Steak Escape of Newark Airport

One word. Gross!
Do not eat here

Ordered the «cheesesteak mignon» only after asking the employee at the counter if it contained any pork. Let’s face it, «mignon» is often the word places use to indicate «wrapped in bacon», as inappropriately as they use «–holic» to indicate addiction or «-gate» to indicate a scandal (there’s gotta be a word for that, right?), so I wanted to be sure. Pork makes me nauseous, but the employee told me the sandwich contained only steak so I placed the order. The first half of my sandwich was gross and I wasn’t sure why. When I picked up the second half, I opened it up to find several pieces of bacon. Note to the employee: BACON COUNTS AS PORK. I removed the bacon and the second half of the sandwich was delicious. I’d give the place at least three stars for the taste and quality of the portion of my sandwich that wasn’t oozing with pig, but they lose all stars because YOU DO NOT EVER TELL SOMEONE A DISH IS FREE OF PORK UNLESS YOU ARE SURE. And this goes as well for beef, shellfish, gluten, phenylalanine, red 40, ANYTHING. Tell me you’re not sure about a dish and I’ll pick something else. Tell me you are sure, and you lose a customer forever if you’re wrong.

Every eatery here at Newark is a chain, the infamous Steak Escape is no different. I have probably eaten here more times than I’d like to admit, but when the neighboring food stands don’t open early or stay open late, beggars can’t be choosers.
It can be best summed up at this: skip their «famous» cheesesteaks and just go for their overpriced breakfast. It’s not exactly diner quality stuff, but at the very least there is enough variety to keep people interested.
Service is pretty atrocious, enough to where it’s best to figure out what you want ahead of time instead of asking the counter folks. I’ve seen too many visitors try to do this, only to get shot down every time. It also helps minimize the risk of having to rush to your flight, which is something most people have to consider when dining in at an airport.
I give them an extra star for offering hashbrowns. Not the McDonalds patty kind, but actual shredded, grilled hashbrowns.