Under the knife

    Legendary cheesesteak proprietor Joey Vento will find himself on the other side of the knife today as he undergoes surgey. The owner of South Philly’s Geno’s Steaks was diagnosed with colon-rectal cancer following a colonoscopy.

     

    The 71-year-old will go under the knife at Manattan’s Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, says CBS3

    No word on whether his doctor speaks English.

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