I don’t think I’ve ever been so glad not to live in Philadelphia until today. I’ve always loved the city, but right now people must be revolting against Quiznos and their new Double Cheese Cheesesteak. Although, now that I think about it, maybe I should go, I’d like to join the movement. You can barely call a Prime Rib and swiss cheese sandwich without mushrooms or peppers a “Cheesesteak.” Worst of all, the commercial AND the name of the sub implies that it’s made of steak, while the menu and tenderness of the meat would imply otherwise and I personally was looking forward to nice thin sliced steak.

I was pretty surprised that I liked the cheese as much as I did. I usually prefer Provolone on my cheesesteaks, and before getting this I was convinced that the swiss cheese was going to be way too sharp to mix well, especially because it comes with double cheese. It blended pretty well, but still took the backseat to the steak flavor. One problem I did have though was with the onions, which couldn’t have been more inconsistent in size. Most of the time they were tolerable, small strands that didn’t disrupt the texture, but sometimes I just got huge slices that were barely cooked. I hope this was just an off thing that weirdly happened to me, ’cause in the words of Kelly Kapoor, “My only wish would be that something so terrible would never happen to anyone else ever again.”

For the price and really high calorie count, I probably won’t be buying this again. Any place that cooks an authentic cheesesteak will more than likely never charge more than the 8+ dollars a typical large costs, and I doubt it’s gonna go much over 1400 calories anyways. Not like it would matter that much if it did go above 1400 if you’re planning on consuming that many calories in one sitting. For a sub shop with no shortage of interesting flavors like guacamole, pesto and, about a dozen other sauces this sub is really average and nothing special.