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Odd that when I left for lunch, I planned on picking up something light. Instead, I ended up eating at Big Mike’s Philly Steaks & Sub in El Segundo on Main. The first time I tried Big Mike’s I wasn’t planning on going there either, and was pleasantly suprised at the lunch time offerings. Since first going there, I have been back a few times, usually on impulse. Today I was early enough to find a seat, by the time I left around 12:15 the line was to the door and seats were scarce.

I usually order the #2 combo which is a chicken cheese steak with a side of fries and a drink for a little under $8. The chicken used in the chicken cheese steak is all white meat and is chopped on the griddle just like the steak sandwiches. Sometimes I go for the hot peppers, but the spice is a bit overpowering so today I opted to just have the sweet peppers. The chicken cheese steak is also topped with shredded lettuce, tomatoes and pickles.

Eating the cheese steak is a job in of itself. After a couple of bites, the bottom fell out of the sandwich and about a quarter of the chicken ended up in the basket. It wasn’t such a bad thing, I could finally get my mouth around it and I cleaned up the fallen chicken with a fork. The fries are decent, nothing special about the cooking method and there aren’t any spices on them.

I still haven’t tried a proper cheese steak at Big Mike’s, but by the line out the door, they seem to be worth coming back for.

Big Mike’s Philly Steaks & Sub
507 MAIN ST
EL SEGUNDO, CA
90245-3006
(310)726-9638

By Jonah (see more of his posts). Jonah is the founder of la.foodblogging and also created Digesty, a food blog aggregator and Cheww.com, a spam free foodblog search engine.