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...and she's only been eating vegetarian cheesesteaks from philadelphia.

 

 

a guide to veggie steaks in philly.

as featured in carolyn wyman's "the great philadelphia cheesesteak book"

since 11.01.07, updated 10.11.11

 

the abbaye
637 n. third st., 215-627-6711
delicious steak, bigger chunks of seitan. definitely a must try if you're in theneighborhood.

basic four vegetarian snack*
reading terminal market, 11th and arch
vegadelphia meat but with soy cheese and mayo it makes a great sandwich. they've got a fantastic vegan reuben too.

blackbird pizzeria*
507 s 6th st - in gianna's old location
thin sliced sietan, daiya vegan cheese on a great roll. fantastic vegan pizza and other sandwiches.

campos
citizens bank park
vegadelphia meat.

copabanana
4th & South Streets & 4000 spruce st.

citimarket place
1318 walnut
vegadelphia meat on a great roll w/optional soy cheese, soy mayo, lettuce, tomato, onion, ketchup, salt and pepper. i usually skip the cold items. the staff is great and they've got a lot of other veggie items. i eat this one at least once a week for lunch due to it's proximity to my workplace and it makes me quite happy.

govindas gourmet to go*
1408 south street, 215-985-9303
god damn amazing. i recommend a chicken cheese steak with pepper steak sauce followed by a scoop of their vegan ice cream with a half dozen vegan donuts to go.

home slice*
1030 n. american
pretty good tofu based meat w/lots of veggies. they were out of almond cheese whiz when i went but it's on the menu.

houston hall
upenn dining hall between 34th and 35th
the grill has a veggie cheesesteak and the crepe place has beef and chicken crepes - both vegadelphia meat

isabella pizza
1824 east passyunk
classic philly cheesesteak made with chunks of seitan.

little pete's diner
219 s. 17th st
vegadelphia meat

magic carpet
carts at 36th and spruce and 34th and walnut
on a wrap instead of bread.

milkboy philly
corner of 11th and chestnut

monks cafe
16th and spruce
fantastsic little sandwich. and i do mean little. they say "long roll", i say shorty.

morning glory diner
735 s. 10th at fitzwater

natural goodness market & cafe
2000 walnut st

the new samosa
1214 walnut st.
an indian veggie cheesesteak. it's pretty delicious. obviously not very traditional.

the nile cafe
6008 germantown ave

ricks steaks @the bellevue*
basement of the bellevue, broad and walnut
vegadelphia meat but with some classic philly love put into it.

the pope(pub on passyunk east)*
1501 e. passyunk ave
this is a great veggie steak. a little greasy, optional vegan cheese, lately the roll's been kind of stale. served w/ fantastic fries.

sabrina's cafe
910 christian st.
served with long hots and mushrooms. i suspect the meat is the jarred seitan in the asian market.

spruce rana gourmet market
corner of 11th and spruce
vegadelphia meat.

steve's steaks
corner 7th and south street
vegadelphia meat.

sugar moms
225 church st, between 2nd and 3rd just north of market

tattooed moms
530 south st
veggie steak and veggie chicken steak.

teri's*
1126 s. 9th st, in the italian market just south of washington
vegan steaks with daiya cheese. the closest i've found to a sloppy philly cheesesteak

 

* indicates that your daughter can also enjoy non-dairy based cheese with her veggie steak

F.A.Q.

what's up with the name?
ask the plaintiff.

what's vegadelphia meat?
vegadelphia is a philadelphia company that produces fake veggie cheese steak meat. it's like the boca burger of the veggie steak world. they make chicken and beef and they're both 100% vegan. it's not bad at all, really. but it is going to be pretty much the same wherever you get it, which is why the bread/cheese/toppings really matter in those situations.

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