Gingerbread Man

What is there to say about the G-Man? The first thing we noticed upon entering was the conflicting sports jersey interests. You can see memorabilia hanging on the walls from the New Jersey Devils, Philadelphia Flyers, New York Rangers, Miami Dolphins, Philadelphia Phillies and other random teams and sports. This, however, was not about to deter our eating experience. The menu seems to be pretty vast, and after debating for several minutes on what to get, I decided to leave it up to the waitress. To no surprise, she suggested the infamous wedge. A pizza crust folded over an assortment of sandwich combinations and cooked to perfection.

If you get the wedge, don't expect it to come out fast. Pizza crust isn't an instant type of food, so a between class meal may be hard to pull off.

As for the price, everything seemed pretty fair, considering the burgers were about $6.50. The wedges kind of expensive at $8.99, but they were worth it.

We collectively felt full after this meal, but it didn't last for a very long time. I recommend upgrading the complimentary chips to an order of fries for full effect.

LionCash and delivery are accepted here making this another convenient location. The kitchen is open until 11 pm, but they have a late night menu from 11 to 1am that includes nachos, chips with salsa, chicken fingers, mac and cheese, cheese fries, wings, pizza slices, and egg rolls.

G-Man offers different daily dollar off days. Monday is wedge day, Tuesday is cheese steak day, Wednesday is burger day, Thursday is chicken day and Friday is salad day. For weekdays from 11:30 to 5, they offer two slices of pizza and a soda for $2.50.

So, there really isn't much to be said for the Gingerbread Man's chicken parm wedge. You get a personal sized pizza crust, folded over on itself containing a few chicken fingers, some mozzarella cheese and sauce. The wedge brings along a handful of chips to accompany the plate. Overall, the "sandwich" is great. The chicken fingers are very crispy and very moist. The sauce on top is an overall great sauce, and there is just the right amount of cheese on it. Let's not forget the delicious pizza crust, which just adds to the flavor.

The other wedge ordered was BBQ chicken. It came with lettuce, tomato and cheese on it. The chicken was chopped up and tender. The BBQ sauce really added to the flavor of the chicken. This wedge was a quality dinner; it tasted great and was satisfying.

The presentation is nice, and the service was great. The G-Man brings overall good food with a good atmosphere, despite conflicting sports team interests. 

Bradley's Steaks and Hoagies

Our first stop for this blog was Bradley's Steaks and Hoagies. This humble place is located on the corner of Calder and Pugh Street. If there's any advice we can give before going; it's go hungry. The portions are heaping, but delicious nonetheless. The rolls are freshly baked each day at a nearby bakery, which gives each sandwich an extra boost of flavor. The fries are freshly cut from potatoes, and are not frozen. The chicken for the chicken cheese steaks is marinated before served. The beef for the cheese steaks is shipped from Philadelphia, the home of this staple sandwich.

The food comes out very fast, so if you're trying to get a bite in between classes it's completely possible.

It is open late (3 am on the weekends), and would definitely satisfy those late night cravings.

They accept LionCash and deliver too, which makes it very convenient.

The price may be a bit higher than what you might normally pay for a cheese steak in State College, but it is in its own league, and is definitely worth the money.

For a cheese steak and a drink, you should expect to pay around $8, add in some fries and you'll pay around $11. The small fries are no small portion as we have pictured in this blog. The sandwich will surely fill you up on its own. Bradley's does in fact deliver, and Thursday through Saturday, they are open until 3am.

For the sake of the blog, four of us went and each got something different. At the table we had an order of fries, a buffalo chicken cheese steak, a cheese steak with fried onions, a pizza steak, and a pepperoni pizza steak, and each of them were delicious.

The buffalo chicken cheese steak is accompanied by bleu cheese that some call amazing. This only helps boost the amazing flavor of the marinated chicken and the delicious buffalo sauce. The chicken is not as finely chopped as a regular cheese steak, but that does not take away from the flavor. This is truly a force to be reckoned with. (For a smaller portion, Bradley's also offers the Buffalo Chicken Grilled Cheese sandwich).

The cheese steak, it's what keeps us going back here. The meat is delicious and the bread makes it so much better. The beef is very tender and is never gritty. When you bite into the sandwich, you get a clean bite and aren't left pulling out strands of fatty beef from the bread. Everything about their cheese steak is simply amazing. That's what brings us to try the pizza steaks.

The pizza steak introduces a nice helping of pizza sauce to the sandwich. The sauce really compliments the flavor of the cheese steak. When you add some pepperoni though, it takes it to a whole new level. I was skeptical about trying it, because I wasn't sure if beef and pepperoni would really go together off of a pizza. I'm now a believer. The combination is perfect together, especially from Bradley's.

Welcome

   So it's lunch time at Penn State, the lines for food in the HUB are too long. You're tired of the dining hall foods. So where do you go? Maybe you're just craving something, but not sure exactly where to go to get it. Possibly your parents are in for Parents Weekend and you want to make the most their money and get the best food. It could also be that you find yourself at 2am roaming the streets with an insatiable hunger, but what's open?
    Where do you go for these places. As incoming students, we wondered the same things and were determined to eat at every place so we'd know where the best places to eat were. Also, we wanted to find out the best deals.
    As we journey to eat at these places, we found that the information will be just as useful to other Penn State students.
   If you have any comments as to where you'd like us to go, or any opinions on the best of State College, send us a message here or at PSUFoodReview@gmail.com
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