The Philly cheesesteak has become so popular, you can find the notorious sandwich on the menus of tons of restaurants across America. However, nothing beats the original with the best cheesesteak found in its home state of Pennsylvania. Local Philadelphians Pat and Harry Olivieri are often credited for the creation of the sandwich in the early 1930s. The two ran a hotdog stand and would occasionally chop up beef with grilled onions and serve it on a roll.
There are several variations of the sandwich but the original sandwich is known for its thinly sliced griddle-cooked beef, grilled onions, topped with cheese wiz served on a hoagie roll. Other versions of the sandwich feature bell peppers, American or provolone cheese, and sweet jalapeno peppers. The local restaurants and their consumers of Philadelphia have been arguing for decades about who has the best Philly cheesesteak but from the outside looking in, their all winners because this sandwich is one of the best to ever be created.