text: In the worst of times people often think of the best of times Rex is no exception Gather around kids and let Uncle Rex tell you a storywhen Rex was a small child he spent many a month on the East Coast It was a magical time My father who beat young Rex mercilessly if Rex called him anything but The Future Husband of the Multi Talented Pia Zadora was originally from the Northeast My father was an odd man a brutal man a man with big dreams and small child like hands On my fifth birthday he brought Rex with him as he knocked over a As Rex helped him tie up the store clerk he let me pick any one thing Rex wanted in the store Young Rex wandered around the store trying very hard to not step in the pools of blood Rex saw the object he wantedRex turned and said Future Husband of the Multi Talented Pia Zadora can Rex have THAT He nodded Rex kicked the year old man laying on some of itand picked it up It was a bag with a delicious cheesesteak in it Rex danced Rex smiled Rex took the wallet of a crying soccer dad Rex was happy Rex and Future Husband of the Multi Talented Pia Zadora drove down the street the sound of sirens in the distance fadingthe smell of the cheesesteak wafting into Rexs young nasal passages A great cheesesteak is a gift from above A wallet filled with dollar bills and an unused condomicing on the cake After we divided the ill gotten booty Future Husband of the Multi Talented Pia Zadora always took until I turned but that is another storyRex ate his cheesesteak Perfect bread Juicy shredded meat Perfectly cooked onions The right amount of whiz Juice ran down Rexs chin Juice ran down Rexs hands Rex shook in delight That memory and the months Rex spent on the run after Future Husband of the Multi Talented Pia Zadora ratted him outwill always be with himnnPops Philly Cheesesteak is not only an insult to that memory it is an insult to all things with meat cheese bread or even hot foods The front page of the their website has a picture of their pitiful attempt of a cheeesteakone of one of their abominations has green pepper on it GREEN PEPPER Let me explain something to all of you who are not from PhillyIF there was a place in Philadelphia that put green bell peppers on their cheeseteakTHE CITIZENS WOULD BURN IT DOWN It is ABSOLUTLEY NOT ALLOWED IN ANY PLACE IN PHILADELPHIA Even if asked they WILL NOT DO IT So first and foremost this is NOT A PHILLY CHEESESTEAK PLACE IT IS NOT END OF STORYnnApologies Rex passed out and needed a shot of Happy Serum to get up right againwhat is Happy Serum you askheathenit is part gasoline part peach schnapps part wiper fluid nnAnyway now that we have established this is not a Philly cheesesteak let us talk about it from a cheesesteak on it is own merits First the rolls are good the sad part is you can tell the bread is shipped frozen or frozen after it gets to Pops Big mistake It really messes with the bread It is not bad but again it is not East Coast good Cheesenever enough Never If you get provolone instead of whiz it is almost nonexistent Shame on you for skimping on the cheese The Whiz is not bad sometimes but more often than not there is not enough The meat is not bad It is done well with one BIG problemit is often dry Not enough oil or cooked and then recooked whatever the reason it is not great If you get to Pops on the right day and get lucky and order correctly it is not badbut the overall consistency is not therennLastlythe Philly part of the menuthe Tastycakes the birch beer the rest of itall WAY TOO EXPENSIVE At Glaziers Market you can get all the stuff for th of the price nnHere is my biggest problemPops plays on East Coast memories and locals who do not know any better That is the biggest crime It is not Philly It is not a great cheesesteak It is over priced It is inconsistent It just is not right It just is not good Most of you will never know better unless you go back east and my next review for Pizza will tell you how to find GREAT east coast food and they KNOW you do not know Pops has been a place I have tried off and on for almost years Rex wants to love it Rex needs to keep trying every years or sobut much like when his father turned him into the cops at the tender age of Rex is always hurt by Pops Future Husband of the Multi Talented Pia Zadora and Popsshame on youyou know better Rex knows better Rex deserves better So does everyone else