Italian Place
(801) 224-6317
1086 S State St
Orem,
UT
84097
40.2772
-111.6863
Neighborhood: Westmore
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Anonymous
October 03, 2008
I was looking for The Italian Places website today and came across the previous review and I completely disagree. I've been eating here for at least 20 years, the last time was last week and I think they still make the same great sandwiches. Of course some of the employee's make better sandwiches then others but if I'm not happy, they are always fine about making me a new sandwich. The meat is fantastic, I love the seasoning and the prices are not any different then what you pay some place like Quiznos and the sandwiches are much better. The prices are not as low as Subway or hogi yogi but you are getting a cheesesteak sandwich not preprocessed or deli meats. One last thing...I went to Philadelphia a few years ago and I was so excited to try a 'real cheesesteak', unfortunately I was disappointed...it was greasy and they used cheesewiz. I think I'll stick with Italian Place cheesesteaks.
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utahfoodhound
October 02, 2008
I remember eating at the Orem location of the Italian Place back in '96. I was working construction and my boss took us there for lunch. The sandwich was ok, a little bland, and not very big and I remember thinking I spent way to much. Well, what prompted this review was that I noticed they had opened a few more stores and figured they must be pretty good and had some improvement to be doing so well....I was wrong. I went to the Spanish Fork location and right off the bat I didnt like the place. It was small and cramped and I couldnt figure out why there were Italian flags and decor everywhere (werent these things invented in Philadelphia?) I am in fact pretty sure that the Cheesesteak is one of the few foods Americans can claim as completely their own, and this place has Italy written all over it. So I am confused as I step to the counter and ask for a foot long cheesesteak, they tell me they dont have one..???what?! Apparently its 10 inches, so Im already getting jipped 2 inches and then they ring me up at like 12 dollars with chips and a lousy 22 oz drink!! it was over nine bucks for a 10 inch! So I sit down, assuming I am about to get an awesome sandwich and be stuffed to the rafters. No, I got what I would call a very average sandwich, nothing similar to an authentic cheesesteak, and I downed it in two minutes and was still very hungry. The funny part is that I told one of my co workers about this and he said "yeah, when I do on occasion go there, my 6 year old downs their "monster" sandwich like its nothing. Hey, Italian Place owners, if you read this I would like to suggest either making your monster big enough to earn the name, or calling it by some sort of smaller sounding name. I hope this review isnt to harsh, but its not very often that I feel as totally ripped off as I did when I went there.
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October 02, 2008
I agree with the review that said this place is going downhill. When I was in school at the Y (back in the day) I used to get these every now and again. They were way better then, but even then they were subpar compared to any other steak sandwich around the country. This place did well and does well because there is no competition and Utah County is still lacking in the area of good eateries. If you go to the Italian Place I can promise you a few things that will happen. First, you'll pay way more than you expected, second, you'll leave hungry even if you get a monster, and third, you'll leave having no idea what a real cheesesteak tastes like (unless youve been to philly, and then you'll leave wondering why the italian place calls their sandwiches cheesesteaks) Not impressed, and wouldnt recommend this place.
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