Smith’s Olde Bar (v2)
Smith’s is well known in Atlanta for its music. Pretty much every night there are 3 or 4 bands jamming out in the establishment’s fairly large upstairs venue. However, that night I was not there for shitty local music. I was there to start my long journey down the road to finding the city’s greatest Philly Cheesesteak.
The place looked like every other pub in the city with the exception of all the autographed play bills littering the joint’s walls. Dozens of famous bands have made their way through this bar on their trek to stardom and they sure wanted you to know this fact. Bands like Counting Crows, Soundgarden, Hole, and the Black Crows have all left a little bit of themselves in the walls of the bar.
But really, who fucking cares? Let’s get down to the nitty-gritty. The sandwich.
Upon ordering the Philly Cheesesteak (PCS from now on),I wondered how far my $7.50 $9.50 would really go. Some places like to jip you on the portions and that is something I JUST CAN’T STAND FOR! So, much to my delightful surprise, I was pleased to see they had delivered on what I deemed to be a FULL SIZE sandwich. Not only that, they had filled my plate with delicious looking French fries as well. So far, so good.
Because I was so pleased with the portion sizes, I decided to overlook the plain and unexciting food presentation. The PCS’s look was pretty unremarkable, which isn’t really a big deal; however the sandwich’s look wasn’t the only thing that failed to impress.
The PCS itself was as bland a sandwich as you can get. No spices, no seasoning, NOTHING. The melted provolone cheese attempted to cover up the sandwich’s lack of personality, however it did nothing but irritate me even more by being so god damn cheesy. (Try to figure that one out)
There isn’t much to say other than I didn’t enjoy my $7.50 $9.50 choice. In the end, the size of the sandwich did not make up for its lack of taste.
I give Smith’s Olde Bar’s PCS a 4 out of 10 (4/10)
Smith’s Olde Bar is Located @ 1578 Piedmont Ave NE, Atlanta, GA – (404) 875-1522
