In 1930, a Philly icon was born: the cheesesteak. As the Pat's King of Steaks history goes, it all started when hot dog vendor Pat Olivieri cooked up something new for lunch.
The Dish: Pat's King of Steaks' Frank Olivieri shares his family's secrets about their famous Philly cheesesteakAs the Pat's King of Steaks history goes, it all started when hot dog vendor Pat Olivieri cooked up something new for lunch.
Frank has been working at Pat's, at the iconic triangular intersection of 9th, Wharton and East Passyunk, since he was 11 years old.When it comes to expanding, it's something Frank takes seriously. Through the decades, Pat's opened other locations across our area, even as far as California, but all of those locations have all since closed.
"I just want to stay and do what I'm doing here and renovate the store because it needs to be renovated," he says. "We're two thirds finished with that. Come this winter, we're going to have a Pat's food truck out back because we have to close the inside. It's the original from 1930.""The food truck, at that point, will serve the purpose of being for private events," he says. "We're always asked to do weddings, fairs and stuff like that.
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