History of the Philly Cheesesteak

clPat Olivieri and his brother Harry founded a small hot
The great American cheesesteak can be summed updog stand in South Philadelphia. One day Pat and
by its delicious components – a fresh roll, thinlyHarry decided to try something different and crafted a
sliced beef, grilled onions or mushrooms, and of course,steak sandwich with onions. As the story goes a cab
cheese. No cheesesteak would be complete withoutdriver, a frequent visitor of the stand, stopped by and,
Provolone, American or the classic staple, Cheeseintrigued by Pat and Harry's creation, ordered one
Whiz. But did you know that this was not always thehimself. As luck would have it the cabbie enjoyed his
case?meal so much that the brothers added it to the menu,
The Cheesesteak's mythic history began in 1930, whenand so the Philly Steak sandwich was born.