...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 04.06.13(added breezy's, removed home slice)

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.

breezy's cafe*
2011 reed st, 267.858.4186
seitan, vegan cheese, veganaise, peppers, onions on an awesome roll. plenty of other solid veggie&vegan options at this point breeze gem.

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.

fergie's pub*
1214 sansom street
fantastic vegan cheese steak with homemade vegan cheese. it's my new favorite.

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.

hipcityveg*
127 s. 18th
awesome cheesesteak - with mushrooms, lettuce, tomato and a vegan cheese sauce. everything else looks just as great there. go now.

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

mi lah vegetarian
218 s. 16th st
i don't know what took me so long to try this sandwich. great roll(not too crunchy, not too soft), delicious sauce, peppers and mushrooms. the place gets a bad rap for nice vegan dining(because it's only competition when they opened was horizons), but what they're doing with lunch seems to work.

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 @liberty place*
16th and chestnut
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. this may have been the first veggie steak i had in philly about 9 years ago.

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

village kitchen and pizzeria
825 s. 4th st, at the corner of queen and 4th
veggie steaks with vegadelphia meat. they also have vegadelphia vegan crab cakes, btw

* 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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