Pat’s King of Steaks is changing its menu for a short time to include a so-called “new school” cheesesteak.<\/p>\n
The 96-year-old cheesesteak shop typically layers its ribeye steak, cheese and onions separately and serves them on a non-seeded roll. But beginning Tuesday, it also is offering cheesesteaks in which the steak, onions and cheese are made together and served on a seeded Aversa Italian Bakery roll. That’s similar to the preparation style of some of Pat’s competitors.\u00a0<\/p>\n
MORE:\u00a0‘Hot dogs are silly and fun’: Korshak Bagels founder plots South Philly comeback<\/a><\/p>\n The new cheesesteaks are available for a limited time at the shop window at\u00a01237 E. Passyunk Ave. They also can be delivered via Goldbelly.\u00a0<\/p>\n A statement from Pat’s said the change was sparked by customers who had been asking for the “new school” preparation style. However, Pat’s\u00a0traditional layered style is still available.<\/p>\n The change is a significant one for Pat’s. It claims to have invented the cheesesteak when its patriarch, hot dog seller Pat Olivieri, made a steak sandwich for lunch one day and sold it to a cab driver. He and his brother, Harry, cofounded the restaurant in 1930 before passing it to Harry’s son, Frank<\/a>, in 1968, and then Frank Jr. in 1996.\u00a0<\/p>\n