Charlies’s – Oakland

A Wallyworld Deluxe at Charlie’s, behind Mitchell’s Bar in North Oakland. It’s not a “cheesesteak” like you’ll find in Philadelphia (the bread is not the same, and we’re not as “Whizzy” as they are back east), but it’s a big, first-class steak mega-messy sandwich, topped with mushrooms and peppers and marinara sauce. If all the food and the fries and the daily specials here weren’t so good, I’d eat even more Wallyworlds than I already do. Rick Sebak