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Dec 16 05
Gianna's has been a mainstay of my diet since I discovered this new (at the time) south st location a few years ago. They feature vegetarian and vegan versions of regular south philly food. All of their mock-meat "cheese steak" sandwiches have clever names to help differentiate them from non-veggy menu items such as The Freebird, a vegan chicken cheese steak, and the Fighting Dog, a combination of the vegan chicken and the vegan sausage. In addition to sandwiches they also carry pizza, hot dogs, burgers, nachos, the occasional mac-n-cheese and DESERTS!
There was a situation regarding their "vegan cheese" not actually being vegan at all. There was a period of a couple months where the owners stopped using the cheese in question and did not offer a vegan alternative. Thankfully this soon ended and they now proudly use Follow Your Heart brand cheeses. There was a lot of drama and speculation caused by this mistake and that is what the whole situation was. A mistake, but the owners did apologize for it and have been moving forward with their new vegan cheeses.