Food Review: Wit or Witout

I recently ate at Wit or Witout, a cheesesteak place on Red Lion Rd. just before you reach the Boulevard. I ate there for a few reasons: I was off from work; I was hungry; cheesesteaks never fail; it was $4. In January the cheese steaks cost $3 and each month the price will go up $1 until it reaches $7.

Now, I'm not THAT guy. Ya know, the guy who feeds people some cheesy line such as, "The best cheesesteaks aren't from commercial places like Pat's or Geno's. The best cheese steaks are the ones you find in the small places in your neighborhood." I despise those people. I somewhat agree with them, but I don't go around preaching it like I'm some kind of martyr. That being said, I compared this cheesesteak to the one's I've had from places such as Steve's or Geno's, and will do so in this post to take advantage of the universal experience the readers have had at those big name cheesesteak places.

I ordered wiz wit.

Much like Steve's Steaks, Wit or Witout uses long slabs of meat. I'm personally a chopped meat kind of guy, like at Jim's Steaks, but I enjoy slabs as well. The cheese wiz kicked my tastes buds with a spiked boot. It was strong and good. Some steaks overpower the cheese, but not at Wit or Witout. The chopped onions were all chopped onions could be, as were the hot peppers. The hot sauce, on the other hand, was just right. Geno's has hot sauce that can potentially ruin a cheesesteak. It's just too damn hot. The hot sauce at Wit or Witout was hot, but delicious.

The service was slow, but it was hard to tell why. The place was packed, yes, but most cheesesteak place lines move swiftly. I'm going to conclude that the service was slow because each worker was inexperienced in the world of deli. I think the owner should've hired only experienced workers. As far as politeness goes, if you knew how to order and didn't pitter-patter around the pick-up window, then you were good to go. If you were slow, didn't know how to order, and strayed away from the pick-up window when you were up, then you got scolded and embarrassed in front of the entire eatery. There's nothing wrong with that. Have you ever been to a cheesesteak place where the people behind the register were cuddly?

Overall the place gets a 7 out of 10, as do the cheesesteaks. Go there and check it out.