D'Addesi says they sell about 100 a day, at $11 a pop. It has sliced filet mignon topped with provolone, sauteed onions, bacon, lettuce, tomato, and a squirt of spicy sriracha mayo. (Sriracha? That red hot sauce on the tables at many Asian restaurants. Gotcha.)
Michael gets credit for it, Jerry says. "We're huge fans of cheesesteaks, but we didn't want to make it the usual way since we're three blocks from Pat's and Geno's."
Gospel contest
Dancing With the Stars, Don't Forget the Lyrics, and American Idol all made it on TV. Why not, in these troubled times, a gospel competition?
So asks broadcast pioneer Trudy Haynes, who is behind "Chariots of Soul," a contest that she would like to package as a television show.
"It's happy music. We kind of feel, if they start singing, they'll stop slaying," says Haynes, now 80, who retired from Channel 3 in 1998 after 33 years. She's still working; see her on Philly What's Up at 9:30 a.m. Saturdays on WYBE (Channel 35).
Taping of the first show, by media students at the Berean Institute in North Philadelphia, is planned for the afternoon of Oct. 14 at the Independence Visitor Center at Sixth and Market Streets.
"We have a lot of talent here," says Haynes.
She and cocreator Toby Koch - "she's Jewish, but she loves gospel," says Haynes - are looking for soloists and groups of six and fewer. "We don't have room for choirs."
Interested singers can go to www.nextgospelsensation.com or call 215-241-8773.
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