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Leo's

1403 Chester Pike, Folcroft, PA - (610) 586-1199
Posted By Michael Stern on 1/24/2009 5:47:00 AM
Even if you don't think Leo's makes the best cheese steak in Philadelphia (as do many loyalists), there can be little doubt that it makes the biggest: over half a yard of Amoroso Bakery Italian bread laden with pounds of beef and onions all trowel-cut on the griddle into a fine hash and saturated with melted cheese. If you give the management two days notice so the bread can be baked, you can get hoagies that are three or six feet long.

Steaks are available with mushrooms or pizza sauce, with or without cheese, or in the hoagie configuration, meaning lettuce and tomato added, but there is no improving on the classic configuration of meat and cheese and onions, plus a scattering of peppers and pickles to add a bit of sparkle.

Leo's offers no indoor seating. It's just a counter where you place your order and can watch the grill man cook it. Picnic tables are provided outside.

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This 'large' cheese steak, shown alongside a dollar bill to help gauge its length, is more than enough sandwich for two hungry people. Half sandwiches are available for about half price, and even one of those is a challenge. Note how the cheese is virtually melted into the meat. Pickles and peppers are welcome taste-buds jolts while ingesting massive amounts of meat, cheese, and bread.
"This 'large' cheese steak, shown alongside a dollar bill to help gauge its length, is more than enough sandwich for two hungry people. Half sandwiches are available for about half price, and even one of those is a challenge. Note how the cheese is virtually melted into the meat. Pickles and peppers are welcome taste-buds jolts while ingesting massive amounts of meat, cheese, and bread. "
Michael Stern





Leo's young cheese steak chef hoists a freshly-made one, ready to be wrapped and carried away.
"Leo's young cheese steak chef hoists a freshly-made one, ready to be wrapped and carried away."
Michael Stern


Outdoor picnic tables are the only seating available at Leo's, where all business is take-out. Call-ahead orders are welcome.
"Outdoor picnic tables are the only seating available at Leo's, where all business is take-out. Call-ahead orders are welcome."
Michael Stern



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