Pat's King of Steaks

This guide to Pat's King of Steaks in Philadelphia starts with a cab driver leaning over Pat Olivieri's grill in 1933 and talking him out of selling hot dogs. It follows the family line that kept the corner running for generations, from Pat and his brother Harry to a grandson at the window today. The counter's clipped ordering code, whiz wit or wit-out, grew out of pure necessity on a line stretching down Passyunk Avenue. Listen for it while you watch the window from the corner.