Photo of the Day: Philadelphia's Largest Apple Turnover
Photograph from Mike Monteiro on Flickr
The size of a large dinner plate (or approximately four fists), Famous Fourth Street Delicatessen's apple turnover is Philadelphia's largest—at least that seems like a safe assumption. Oversized portions are the norm at the Jewish deli, open since 1923. Sandwiches come in two sizes: regular and zaftig (read: large and extra large). Roadfood's Michael Stern raves about the pastrami sandwich: "The pastrami is shockingly tender, judiciously spiced even at its blackened edges, rich enough to feel like wanton indulgence, but not obscenely fatty." If the turnover is too much for you, save room for one of their cookies, so popular they opened a cookie outpost at the Reading Terminal Market.
Famous Fourth Street Delicatessen
700 S 4th Street, Philadelphia PA (map)
215-922-3274
famous4thstreetdelicatessen.com
Related: Serious Eats City Guide: Philadelphia
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8 Comments:
I hope they put it on pimpmyfood.com (or whatever that ginormous food site was)!!
therealchiffonade at 5:55PM on 04/09/09
Yay for one of my favorite places ever making it to Serious Eats! I've been going there since infancy.
annabanannas at 6:40PM on 04/09/09
Oh My God thats just ridiculous, that could feed me for 3 meals!!
Edwardkimuk at 7:32PM on 04/09/09
Has anyone ever eaten one of those?
HeartofGlass at 7:59PM on 04/09/09
All the food there is big. I like the cherry cheese strudel, Oh lord is it good.
JerzeeTomato at 9:35PM on 04/09/09
In related news, a Zambian child swoons at his bounteous 27 grains of rice.
NickP at 10:28AM on 04/10/09
But, hey, you got that tasty looking garden salad in the back there to balance things out!
lambowner at 10:50AM on 04/10/09
I LOVE Famous Fourth Street. Especially the desserts. In fact, my husband and I love the carrot cake so much we had it at our wedding (as you can image, a whole cake is ginormous. One slice feeds four!) instead of a traditional wedding cake. It's the best ever.
Joy Manning at 9:23PM on 04/11/09