Jim's Steaks

Jim's Steaks

Jim's Steaks
Restaurant information
Established 1939
Current owner(s) Proetto family (three locations); Silver family (South Street location)
Food type North American cuisine
City Philadelphia
State Pennsylvania
Postal code/ZIP 19147
Country United States
Website Jim's Steaks Official Website; Jim's South Street Website
A Philly cheesesteak sandwich from Jim's Steaks

Jim's Steaks is a Philadelphia restaurant specializing in cheesesteaks, founded in 1939.[1][2][3]

History

In the 1930s, "Jim and Millie" offered sandwiches from their house in West Philadelphia. In 1939, they converted the house into "Jim's Steak's" [sic] location. William Proetto and his brother bought that location in the early 1960s. In 1976, Proetto and Abner Silver opened a location on South Street.[4]

Today, the Proetto family owns three Jim's locations. Silver's family owns the South Street location.[1][5]

Description

In 2016, NJ.com searched the web and named Jim's Steaks one of 10 Philadelphia cheesesteak shops that are worth a visit.[6] Jim's was selected based on winning a series of polls of the readers of the Philadelphia Business Journal, winning "Cheesesteak Madness".[7]

In 2014, while in town for the opening of Ride Along, Kevin Hart and Ice Cube gave away cheesesteaks at Jim's South Street location.[8]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Jim's Steaks". Jim's Steaks Official Website. Retrieved 2014-02-18.
  2. ↑ R. W. Apple Jr. (28 May 2003). "A TASTE OF PHILADELPHIA; In Hoagieland, They Accept No Substitutes". New York Times. Retrieved 2016-03-13.
  3. ↑ "AFTER A DECADE, AN ADVENTURE IN DINING OUT; THE CHEESE STEAK: AN ORIGINAL". New York Times. 21 May 1986. Retrieved 2016-03-13.
  4. ↑ Gallagher, Christina. "First a death, then a 32G heist, plague Jim's Steaks". philly.com.
  5. ↑ Stamm, Dan (2015-01-16). "South Street Cheesesteak Legend Dies". NBC Philadelphia. Retrieved 2015-06-03.
  6. ↑ Erin O'Neill (2016-03-24). "10 Philly cheesesteaks worth crossing the bridge for". NJ.com. Retrieved 2016-03-25.
  7. ↑ Kenneth Hilario (4 January 2016). "Jim's Steaks South St. named champion of Cheesesteak Madness". Philadelphia Business Journal. Retrieved 2016-03-25.
  8. ↑ Dillon, Hughe (2014-01-09). "Ice Cube and Kevin Hart Giving out Free Cheesesteaks at Jim's". Philly Mag.

External links

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