--- title: Burger King in Philly Refuses to Sell Cheesesteak Burger description: A Burger King in Philadelphia is refusing to serve the chain's new Philly Cheese King, a Philly cheesesteak-inspired burger. canonical: https://time.com/5437991/philadelphia-burger-king-philly-cheesesteak/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-10-29T18:32:19.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:55:42.864Z og:title: Burger King in Philly Refuses to Sell Cheesesteak Burger og:description: Reasonable og:url: https://time.com/5437991/philadelphia-burger-king-philly-cheesesteak/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc14dea35fa55f8a9/69893db7b21a9c39cc4ff57c/philly-cheesesteak-burger-king.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Steak and Cheese Sub og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Burger King in Philly Refuses to Sell Cheesesteak Burger twitter:description: Reasonable twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc14dea35fa55f8a9/69893db7b21a9c39cc4ff57c/philly-cheesesteak-burger-king.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Philadelphia Burger King Takes a Stand Against the New Philly Cheesesteak Burger  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Oct 29, 2018 6:32 PM UTC  A delicious oven baked steak and cheese submarine sandwich with mushrooms, green peppers, and onion. A delicious oven baked steak and cheese submarine sandwich with mushrooms, green peppers, and onion.Fudio—Getty Images/iStockphoto  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Oct 29, 2018 6:32 PM UTC A [Burger King](http://time.com/5117628/burger-king-whopper-net-neutrality-ad/) in Philadelphia is refusing to serve the chain’s new Philly Cheese King, a [Philly cheesesteak](http://time.com/5125138/philadelphia-boston-ban-foods-ahead-of-super-bowl/)\-inspired burger out of respect for the “traditional recipe.” The news was announced, interestingly enough, in a [press release](https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20181025005134/en/BURGER-KING®-Launches-PHILLY-CHEESE-KING®-Nationwide) by Burger King themselves. “Despite taste test approvals from Philadelphians, one restaurant in Philadelphia opted out of selling it completely to honor the traditional recipe,” the chain wrote. “So, on October 25, the PHILLY CHEESE KING® will not be sold at the BK® restaurant located at 15 S 8th St, Philadelphia, PA 19106 until otherwise overturned by the BURGER KING® brand.” The burger features more than a half pound of flame-grilled 100% beef, carmelized onions, and American cheese. In a statement to [_Munchies_](https://munchies.vice.com/en%5Fus/article/negavk/philadelphia-burger-king-wont-serve-new-cheesesteak-burger-burger-king-claims), Burger King doubled down on the respect they have for the OG cheesesteak. “This restaurant is in the heart of Philly, and decided in order to honor their sacred Philadelphia Cheesesteak, they will not be selling the Philly Cheese King.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5437991/philadelphia-burger-king-philly-cheesesteak/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5437991/philadelphia-burger-king-philly-cheesesteak/"},"headline":"Philadelphia Burger King Takes a Stand Against the New Philly Cheesesteak Burger","datePublished":"2018-10-29T18:32:19.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:55:42.864Z","description":"Reasonable","url":"https://time.com/5437991/philadelphia-burger-king-philly-cheesesteak/","keywords":["Newsfeed","food and drink"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc14dea35fa55f8a9/69893db7b21a9c39cc4ff57c/philly-cheesesteak-burger-king.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Cady Lang","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/cady-lang/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc14dea35fa55f8a9/69893db7b21a9c39cc4ff57c/philly-cheesesteak-burger-king.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Steak and Cheese Sub","caption":"Steak and Cheese Sub","creditText":"Fudio—Getty Images/iStockphoto","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5437991/philadelphia-burger-king-philly-cheesesteak/","name":"Philadelphia Burger King Takes a Stand Against the New Philly Cheesesteak Burger"}}]}] ```