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Article: Philly's big cheeses // Street food a tribute to cholesterol
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- November 13, 1996
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It had been a few years since I'd tried to eat my way through a
city, and I wasn't sure my stomach was still up to the task. So when
I made a quick visit to Philadelphia recently, I brought along an
assistant eater, a teenager, my 15-year-old son.
Traveling with a teenager has its drawbacks. Agreement on what
radio station you listen to in the car can be difficult. But if you
want an enthusiastic eater, a teenager is just what the demographer
ordered.
We visited three cheese steak emporiums, Jim's, Pat's and Tom's.
We stopped by Nick's, known for its roast beef sandwiches. We
munched on a bag of soft pretzels fresh from the oven of Federal
Pretzel. We picked up a couple of cannoli at ...