Authenticity means combining all of the best ingredients — rolls delivered daily, rib-eye hand sliced at the shop, top brand cheese, Spanish onions — and most importantly, love for their customers and their craft.

Fresh rolls next to the grill at Sumo Steaks. ( Colin Kerrigan / Philly.com )
Fresh rolls next to the grill at Sumo Steaks. ( Colin Kerrigan / Philly.com )
Chef D prepares steak for a cheesesteak at Sumo Steaks. ( Colin Kerrigan / Philly.com )

Chef D prepares steak for a cheesesteak at Sumo Steaks. ( Colin Kerrigan / Philly.com )
Steak and peppers cooks on the grill at Sumo Steaks. ( Colin Kerrigan / Philly.com )

Steak and peppers cooks on the grill at Sumo Steaks. ( Colin Kerrigan / Philly.com )
Sumo Steaks located at 2805 North 22nd Street in Philadelphia, PA. ( Colin Kerrigan / Philly.com )

Sumo Steaks located at 2805 North 22nd Street in Philadelphia, PA. ( Colin Kerrigan / Philly.com )
Sumo Steaks co-founder Billy Creagh and the 2800 block of North 22d ambassador Thera Martin Milling sit outside Sumo Steaks. ( Colin Kerrigan / Philly.com )

Sumo Steaks co-founder Billy Creagh and the 2800 block of North 22d ambassador Thera Martin Milling sit outside Sumo Steaks. ( Colin Kerrigan / Philly.com )
Billy Creagh, co-founder of Sumo Steaks, poses for a photo upstairs at Sumo Steaks. ( Colin Kerrigan / Philly.com )

Billy Creagh, co-founder of Sumo Steaks, poses for a photo upstairs at Sumo Steaks. ( Colin Kerrigan / Philly.com )
Steak, mushrooms, peppers and onions on the grill at Sumo Steaks. ( Colin Kerrigan / Philly.com )

Steak, mushrooms, peppers and onions on the grill at Sumo Steaks. ( Colin Kerrigan / Philly.com )
A Sumo Steaks cheesesteak with onions, mushrooms, peppers and whiz cheese. ( Colin Kerrigan / Philly.com )

A Sumo Steaks cheesesteak with onions, mushrooms, peppers and whiz cheese. ( Colin Kerrigan / Philly.com )
Fresh rolls next to the grill at Sumo Steaks. ( Colin Kerrigan / Philly.com )

Fresh rolls next to the grill at Sumo Steaks. ( Colin Kerrigan / Philly.com )
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