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Steve's Prince of Steaks getting ready downtown

The Northeast Philly-rooted sandwichery is coming downtown.

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Steve's Prince of Steaks getting ready downtown

POSTED: Friday, March 1, 2013, 10:00 AM
Michael Klein, Philly.com

Steve's Prince of Steaks, founded three decades ago in a corner store near Roosevelt Mall in Northeast Philly, is coming downtown.

Steve's is taking the former Krispy Kreme doughnut shop on 16th Street, across from Liberty Place.

Owner Steve Iliescu is due to soft-open on March 15. Prices will be about a buck or so higher than at the flagship at Bustleton Avenue and St. Vincent Street.
41 comments
Comments  (41)
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 12:28 PM, 03/06/2013
    a buck higher? you go up $1 every year as it is wtf!>!?>!
    — raynesrock
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 9:15 PM, 03/01/2013
    Love to see em deal those nice cuts of meat on the grill like a poker hand. Upgrade to the double meat for a nice sloppy sammich hot off the grill that is tough to beat. Good roll and fixins bar for both hot & cherry peppers, pickles, hot sauce & Ketchup to customize if you choose.
    Just not a fan of the separate windows for ordering.
    — NWBeachBum
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 11:49 AM, 03/01/2013
    Soooooo good.
    — Freddy
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 10:37 AM, 03/01/2013
    Reminds me of a joke, "Hey, this steak is so fresh I can still see the whip marks on it".
    — ricciaje
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 10:31 AM, 03/01/2013
    They also make a great chicken steak.
    — smash27
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 10:30 AM, 03/01/2013
    Steve's steaks are sub par, shop on Comly rd is filthy. John's roast pork on Snyder Ave buries all others. Seriously, no one even comes close.
    — phillyboobird
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 12:02 PM, 01/15/2013
    That place will kill it there. Good spot for it.
    — Poppys
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 9:58 AM, 01/12/2013
    I now live in Venice Fl now and sure wish I could get a good cheesesteak here. Recently read a place in Sarasota opened up and he even gets his bread flown in from Philly. Nothing better than Amorosa rolls. Hope the article proves right.
    — floridalady1
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 7:58 AM, 01/11/2013
    Without question the best cheesesteaks in the area. Still waiting for them to open a location in chester county.
    — mvp15
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 12:40 AM, 01/11/2013
    The truth is all these places are so so.
    — lathe
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 10:37 PM, 01/10/2013
    Wasn't Pats steaks fined for selling horse meat in the 70's?
    — donjuango
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 10:30 PM, 01/10/2013
    OMG! The best cheese steaks in Philly. Pats and Genos=The Grissle cheese steak=The worst , and most over-rated steaks in the city
    — donjuango
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 9:44 PM, 01/10/2013
    Whats with the picture? Thats definitely not a steve's steak
    — kenny.328.usa
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 9:29 PM, 01/10/2013
    best cheesesteaks hands down. disappointed they couldn't use a picture from steve's
    — Chauncee
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 9:27 PM, 01/10/2013
    BigE - Very different meat and cheese. You won't be sorry if you try it.
    Everyone else - how has no one mentioned their fries with white American? Those are TO DIE FOR!
    Idiot who said healthy people don't eat like this - we do once in a while for a really big treat. We work out and eat healthy 90% of our days so that it's realistically sustainable to stay this way.
    — Loves To Comment
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 8:23 PM, 01/10/2013
    steves IS King. no grizzle EVER. could sometimes use a few more slices on the roll but other than that Steves is the best in Philly....
    @BIGE... the others are all chopped bvllshlt. Steves is sliced top notch steak. Got to try one to know. Can't explain....
    — dmw
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 7:25 PM, 01/10/2013
    Cheesesteak gastropub?
    — suporma
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 7:00 PM, 01/10/2013
    Was in Philly last week and had Steve steaks, they were tasteless.
    — PHILLY76
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 6:24 PM, 01/10/2013
    Jim's the best..think not, especially after watching the steak preparer (big bubba ) sweat into the big mound of meat...I guess he was adding Jim's special ingredients.
    — mas8380
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 6:19 PM, 01/10/2013
    I never had a Prince's cheese-steak, but what will make Prince different from Phils, Pats, Genos, Ricks, Tony Luke's, Shank's and Johns.
    — BigE
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 5:58 PM, 01/10/2013
    There is no better cheesesteak in the universe. Center city is getting a big treat and Steve will kick it again as he always does. GO STEVE!!!!
    — shoebdo
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 5:44 PM, 01/10/2013
    I am a loyal subject!
    — high alpine
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 5:41 PM, 01/10/2013
    Steve's is very overrated, and too expensive. I'd rather spend my money at Jim's (The best Philly cheesesteak IMO).
    — TyroneShoes
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 5:26 PM, 01/10/2013
    Steve's does a very good job in the Northeast--stay there and be the King of St. Vincent Street. Remember; Bulls make money, Bears make money and Pigs get slaughtered.
    — paulfromtheoblongtable
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 5:24 PM, 01/10/2013
    I prefer landis steak meat.......on a good roll with fried onions
    prov and hot or sweet peppers on the side....NO need to spend 7.00 plus for a steak sandwhich.......I make my own homemade....its all about the roll baby.......steve's does not chop his meat he leaves it flat
    I love it that way...when you chop it you tear the flavor and juices up
    — merchandiser
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 5:20 PM, 01/10/2013
    More garbage food for the downtown fatties. Close these places down and put in health food stores. Healthy people don't eat this stuff, it's just for the morbidly obese and tourists.
    — Sportyrider71
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 8:04 PM, 01/10/2013
    Yeah man. More garbage please. I don't eat food that food eats.
    — mephisto
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 5:18 PM, 01/10/2013
    steve
    — paulfromtheoblongtable
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 5:15 PM, 01/10/2013
    Will they be accepting "non-english" speaking customers?
    — cubalaw
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 5:05 PM, 01/10/2013
    Congrats to stevie, abby and ross. This country needs more small business owners to step up and expand.
    — WhizzWit
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 4:06 PM, 03/02/2013
    I congratulate them too, but it's a little hard for other small businesses to expand when all their President wants to do is tax them to death.
    — fightins4ever
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 4:56 PM, 01/10/2013
    Steve's in CC does not feel right to me. I feel that my car should be subjected to repeated break ins on Bustleton or else the sandwich does not taste the same. There has to be a risk/reward
    — ronniemund
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 4:55 PM, 01/10/2013
    Good news, it would be nice to have a quality steak in center city. They should do well.
    — zippy1346
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 4:54 PM, 01/10/2013
    Slab steaks are like rubber
    — dannymoe
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 4:49 PM, 01/10/2013
    Steve's is the best. And please, don't use stock photos of cheesesteaks when referring to Steve's. They do not chop them like the dogfood in the picture, they use sliced round only.
    — CiceroSpuriousDeodatusTheSecond
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 4:44 PM, 01/10/2013
    Best steaks in the Philly area.
    — henry hill
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 4:40 PM, 01/10/2013
    Will it have the same "never in service" bathroom as the one on Comley?
    — richard christy
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 4:11 PM, 01/10/2013
    IMHO, Steve's is the best, albeit pricey, steak sammich in Philly!
    — antnyb316
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 8:03 PM, 01/10/2013
    St. Vincent Street makes a good old sloppy sandwich don't they. I'll take two.
    — mephisto
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 4:09 PM, 01/10/2013
    It should be named Steve's Fight Club once 2AM comes.
    — TomM
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 4:03 PM, 01/10/2013
    Arnie Illiescu was a great jockey when they ran at Liberty Bell.
    — Wilhelm Von Humboldt


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