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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.
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Comments  (41)
  • 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
  • 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 4:11 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 4:40 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 4:44 PM, 01/10/2013
    Best steaks in the Philly area.
    — henry hill
  • 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 4:54 PM, 01/10/2013
    Slab steaks are like rubber
    — dannymoe
  • 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 4:56 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 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 5:15 PM, 01/10/2013
    Will they be accepting "non-english" speaking customers?
    — cubalaw
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 5:18 PM, 01/10/2013
    steve
    — paulfromtheoblongtable
  • 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


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