Cheesesteak Quest: Abner's Cheesesteaks

Tonight the Quest led us to Abner's Cheesesteaks at 3813 Chestnut St. Let's get right to it.

I ordered a cheesesteak as always and got it with onions, peppers, and CHEESE WHIZ! Cheese whiz is a popular cheesesteak option but is not available everywhere, and this was my first time trying it. I decided it was amazing! I will probably continue to order the cheese whiz whenever possible but won't be disappointed by American cheese, either. One of the best things about the whiz was that they pumped it out of a condiment pump; there was something satisfying about it. It naturally proceeds to permeate the bread, the meat, and your soul in a hot, delicious mess. The peppers at Abner's consisted solely of either banana peppers or peperoncini, I never know the difference. Abner's turned out to also be a shop where they actually mix the peppers and onions right in with the meat on the griddle, which as I stated in the last post is my preferred method, so points there to Abner's. Beyond that, the bread was mediocre, the food was greasy, and the meat was lower quality than the last couple cheesesteaks, but it still had a great flavor. Overall the factors at Abner's added up to a great experience with my beautiful wife! Did I mention they have great waffle fries?

They do.

And they helped me forget some of the minor shortcomings of the cheesesteak.

Danielle had a chicken cheesesteak, also as always, and with American cheese, onions, and peppers. Her meat was probably even crappier in quality than mine, but otherwise I feel confident in speaking for her that she felt pretty much the same as me about the experience as a whole. So basically the bread was okay, the flavor was good, and the waffle fries added serious points. We also shamefully ordered some freshly-baked cookies delivered to our apartment, and obviously those overpowered any remaining disappointment we had with our meal, and revived any diminishing disappointment we had with our personal fitness.

For now Abner's is going to stay off of our Leader Board, mostly because it is 2.5 blocks past Lee's, which had similarly-priced steaks with better meat and bread. Next week we are hoping to venture out of University City for our Cheesesteak Quest and visit South Street! So far, the worst thing about cheesesteaks is having to wait a-whole-nuther week to have one...

-Rory