Day 6: Lorenzo's Pizza (9th and Christian)

After a thoroughly relaxed morning at TPS we ventured out to the Italian market yet again. This time we walked 2 miles to the southwest corner of 9th and Christian where we sat down outside at Lorenzo’s Pizza. Lorenzo’s, a perennial best of Philly winner for pizza, had also won the coveted award in 2002 for their cheesesteaks. We approached the takeout window and placed our order, wiz wit-out, luckily they had whiz unlike Georges yesterday. We were invited inside by the owner to take some shots of the grill, the interior was lined with Philadelphia sports memorabilia and the sweet voice of Howard Eskin (a WIP sports radio host) accompanied the sound of sizzling meat and onions. The customers epitomized the south Philly blue collar stereo type as they sat in their construction gear downing sausage subs and pizza, in the corner sat two old time Italians playing chess and conversing in Italian, and somehow managed to talk with their hands, eat, and play all at the same time. The cheesesteak itself was prepared by slathering a layer of cheese whiz on the roll then laying the bread over the meat, a quick swipe and the sandwich appeared to be done, not so fast, once the grill master had the sandwich turned over he then lathered another layer of the gooey yellow cheese whiz atop the meat. We bit in and the meat was tender and delicious, chopped thin but not too thin. The cheese was perfectly distributed and tasty, finally the roll was standard and held the sandwich together nicely. For the first time all project we both gave the cheesesteak the same ratings in every single category. Here they are…

Meat= 4
Cheese= 3.5
Bread = 3.5
Ambiance = 4
TOTAL = 15/20