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'Gourmet' Cheesesteak Hits $100 Mark

POSTED: 8:50 am EDT October 6, 2004
UPDATED: 9:09 am EDT October 6, 2004
PHILADELPHIA -- The cheesesteak is going upscale.

A new Philadelphia restaurant, Barclay Prime, is offering a cheesesteak sandwich for the caviar set. The $100 cheesesteak features Kobe beef, goose liver and truffles.

Instead of beer, this cheesesteak is served with a small bottle of champagne.

And you won't find a drop of Cheese Whiz on the sandwich. It's made with imported Italian cheese.

But not everyone in Philly is happy about the cheesesteak makeover. Philly native Samuel Lehrer said, "Don't mess with the Philadelphia cheesesteak."

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If I owned a restaurant and could sell this sandwich and drink combo as a number 5 I would too. If you build it, they will come....and pay! Sounds pretty tasty actually.....The truffles and fois gras on top of the finest beef in the world is not cheap to purchase just to start off with, it probably tastes awesome....if you're wealthy or stupid.

".....leave the bodies. The buzzards gotta eat too."
Smitty

Screw that... gimme some skirt steak and provolone (or Cheez Whiz if you're goin' old-school), grill up some onions and bell peppers, maybe slap some mayo on a hoagie, and I'm in.

You can keep your fois gras (and any other kind of liver for that matter), and truffles too. And the most blasphemous part of this whole story:

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EXCUSE ME?!? In-STEAD of beer? That's ridiculous...

I'll bet this is a French-owned/operated restaurant <spit>. Bastards.

“Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote.” Benjamin Franklin, 1759

Well, THIS "retrosexual" will always have fond memories of his construction-site food truck cheesesteak from the streets of Philly, Oct 1995. <img src=icon_smile_approve.gif border=0 align=middle> A-H-H-H.

"Live every day like it's the last, 'cause one day you're gonna be right!" Ray Charles (6/10/04 was the day)

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And what's next? Five Star White Castle? A Tuxedo & Formal Dress affair with classical music playing over a speaker system in the ceiling?

Well just for kicks I suddenly want to here "dahling" in a Brooklyn accent. <img src=icon_smile_big.gif border=0 align=middle>

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OK, so who do i kill for this outrage?

"Molon labe".
Leonidas, King of Sparta,
Thermopylae, 480 B.C.

Whatta' disgrace!
This is something the French would do.

ANY PLACE WITH "BRISTOL" IN ITS TITLE

MONEY TALKS,B.S. JUST PILES UP.

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OK, so who do i kill for this outrage?

"Molon labe".
Leonidas, King of Sparta,
Thermopylae, 480 B.C.
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Good cause to have the hairs on the back of your neck standing. And be on standby to make the Reading market the second comming of The Alamo should they try to give it a few touch ups. <img src=icon_smile_wink.gif border=0 align=middle>


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Just gimme a "Cheez wid," keep your fucking <spit> french cat piss, and throw me a Yuengling Lager instead.

What the hell is the matter with these people? Once you take the Philly Cheese Steak out of its natural element, you lose the privilege to call it by the same name.

By the way, for the locals, I know that Pat's is supposedly the 'home' of the Philly Cheese Steak, but my vote is for Jim's on South Street for best taste.

ATTACK!