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title: "One Philadelphia Burger King Franchise Refuses to Serve 'Philly Cheese King'"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/d7966892-3db4-45a7-b937-39efea6fb884
source: "1851 Franchise"
original_url: https://1851franchise.com/one-philadelphia-burger-king-franchise-refuses-to-serve-philly-cheese-king-2708296
category: "Burger"
industry: "Restaurants"
segment: "Burger"
published: 2018-10-26T18:13:01.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T02:42:04.215Z
image: https://newimage.1851franchise.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=85,format=webp,width=1280,height=720/story/featureImage/aa0bc2f4636a4b22accf10a3adeb15a39729.jpg
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# One Philadelphia Burger King Franchise Refuses to Serve 'Philly Cheese King'

**TL;DR:** A Burger King franchise in Philadelphia refuses to serve the new Philly Cheese King burger to honor the original recipe. The Philly Cheese King burger is a limited-time offer nationwide, selling for about $5.99.

*originally published in 1851 Franchise on 2018-10-26. [Read the original](https://1851franchise.com/one-philadelphia-burger-king-franchise-refuses-to-serve-philly-cheese-king-2708296).*

## Story

Burger King is offering the new Philly Cheese King burger for a limited time nationwide, but it won’t be on one Philadelphia restaurant’s menu, according to a CNBC report .

The Burger King franchise location that won’t be offering the Philly Cheese King is located on South 8th Street, and it doesn’t want to offer the burger so that it will honor the original recipe, according to the article. Philly cheesesteaks are an iconic symbol in that city.

The new menu item will sell for about $5.99 and uses more than half a pound of beef, according to the article.

## Entities

- 1851 Franchise (publication)
- Restaurants (sector)
- menu pricing (topic)
- limited time offer (topic)
- Burger King (company)
- Philadelphia (location)
- franchisee independence (topic)

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Originally reported by 1851 Franchise (https://1851franchise.com/one-philadelphia-burger-king-franchise-refuses-to-serve-philly-cheese-king-2708296). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/d7966892-3db4-45a7-b937-39efea6fb884).