in the Philly Area”

Tips: You couldn’t miss it if you tried: Geno’s is right across the street. Don’t even bother getting involved with the diehards there, or you’ll be arguing cheese steaks all night.

Pat’s King of Steaks

Neighborhood greasy spoon allows complete indulgence in the 24-hour diner lifestyle.

Reviews:

• “awesome food”
• “the true city experience”
• “Little Pete’s Rocks”
• “the staff and the food are “comfort food”"
• “Health code doesn’t exist here!”

Little Pete’s

This cheesesteak joint is not only a critical part of Philadelphia’s atmosphere, it’s also a local treasure.

Reviews:

• “Yo, gimme a ‘steak with cheese and I’d like a beer with it. Any place to sit here?”
• “One secret revealed – it’s their BREAD that helps great steaks be even greater.”
• “Jim’s – THE WINNER!!!!”
• “Wawa Has Better Sammiches”
• “Best Cheese-steaks in Philly”

Tips: The servers at Jim’s have something of a reputation for rushing customers and barking at them when they don’t fork over their cash fast enough. Out-of-towners will find themselves stunned by the rude treatment.

Jim’s Steaks

Roxborough’s own king of steaks gives those famous South Philly boys some tough competition.

Reviews:

• “Beats all the REst… Best Cheese STeaks in Philly hands down”
• “Consistently delivers a FANTASTIC cheesesteak! "
• “Dalessandro’s Downhill”
• “Great Cheese Steak!!”
• “The king of cheesesteaks”

Tips: Another bonus: This place sells beer. (Pat’s and Geno’s don’t.)

Dalessando’s Steak And Hoagies
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Fast and casual Chinese dining for the value-minded.

Tips: Parents appreciate the small-portioned kids’ meals.

Panda Express

One of Chinatown’s most venerable and beloved restaurants, serving authentic Chinese cuisine since 1980.

Reviews:

• “Best braised beef, period!”
• “best chinese in C-Town”
• “sick from sang kee”
• “best in philly”
• “Really Good”

Tips: There is a restaurant of the same name in the Reading Terminal Market. That restaurant is newer and is owned by relatives of the 9th Street Sang Kee, which is the more renowned location. Click here for more on the market.

Sang Kee Peking Duck House

Where the tourists, the inebriated and the sleepless gather for griddle-fried gems.

Reviews:

• “Expensive Dry Meat, Non-english NOT welcomed!”
• “Don’t listen to eliteists”
• “Geno’s And Pats The Worst Steaks in Philadelphia”
• “Do yourself a favor…”
• “The REAL cheesesteak…others are a steak steak sandwich!”

Tips: The choice is simple: “Soda” (never “pop,”) coffee or water.

Geno’s Steaks

New York burger joint spins down the turnpike and sets up shop in the heart of Center City.

Reviews:

• “Really great burgers”
• “Slow, overpriced, tiny portion.”
• “Solid Burgers, Terrible MANAGER!”
• “Best affordable burger in Philly”

Tips: Have your office event catered by goodburger and have the boss back-slapping satisfied.

goodburger

Classic South Philly sandwich shop delivers more than a good cheesesteak.

Reviews:

• “Dining Adventure”
• “The tude’ is not worth it !”
• “The best southern italian food in the city and surrounding area!!!!”
• “Amazing Roast Pork!”
• “best lunch around…”

Tips: Just a block away lies the Italian Market.

Shank’s & Evelyn’s Luncheonette

Open sesame: South Philly outpost serves solid Mediterranean food at magically affordable prices

Reviews:

• “Best Grilled Platters”
• “Far away but so worth it.”
• “Yum Yum”

Tips: Non-menu special requests are welcome. Ask for a “bitza,” a warm herbed pita with feta, tomatoes and parsley on pita bread. And, yes, they cater.

Bitar’s

Superior pig sandwiches at this roadside attraction.

Reviews:

• “pretty good i guess”
• “John’s Best Cheesesteak in Philly”
• “best ceese steak in town”
• “Meat Man”

Tips: Call your order in before the lunch rush and skip the lines when you pick up.

John’s Roast Pork

Reviews:

• “Big Bad Surprise”
• “Awful. Just…. awful.”
• “Overpriced, food and service akin to food cart, not restaurant on Rittenhouse Square”
• “Not worthy of serving Thai food”
• “Good tangy pad thai”

Pad Thai Shack

Franks A-Lot!

Reviews:

• “Great Chicken Cheese Steaks”
• “dried chicken, good fries…”
• “Chicken cheesesteaks as they should be”

Ishkabibble’s Eatery

Big sandwiches for small prices are the lure at this little family-run shop.

Reviews:

• “Watch the servers at Tony Lukes Sports Bar”
• “Not the best anymore”
• “Roast Pork Italian – Incredible”
• “I THREW UP IN MY MOUTH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”
• “Won’t try again”

Tips: Walk across the street to Tony Luke’s Casa di Pasta for South Philly-style Italian.

Tony Luke’s

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