Restaurants & Bars

Help Your Favorite Philly Cheesesteak Spot Win $10,000

Hot sauce brand TRUFF wants to know which Philadelphia business serves the best cheesesteak and will award them $10K. See full details here.

Six billboards in Center City are encouraging residents to vote for the "best" cheesesteak, which will land the highest vote earner $10,000 from hot sauce brand TRUFF.
Six billboards in Center City are encouraging residents to vote for the "best" cheesesteak, which will land the highest vote earner $10,000 from hot sauce brand TRUFF. (TRUFF)

PHILADELPHIA — Everyone has their own opinion on which business in Philadelphia serves the best cheesesteak. From John's Roast Pork to Cosmi's Deli, Pat's King of Steaks to Angelo's Pizzeria, and Tony Luke's to Ishkabibble's Eatey, Philly has plenty of choices to elicit varied responses as to who is the "best."

Now, you can help your favorite cheesesteak slinging business thanks to a new competition from hot sauce company TRUFF.

TRUFF is offering $10,000 to the Philadelphia business that gets the most votes for "best cheesesteak."

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"The TRUFF brand was built around pop-culture and the conversation-generating power of food that brings people together," says Nick Ajluni, Co-Founder and Co-CEO at TRUFF. "We recognize that the Philly Cheesesteak has its own place in pop culture and we want to shine light on this classic American staple, and the restaurants that create them."

To vote, go to TRUFF's website here. Enter your name, email address, and age to get to the nomination page, where you simply type in your choice's name click submit vote.

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Nominees must be Philadelphia businesses.

Participants must be legal United States residents and at least 18 years old. No purchase is necessary to vote.

Voting is open through 11:59 p.m. Oct. 13.

The business with the most votes by then will win the $10,000.

The contest is being complemented by six billboards in City Center, each encouraging Philadelphians to fill in the blank in the statement: "_____ has the best cheesesteak in Philly."

"The people of Philadelphia are passionate about their city and they're even more passionate about where to get the best cheesesteak," Nick Guillen, Co-Founder and Co-CEO at TRUFF, said. "We thought, what better way to settle the age-old debate than to ask Philadelphians ourselves!"

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