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Frusco’s Steaks was one of Philly’s only woman-owned cheesesteak shops. Here’s what she taught me about great steaks.

Marlene Frusco closed Frusco’s Steaks in 2014. The closest you can get to its classic cheesesteaks now is at Steve’s Prince of Steaks in Northeast Philadelphia.

Frusco's Steaks storefront, at the corner of Frankford Avenue and Wellington Street in Mayfair, circa 2008.
Frusco's Steaks storefront, at the corner of Frankford Avenue and Wellington Street in Mayfair, circa 2008.Read moreCourtesy of Al Alven