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Review Preview: 9th Street Deli

Tue May 20, 2008 at 12:12:43 PM

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The first thing you notice about 9th Street Deli’s cheesesteak is the cheese. It’s a nuclear shade of orange, a color that sticks a knife in the heart of cheesemongers and Slow Food acolytes, but that yours truly -- who is paid to be a snob about such things, after all -- still finds irresistible. The cheese is not merely melting but a luscious liquid ooze.

This week I visit 9th Street Deli in Soulard. Check back here tomorrow to see what inspired the return of Cheesesteak Quest.

-Ian Froeb

Photo: www.library.upenn.edu

2 Comments:

The cheesemonger and his wife both like the Whiz! Sometimes I go for American cheese at 9th Street Deli...sometimes its the Whiz...whatever tickles our fancy that day. There is no room for fancy cheese on a cheesesteak.

Max says:

I remember visiting the southside of philly years ago (many trips back but not in maybe 5 years)and spent everyday there wolfing down a steak from every place that had them...little hidden away delis (with their racks of bread and peanut butter and stuff) to Jim's Steaks, Pat's & Geno's. They were all good and as I recall they had just about all made the transition away from gluey melted cheese to provolone (cheez whiz had to be specifically requested). Cheez whiz on a steak may be romantic but it's a depression era holdover and nasty!

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