Tony Luke’s Cheesesteaks Coming To Your Freezer Aisle

By: Ben Kessler, posted Mar 3, 2009 at 10:08 am

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Tony Luke’s has established its footprint on the Philadelphia cheesesteak map, and now looks to carve out a home in your freezer. Owner Tony Lucidonio Jr. is now introducing a line of cheesesteaks and roast pork sandwiches that can be cooked at home.

Tony Luke’s “Pronto At Home” will soon be found in grocery stores around the nation. Each box holds eight original or chicken cheesesteaks and roast pork sandwiches including the meat and rolls. Apparently after hundreds of tries, Luciano achieved the results he wanted. As much as we are hoping that these truly taste like an authentic Tony Luke’s sandwich, we are skeptical about their success. First, you must boil the meat in a plastic bag, then microwave the roll and assemble the sandwich yourself. Besides sounding utterly gross, isn’t frozen food supposed to be fast and convenient?

When the sandwiches hit our local store’s shelves we will be sure to post a full unbreading for you. In the meantime, would you be willing to buy these? Sound off in the comments.

[Via: Philadelphia Inquirer]

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  • http://ferdmania.blogspot.com Brian Ferdman

    Hell no! This might make sense if you live in the South or some place where you can't possibly get good meat, cheese, or rolls, but otherwise, these sound incredibly awful and too labor intensive for a frozen sandwich.

  • http://quba.livejournal.com Sean Awesome

    You have to boil the meat? Ew. And microwave the roll? Double Ew. The roll will automatically get soggy, even if they supply us with an aluminum foil Frisbee. What a terrible fate for a beautiful D'Ambrosio roll.

    Thank god I live in Philadelphia, and can walk to four or five different cheesesteak places.

  • http://ferdmania.blogspot.com Brian Ferdman

    Hell no! This might make sense if you live in the South or some place where you can’t possibly get good meat, cheese, or rolls, but otherwise, these sound incredibly awful and too labor intensive for a frozen sandwich.

  • http://quba.livejournal.com Sean Awesome

    You have to boil the meat? Ew. And microwave the roll? Double Ew. The roll will automatically get soggy, even if they supply us with an aluminum foil Frisbee. What a terrible fate for a beautiful D’Ambrosio roll.rnrnThank god I live in Philadelphia, and can walk to four or five different cheesesteak places.

  • Ben Greenberg

    I would love to see the phrases “all natural” or “no preservatives” on this packaging, but something tells me I won't have such luck…

  • tee phillyboy

    I bought this on QVC and I live in south Philly I had to try it because the thought of a frozen cheese steak didnt sound good to me either but OMG they were great the roll comes out beautiful from the microwave I COULD NOT BELIEVE IT and I didnt boil it I microwaved it the first one I did, I did for 3:00 mins and it kinda burned a little so the second one I did for 2:15 seconds and it was great not as good as a fresh steak but by far the best version of a frozen steak I ever tried I would definatly order this again to have in the freezer for a quick snack. BeIieve me I did not want to like this but im hooked now

    Live to eat eat to live

  • similia49

    Based on the fact that making Quaker Maid, Steak-Umm and similar is just as much a hassle, I'd probably try this if/when it comes to Giant, Redner's or WEISzzzzz…

  • http://ushistorysite.com klkatz

    being from philadelphia there would be no reason for us to buy them… we could get the real thing

  • http://ushistorysite.com klkatz

    being from philadelphia there would be no reason for us to buy them… we could get the real thing

  • Mark

    Here's a review from an Inquirer Food Critic…apparently it depends on how you cook it whether it's good or not.

    http://www.philly.com/philly/restaurants/200903…

  • Mark

    Here's a review from an Inquirer Food Critic…apparently it depends on how you cook it whether it's good or not.

    http://www.philly.com/philly/restaurants/200903…

  • http://twitter.com/nayten nayten

    I'll probably give them a try.

    My uncle from Michigan might like this. Anytime he visits Philly, we have to go to Tony Lukes. He ends up getting four to six chicken sandwiches with spinach and sharp to freeze for the drive or flight back.

  • sergio6128

    hell, I'll give it a shot. if tony luke says its good i will go ahead and trust him. Im guessing it might not be like getting it in philly straight from the restaurant, but for us who don't live in philly, we could use something decent in the freezer aisle.

  • M K

    Food poisoning from frozen Tony Lukes

  • NicholasK

    I subscribe to your opinion here: the product is not as awesome as it looks omn shelf. It migth have good advertising, but the quality is not that good. I tried it and the result was clear: never again.
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  • MADOK1

    I’M FROM NEW JERSEY & I LIVE IN VA NOW TRY & GET A DECENT CHEESESTEAK ANYWHERE IN THE SOUTH I CAN’T WAIT TO TRY ONE.u00a0 G.M

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