Favorite Philly foods: Cheesesteaks, pretzels and hoagies

Sunday Morning Favorite Philly foods: Cheesesteaks, pretzels and hoagies .chip { background-image: url('/fly/bundles/cbsnewscore/images/chip-bgd/chip-bgd-sunday-morning.jpg'); } By Susan Spencer Susan Spencer Contributor, "CBS News Sunday Morning" Susan Spencer is a contributor to "CBS News Sunday Morning," where she reports on a wide range of topics for America's No. 1 Sunday morning news program. Read Full Bio Susan Spencer May 17, 2026 / 10:22 AM EDT / CBS News Add CBS News on Google During a "Sunday Morning" visit to Philadelphia, correspondent Susan Spencer shares the love for three traditional food favorites in the City of Brotherly Love.The sacred Philadelphia cheesesteakFor more than a few Philadelphians, cheesesteak is a sacred cow. "I hold it close to my heart," said Frankie Olivieri, the third-generation owner of Philly's legendary Pat's King of Steaks. "I tell people, and if it wasn't for, you know, Pat's Steaks and cheesesteaks, who's gonna come look at a bell with a crack in it?"For non-Philadelphians, a cheesesteak sandwich is thinly-sliced ribeye on an Italian roll with onions and a choice of cheese. Take note: The meat is thinly sliced, never chopped!"Because, I mean, God gave us teeth," Olivieri laughed. "I mean, it's a steak sandwich, it's not grind meat. If you want a chop cheese, you go to New York. So for me, it's sacrilegious to chop the meat."Olivieri says thinly-sliced meat is key to designing the perfect Philadelphia Cheesesteak sandwich. That, and (brace yourself) big globs of old fashioned Cheez Whiz.  An authentic Philly cheesesteak sandwich, for which the meat is thinly sliced, never chopped!  CBS News Asked how many cheesesteaks he's consumed in his life, Olivieri estimated at least half a million. For Olivieri, a Philadelphia Cheesesteak is clearly so much more than just a meal: "You know that someone loves you when you're eating a Pat's cheesesteak," he said, "when you get down to the very end, the end of the sandwich, and...