3/29/2023 0 Comments The inn between deli![]() (From left): The downtown Half Moon Bay property, currently closed off to the public and the Garden Deli’s new location, inside of Pizza Pie, a restaurant San Benito House owner Chris Cheeseman had been previously planning to open on Cabrillo Highway. There were no other injuries, thankfully, he said, but the San Benito House itself is for the time being in a painful kind of limbo. The staff member who woke up the inn’s guests was taken to the hospital with heat blistering after using a fire extinguisher to carve a path through the flames, and Cheeseman’s house cat, Hemingway, perished in the fire, according to Cheeseman. When all was said and done, the entire upstairs of the San Benito House had been taken by smoke or flame. In the end, two guests were rescued from the second floor of the property the others escaped, along with two dogs. A staff member spending the night on property heard the property’s fire alarm go off and quickly woke up both the inn’s guests and the innkeeper on the property. (Photos courtesy of The San Benito House)Įarly in the morning on April 10, a fire spread rapidly from a closet upstairs through the upstairs inn portion of the San Benito House. Clockwise: Hallways of the inn at the San Benito House before and after a fire early morning, April 11. He restored each upstairs guest room one by one, often staying overnight himself to get the job done.Īnd then it was gone in a flash. ![]() It was the details that got Cheeseman: the old growth Redwood that’d been used for the building, the intricacy of the crown molding on the high ceilings upstairs, the history behind the property itself. San Benito House wasn’t exactly for sale, Cheeseman said, but he managed to work out a deal with current ownership. Cheeseman, a restauranteur based out of Mill Valley, ordered a sandwich on thick, homemade bread from the deli on the property and sat outside in the sun watching the birds chirp. It was the early spring of 2018 downtown Half Moon Bay was quiet and cool. The moment Chris Cheeseman stepped foot inside the San Benito House, he was sold. ( Image via San Benito House Facebook page) The 116-year-old San Benito House was damaged in a fire on April 9th. Owner Chris Cheeseman has launched a GoFundMe to support its re-opening. It uses Collegeville Italian Bakery bread along with chopped ribeye.After a devastating fire, the property is closed indefinitely. Giuliano’s Deli in Lansdale tied with two others shops at 19th, place with a rating of 7.9. Using Liscio’s Italian Bakery bread with Ribeye steaks, came in eighth. Tonelli’s Pizza Pub in Horsham scored 8.28. Goomba’s Pizzaria in Colmar had a rating of 8.37, earning it sixth place. It is so tasty, it has become the site’s signature sandwich, a craft it has been honing since 1958. It benefits from a 10-inch roll crafted at Conshohocken Italian Bakery, use of more than a pound of ribeye steak, and plenty of gooey cheese (a proprietary secret of blends). Number 1, with a 8.97 average rating, was Mama’s Pizzeria, located in Bala Cynwyd. Judges based their ratings on ultimate Philly cheesesteaks using American cheese and no onions to ensure no partiality and to keep the meat from being overwhelmed by add-ons. Hardly napkin-worthy.īut the panel agreed to crown its pinnacle cheesesteak a 10.0 (if/when they found one), as “The Immaculate Reception,” named for an infamous play between the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Oakland Raiders in 1972. Its low point - “Barely on the radar as a sandwich” - received scores in the 5.0–5.9 range. The My Philly Alive rating system used a 5.0 to 10.0 scale. Reviewing, and eating their way through 60 different places and versions of the area’s signature sammy, participants whittled away the lesser entries before finding the number one edition - from Montgomery County. The research covered the city itself, its surrounding counties, and parts of New Jersey. ![]() The list, ranked highest to lowest, resulted from a part of a seven-day tour in 2020 to find the ultimate Philly cheesesteak. Many Montgomery County spots made a 2020 list of 60 Philly cheesesteak favorites in the Philadelphia region, writes Jeff Belonger for .
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