Established 1939 City Philadelphia Postal/ZIP code 19147 | Food type North American cuisine State Pennsylvania | |
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Current owner(s) Proetto family (three locations); Silver family (South Street location) | ||
Jim's Steaks is a Philadelphia restaurant specializing in cheesesteaks, founded in 1939.
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History
In the 1930s, "Jim and Millie" offered sandwiches from their house in West Philadelphia. In 1939, they converted the house into "Jim's Steak's" [sic] location. William Proetto and his brother bought that location in the early 1960s. In 1976, Proetto and Abner Silver opened a location on South Street.
Today, the Proetto family owns three Jim's locations. Silver's family owns the South Street location.
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In 2016, NJ.com searched the web and named Jim's Steaks one of 10 Philadelphia cheesesteak shops that are worth a visit. Jim's was selected based on winning a series of polls of the readers of the Philadelphia Business Journal, winning "Cheesesteak Madness".
In 2014, while in town for the opening of Ride Along, Kevin Hart and Ice Cube gave away cheesesteaks at Jim's South Street location.