There’s not much more quintessential Philly than a hot and meaty cheesesteak.
So to celebrate National Cheesesteak Day, the Philadelphia International Airport and its vendors attempted to set a Guinness World Record for the “Longest Line of Cheesesteaks.”
Spoiler alert: They succeed.
PHL Airport “Longest Line of Cheesesteaks”
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On Tuesday morning, 1,200 feet of meat, cheese and bread — enough to cover four football fields — was laid out across the airport’s B/C connector.
That’s almost a thousand pounds of ribeye steak and 225 pounds of cheese.
A Guinness World Record official presided over the attempt and made sure every single roll was touching for the record to hold.
PHL Airport “Longest Line of Cheesesteaks”
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“What I love about this is that it’s so specific to the Philadelphia community,” Guinness World Record adjudicator Michael Empric said. “To do this in the airport and to donate so many of the cheesesteaks to TSA is really incredible. It’s such a community spirit sort of thing.”
But why set such a delicious record inside the airport?
Because PHL has more restaurants serving cheesesteaks under one roof than any other single location in the city. There’s a place to get a cheesesteak in every airport terminal, according to PHL’s Marketing and Guest Experience Manager Dana Krawchuk.
“The airport is really the entry point for everybody coming into the city,” Krawchuk said. “So, we wanted to really start off really big.”Â
All restaurants that have cheesesteaks on their menus participated in the record attempt, including Chickie’s & Pete’s, Geno’s Steaks, Jim’s South St. Famous Cheesesteaks, Passyunk Steaks, Tony Luke’s and more.
And what happened to all those record-setting steaks? They were given out to TSA workers, airport staff and even some lucky passengers.
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