I Need a Cheese Steak!

I don't think I had my first cheese steak until Nicole and I moved into the Mission circa 1996 and discovered Jay's Cheese Steaks at 21st and Valencia. I was around 26 at the time and puzzled how this food item had eluded me for so many years.

But it wasn't until we moved across the bay to Berkeley that I discovered a real cheese steak at The Cheese Steak Shop and realized Jay's was a sad imposter. The combination of steak or chicken with cheese, onions, sweet and hot peppers, and the perfect amount of grease, piled into an Amoroso roll is a touch of culinary heaven.

I'm praying I can find something that approaches this bliss here in the Northwest, so if people have leads, please point me in the right direction!!