Joe's Steaks + Soda Shop

While visiting Philadelphia my sons were on the hunt to find the best cheesesteak in town. We had several different cheesesteaks but the king of them all was Joe’s. Located in Fishtown, which is a good neighborhood for a meal or a drink. You can grab a meal at Joe’s and then visit one of the two bars across the street.

The restaurant is an old style diner with a counter and some tables. Our waitress allowed us to pick our table and was so polite and accommodating.

We ordered a cheesesteak with American and whiz with onions and another without onions. I am a vegetarian so I ordered the veggie sandwich. We also ordered fries and two shakes. All of the food was outstanding and is very reasonably priced.

The cheesesteak had a great blend of cheese, which was suggested by our waitress. There was an ample amount of well seasoned meat on each sandwich as well. The roll was soft but firm enough to carry the sandwich without falling apart.

The kids loved the shakes which were thick and loaded with ice cream. One of my kids had a plain chocolate shake while the other had the shake special. Joe’s has different shake specials throughout the month. This special was a hot cocoa shake loaded with m and m’s and whipped cream.

I had the veggie sandwich and it was equally delicious. It was fried peppers, onions and mushrooms with lettuce and tomato. The thing that made it so tasty was the same roll and cheese blend on the cheesesteaks. The veggies were fried to perfection and was a nice surprise from a place that one may mistake for a greasy spoon.

The other thing that put Joe’s over the top was the pickles. You are provided with regular pickles, pickled peppers and pepperoncini. The pepperonchini really put both the veggie and the cheesesteak over the top.

Between the service and the food Joe’s was our favorite cheesesteak of our trip and a place we certainly look forward to visiting again!