Dalessandro's is a little sandwich shop in the Manayunk area of Philadelphia. They are quite well known for there cheesesteak and had been voted Best of Philly and also featured in Gourmet Magazine. It was also #10 of Glen Macnaw's Ultimate Cheesesteak Challenge. For this I have personally been wanting to taste this famous cheesesteak for myself for quite a while now.
First impression of this place reminds be of any other small town sandwich shop. It has a basic menus of items with a counter bar seating area. This place seems like it would be a tight squeeze when it gets busy too. One thing I never knew about this place is that it has quite a good bottle list to keep up with the city craft beer scene. As a man who has tried many cheesesteaks each of these places have there own character and its always different.
For the cheesesteak I went for the typical American cheese with fried onions. The roll was the signature Amaroso's roll which is always bay far a staple to the cheesesteak. My order came really fast which is normal for these places. The steak was chopped, which is usually a hit or miss compared to the sliced steak I usually find. I tend to see chopped as more of a pizza shop type steak and usually dry and flavorless. At Dalessandro's this wasn't the case because it was juicy and full of flavor. Which is much more then most I have had. Personally I love this steak, it was a lot better then any restaurant or diner or pizza place steak I have ever had and definitely goes on my top ten cheesesteaks. I will be happy to go back again for there beer selection and excellent steak. So Dalessandro's lived up to the hype and I'm glad to have spent my afternoon with you guys. So if you're in that area or what to take a drive out there it is definitely worth a try.
Dalessandro's Steaks & Hoagies
600 Wendover StPhiladelphia, PA
