Image via Curly’s Comfort Foods.

The restaurant in Levittown is considered one of the best cheesesteak shops in the area.

Over the past four years, a number of new cheesesteak shops have sprung up in the Philadelphia area, offering new takes on this old favorite, writes Matthew Korfhage for www.northjersey.com.

Curly’s Comfort Foods in Levittown is one of them, and the Bucks County restaurant recently landed in the top ten places with the best new steaks.

Owner Michael Sarian initially put a one-pound cheesesteak on his menu as a joke after gaining access to a supply of premium ribeye steak.

“It was a gimmick,” said the longtime home cook. “But people liked them.”

At the height of the pandemic, he began giving out free cheesesteaks to employees of local businesses in need. From then on, the steak became popular, especially on social media. The Facebook group “Cheesesteak Gurus” that was founded at that time has now grown to over 80,000 members.

There was a good reason for its popularity. Sarian uses a technique where he layers meat, then cheese, then more meat, then cheese again. This distributes everything evenly and creates a beautiful mass that is somehow both meat and cheese.

Read more about Curly’s Comfort Foods at www.northjersey.com.

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Editor’s note: This post first appeared on BUCKSCO Today in June 2023.