SHANK'S ORIGINAL

NESTLED IN IT"S WRAPPER BLANKY

CHEESE STEAK with FRIED ONIONS & PROVOLONE

SAME STEAK BUT STRIKING A SEXY SIDE POSE

We were down town area and I was famished. 
I always knew about Shank's but it never made 
it over for some reason? Now 
desperation was setting in.

I was originally heading to John's Roast Pork.


On the way over I had my mind set on John's steak.
What's that? A sign on the front door.
"CLOSED for vacation". Bang ME RAW AND DRY. 

Why would they go on vacation on all the days.
Your hours are hard enough to make it down here.
I'm here now. I want meat now. You can't take a vacation.
It was like Clark Griswold arriving at wally world 
and seeing the dreaded CLOSED sign.

Now being that Shank's was around the

corner and have normal hours, 
I figured I need to shut up my stomach and 
just finally try it. 

The steak was pipping hot and a decent size. 
Not the size of John's but most aren't.

The onions were cooked to perfection 
and under a nice blanket of melted provolone.
That was a nice touch.

If only they seasoned the tender tasty meat a tad more.
I like it heavily seasoned. 

The soft italian roll was good, fresh as can be. 
It was a touch on the pricey side ($8.35ish) 
But at least it mad my stomach happy and 
it was a nice surprise. 
Stop by for a quick change of pace. 


UPDATE 7/26/11
Quickie here, I had the Italian chicken
and it was very good. Still the same great roll.
Fresh thinly pounded breaded chicken smothered 
with provolone and spinach. For some stupid
reason I realized I didn't take a picture 
until I went to make this update. Sorry.
Just imagine what I described and it looks
like that. 
I will be back for some more! 
(Pictures not to be forgotten)


I AM A WINNER UPDATE! 8/6/11

Chef Luis presenting my winning sandwich (sort of).

 Chef Luis holding by soon to be in my belly, Baby.

 The Farm Sandwich (vertical)

The Farm Sandwich (horizontally)

It needed two sultry poses.

Yes, you read that right. I am a winner! 

I entered Shank's make a creative sandwich 

contest several days ago, and I won. But my sandwich 

for which I entered was the "Abomination" it consisted of

a burger topped with steak and fried onions, blanketed

under a layer of cheddar,mozzarella,and provolone

and on top of that, if that wasn't enough it had pork roll

and a fried egg with a side of brown gravy. That concoction

won me the contest of a Shank's gift card and my sandwich 

made for me as well. 

Now I really couldn't wait to see this monstrosity in person

so we heading down to fetch it. After showing the counter girl 

who was very nice, but unaware of the contest informed me

that they didn't have burger,porkroll, or brown gravy.

SHIT! Now I was in a pickle. She asked if I wanted a substitution

for the items. I pondered for a short bit and concluded the 

only things I could think of for a proper sandwich. 

A new creation. The Farm sandwich. I replaced the burger with 

a chicken cutlet and the porkroll with bacon. Sadly no sub 

for the brown gravy. But I think this would have won any who.

The Awesome and super cool under pressure Chef Luis whipped 

up the "Farm" sandwich for me in a jiffy. 

He proudly presented it and posed for a picture.

Now to eat this bitch! I sat right outside by the water to 

engulf this "farm" meal sandwich. Beef, check. Chicken, check.

egg,check, pork,check, dairy,check check check.

So to recap. A wonderfully soft Italian roll layered with steak and

fried onions, a fried egg, three cheeses, bacon and a chicken cutlet.

Lets begin. The flavors were just spot on, nothing

superseded anything and it all worked together in a 

harmonious mouth protein-gasam. I only hope I 

will still be able to someday try my winning sandwich,

if not this sure as hell was a great last minute runner up.

Thanks Shank's you ROCK!

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