Cheesesteak Shop

The owners of this longtime Castro Village sandwich shop pride themselves on the authenticity of their meaty, peppery product. This deli imports beef, spices and several other components from the East Coast. The Cheese Steak Shop is brave enough to post nutritional data for its sandwiches on the company's website (a 15-inch cheese steak has more than 1,500 calories, but also, frankly, could...

The Cheese Steak Shop has held true to the Original Philadelphia Style Philly Cheesesteak Sandwich that has pleased Philadelphians for generations and now Californians. The Cheese Steak Shop, in business since 1982, began franchising Real Philly style cheese steak shops in 2002.