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| - Being from Philly, I have made it a point to try every "authentic" Philly cheesesteak place I've come across since moving to AZ in 1982. Since Longhitano's in Tempe closed close to a decade ago, every new place has fallen so short it's sad, really. Not enough meat, rolls all wrong, meat TASTES wrong ...
Then my friend Brian, also a Philly native, came to town from L.A. I decided we needed to try Forefathers. We went ... we ate ... we ascended to a level of bliss not known in forever. THESE are AUTHENTIC Philly cheesesteaks. Don't have to pay for double meat, you can actually get a "wit wiz" ... AND a pizza cheesesteak. OMG, sheer delight! Brian had the cheese fries as well and they were so yum. And the staff behind the counter were just AWESOME. When we went to thank them for the amazing meal, they all cheered that they passed muster with us.
Honestly, anyone who did not grow up partaking of the wonders of real Philly cheesesteaks just cannot appreciate the awesomeness of Forefathers. We liked it so much we are going back again on Sunday before Bri goes back to L.A. He posted on his facebook page, and I quote "Who'd have thunk that Phoenix would have the most authentic cheesesteak I've had since leaving Philly?"
My ONLY beef (no pun intended) with Forefathers is that they have Hunts ketchup (which tastes awful IMHO) instead of Heinz. Yes I know, some people consider ketchup on a cheesesteak sacreligious but that's how I grew up. Sunday I'll try a pizza cheesesteak so it won't matter ;)
Oh, and try the homemade chocolate chip cookies ... oh sooooo good!
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