{"id":3668,"date":"2026-08-05T21:48:37","date_gmt":"2026-08-05T21:48:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=3668"},"modified":"2026-08-05T21:48:37","modified_gmt":"2026-08-05T21:48:37","slug":"n-j-gov-mikie-sherrill-doubles-down-the-best-cheesesteaks-actually-arent-in-philly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=3668","title":{"rendered":"N.J. Gov. Mikie Sherrill doubles down: \u2018The best cheesesteaks actually aren\u2019t in Philly.\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<div><audio><\/audio><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill dissed Philadelphia cheesesteaks earlier this summer, and she just doubled down.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=3666\">A judge has tossed Cherry Hill schools\u2019 lawsuit against a journalist for filing too many public records requests<\/a><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cThe best cheesesteaks actually aren\u2019t in Philly,\u201d she declares in a video posted to her social media Wednesday afternoon centered ona recent visit to Donkey\u2019s Place Steaks in Camden. \u201cThey\u2019re right here in Jersey, and we\u2019re about to go have one.\u201d<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>In the video, Sherrillleans against the bar next to a customer drinking a beer who\u2019s sporting a Philadelphia Phillies hat. The first-term Democrat notes with a grin that a \u201creal life\u201d Philadelphian is \u201chere in Jersey, getting a cheesesteak!\u201d <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>She said in the post that she \u201cnever doubted that New Jersey has the best cheesesteaks,\u201d but had to visit Donkey\u2019s to \u201cconfirm\u201d for herself. She noted that a friend of hers from California mentioned the cheesesteak place to her \u2014 showing that the acclaimed Haddon Avenue spot, founded in 1943, is known across the country.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<blockquote>\n<p>I never doubted that New Jersey has the best cheesesteaks, but I still had to stop by Donkey&#8217;s Place in Camden earlier this summer to confirm it for myself. pic.twitter.com\/48JV0PavJQ<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Governor Mikie Sherrill (@GovSherrillNJ) August 5, 2026<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Anthony Bourdain felt similarly. <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>In 2015, Bourdain, who grew up in North Jersey, opined that finding the best cheesesteak in \u201cthe center of the cheesesteak universe\u201d may require crossing the Benjamin Franklin Bridge as on an episode of his <i>Parts Unknown<\/i> show. The restaurant proudly displays his quote on its website: \u201cThe best cheesesteak in the area might well come from New Jersey.\u201d<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>During her visit to Donkey\u2019s Sherrill got in on the cheesesteak action with Rob Lucas Jr., the owner of Donkey\u2019s, whose father, Bob Lucas, previously owned the restaurant. The younger Lucas\u2019 grandfather, Olympic boxer Leon \u201cDonkey\u201d Lucas, was the founder. <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Equipped with plastic gloves and a griddle spatula in each hand, the governor assists Lucas Jr. by shaking loads of seasoning on a pile of onions<b>.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=3664\">Albert Gury, popular painter and award-winning professor of art education, has died at 74<\/a><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cTake three pieces of cheese, put it right on top of that,\u201d he directs her in the video.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Sherrill noted she loves onions, unlike the three orders of \u201cno onions\u201d ahead of her.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Donkey\u2019s steaks are endowed with white American cheese and come with fried onions on a poppy-seed kaiser roll.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cGuys, the verdict\u2019s in, and you probably know I\u2019ve been going to Army-Navy in Philly for years,\u201d Sherrill, a former Navy helicopter pilot, proudly says, sitting with her creation. \u201cI\u2019ve had a million cheesesteaks. There is no better cheesesteak than here at Donkey\u2019s.\u201d<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>The historic Army-Navy football game was first played in Philadelphia in 1899 and it\u2019s been hosted in The City of Brotherly Love more times than any other city. The last time it was hosted in Philly was in 2022, and it\u2019ll be hosted by New Jersey in East Rutherford this year before returning to Pennsylvania\u2019s largest cityin 2027.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Sherrill visited Donkey\u2019s in late June the same day she visited Camden\u2019s World Cup fan fest at the Wiggins Waterfront just days before the deadline for her very first New Jersey budget. During that appearance, local officials praised the governor for showing up for South Jersey.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>During a speech on the fan fest stage, Sherrill boasted that as visitors flood to the region for the World Cup, \u201cthe best cheesesteaks are not across the river, they\u2019re right here at Donkey\u2019s.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=3662\">Funding was cut to life-saving medical research programs in Philly. Rep. Brendan Boyle demands to know why.<\/a><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>N.J. Gov. Mikie Sherrill said Donkey&#8217;s Place Steaks in Camden has better cheesesteaks than the &#8216;millions&#8217; she has tried in Philadelphia. 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