New Cheesesteak place on Flatbush

Hilarious.

By any chance any vegetarian cheesesteaks? I know some folks on here will probably gag at the idea, but I would be very excited!

Carnivore wrote: I wish you could still get the regular diner menu for dinner at the Usual in addition to the new fancier stuff.

dude you totally can get their diner menu all day. I think they dumped the chef/partner that was doing the night shift.

Subject: mm mmm good

BrooklynSwordStyle wrote: I just tried the High Stakes Cheese Steaks, and they are good! They seem to have a decent ordering system, and they were packed today at lunch. I'll be going back!

Yummmmm! I'll be there standing in line.

Do they have the hot pickled peppers on the side?

Flatbush is turning very quickly into an open air, traffic clogged suburban mall with garbage food stalls like this one and Dunkin Donuts, etc. Gross.

SJE, I agree about Dunkin Donuts, I do associate their hazardly strewn cups and wrappers as the sign that a methadone clinic is close by. But I'm guilty as charged when it comes to appreciating a good cheese steak and telenovelas. They are my dirty nasty.

I went there a couple of days ago. Not a bad place. The steak was real and not pressed meat, the service is friendly and the place clean. They need to iron out some kinks such as remembering to put on the sandwich what you order and relax with the salt otherwise it's pretty decent.

I figure my main objection to this place, when I really sat down to think about it, was not only that this is what I consider junk food, sorry guys, but it's really the sign above the store, which proudly proclaims "Shoot Hoops Not Guns".

Excuse me? We have an unusual gun problem? Prospect Heights is so riddled with violent felons and shootings that only basketball games played by millionaires for the profit of other millianaires and your crap food can save us and our poor, blighted neighborhood?

Oh F you, that's how I feel about this place and their highly offensive {to me} sign. This is what let's me know these guys have NO IDEA of the neighborhood they opened shop in. NONE. Wanna bet they're connected in some way to the Rat? That's where that attitude comes from.

Everyone, Enjoy! Takes all kinds. This is my last word on this subject.

Idlewild, that's a very direct, specific message, it's not general at all. As I said, I think this is the tip of the iceberg of what's to come in PH, regarding frat-boy level "cuisine". yuck. And I will eat elsewhere, thanks!

The "shoot hoops not guns" slogan is one that dates back many years to a program that was popular in a lot of black communities called midnight basketball. Local community centers would open at 10 or 11pm on Friday and Saturday nights and had organized games and other activities specifically for older teens and young adults. The concept was to give kids that might otherwise wander the streets or try to sneak into clubs another outlet.

I ate in there several weeks ago and the staff seemed well acquainted with a lot of the customers that were coming in. It seemed like they may have some ties to the community, and given the store's close proximity to the basketball courts that host a number of tournaments during the summer, it may be a shout-out to a particular group of folks who have a shared past and not any kind of indictment of the neighborhood as it currently stands or any indication of their thoughts about prospect heights.

Aaaannnndddd the cheesesteaks are divine =P~

This Philly ex-Pat says SOLID. Chicken steaks are cut up slightly less than my preference, but that's a style thing that you find in Philly as well. Good pickled hot peppers and great Amoroso-style rolls. Service is good too.

I just got happier.

Muk wrote: This Philly ex-Pat says SOLID.

really? i just dropped by "high cheese," and was not impressed. first off, the whole friendly thing is really off-putting. part of the charm of getting a good steak is the attitude--and for the non-n00b, nothing's worse than being coddled. and what's with the two days thing? i would allow them that as some sort of punctuation to a general snarkiness, but who takes mr. nice guy seriously when he's suddenly cocky?

lack of attitude aside, i did not care for the actual sandwich. for the past few years my yardstick for extra-delaware valley steaks has been whether or not they can hold their own against a simple sandwich made by my middle school cafeteria (shitty, but probably better than your mom can make it). for instance, the now defunct tony luke's of nyc cheesesteak was just shy of matching that arcola intermediate steak, and was therefore almost acceptable given the circumstances (i'll admit, i've never been to the real tony luke's, so i don't know how it compares, but god help them if it's the same thing). i'd say this "high cheese" steak is closer to my immigrant mother's idea of good eats (to wit: stinky) than a philly suburb middle school steak, which is kind of sad, and definitely not worth my $5.25.

oh and that shit gave me hiccups like you wouldn't believe.

Mrs. C and I stop in and tried it this weekend, and thought it was ok, but it definitely needed the hot sauce to make it palatable.

I'll probably be back though.

Yeah, I'm pretty sure it's still open. Did it look all classy inside when you last stopped by? Their renovation took forever and when it finally reopened it cost a bit more and had exposed brick, tables and a bar. Probably weren't making enough with takeout only.
That's one reason why I'm hoping High Stakes is at least passable, $5.75 for a sandwich or something? That's about right. It's like $7 at Tony Luke's right now.