Terms of Use
Effective Date: November 12, 2026
Welcome to CheesesteakFans.com. By accessing or using our website, creating an account, or submitting content, you agree to these Terms of Use.
Please read them carefully.
1. About CheesesteakFans.com
CheesesteakFans.com is a nationwide online platform dedicated to helping cheesesteak enthusiasts discover restaurants, share experiences, post ratings and reviews, and participate in community discussions.
The platform is owned and operated by Cheesesteaks Holdings LLC (“CheesesteakFans,” “we,” “us,” or “our”).
Website: https://cheesesteakfans.com
2. Eligibility and Accounts
You must be at least 13 years old to create an account. Users under 18 must have permission from a parent or legal guardian.
When registering, you agree to provide accurate information and keep your account credentials secure.
You are responsible for activity conducted through your account.
We may suspend or terminate accounts that violate these Terms, engage in fraudulent behavior, or threaten the security or integrity of the platform.
3. Ratings, Reviews, and User Contributions
CheesesteakFans.com exists to provide a place for authentic opinions about cheesesteaks.
By submitting a rating, review, comment, photograph, or other contribution, you agree that:
- Your review reflects your genuine experience or honestly held opinion.
- You will not submit fabricated, misleading, or fraudulent reviews.
- You will not impersonate another person or business.
- You will not submit reviews in exchange for compensation conditioned on a positive or negative rating.
- You will disclose any material connection to a business you review, including employment, ownership, family relationships, or compensation, where relevant.
- You will not post defamatory statements of fact, threats, harassment, discriminatory abuse, or unlawful content.
- You will not upload material that infringes another person’s intellectual property rights.
Negative reviews are permitted. Businesses and members are not entitled to removal of truthful negative feedback merely because they disagree with it.
CheesesteakFans.com may investigate reports of fraudulent or abusive reviews and take appropriate action under these Terms and applicable law.
4. Content Ownership and License
You retain ownership of original photographs, reviews, comments, and other content you submit.
By posting content, you grant Cheesesteaks Holdings LLC a nonexclusive, worldwide, royalty-free license to host, store, reproduce, display, distribute, and adapt that content as reasonably necessary to operate and promote CheesesteakFans.com and its related services.
This license does not transfer ownership of your content to us.
You represent that you own or have the necessary rights to submit the content and grant this license.
You may request removal of your content, subject to applicable legal requirements and legitimate operational needs.
5. Restaurant Listings
CheesesteakFans.com maintains listings of cheesesteak restaurants across the United States.
Listings may include publicly available business information, information supplied by restaurant owners, and information contributed by community members.
Inclusion in our directory does not necessarily mean a restaurant has registered, endorsed, partnered with, or approved CheesesteakFans.com.
Restaurant owners may contact us to request corrections, claim their listings where supported, or report inaccurate information.
We make reasonable efforts to maintain accurate listings but cannot guarantee that all addresses, telephone numbers, operating hours, menus, prices, or other information are current.
Restaurant owners remain responsible for information they submit about their businesses.
6. Independence of Ratings and Reviews
CheesesteakFans.com aims to provide a platform for genuine community opinions.
Restaurant owners, advertisers, and sponsors cannot purchase higher ratings, favorable reviews, or the removal of legitimate negative reviews.
Sponsored placements and paid advertising do not guarantee positive editorial treatment.
CheesesteakFans.com was founded by Kevin O’Brien, who is also a co-founder of Cheesesteaks.com, a restaurant brand operating in Southwest Florida.
This ownership relationship does not entitle Cheesesteaks.com or its affiliated restaurants to preferential treatment in community ratings or reviews.
We may moderate content for compliance with these Terms, but we will not misrepresent that published reviews reflect all submitted reviews if material reviews have been suppressed based on their sentiment.
7. Advertising and Sponsorships
CheesesteakFans.com may display advertisements, sponsor logos, promotional messages, and paid business placements.
Paid sponsorships may provide brand visibility, promotional opportunities, and links to sponsor websites.
Sponsored relationships do not confer control over independent user ratings or reviews.
We reserve the right to identify paid promotional content and establish advertising policies consistent with applicable law.
8. Prohibited Activities
You may not use CheesesteakFans.com to:
- Publish fake or manipulated reviews.
- Create fraudulent accounts or impersonate others.
- Harass, threaten, or intimidate members or restaurant owners.
- Distribute malware, spam, or unauthorized advertisements.
- Attempt to gain unauthorized access to accounts or website systems.
- Scrape, harvest, or systematically extract website data without authorization, except as permitted by law.
- Manipulate ratings or artificially influence rankings.
- Infringe copyrights, trademarks, or other legal rights.
- Violate applicable laws or regulations.
We may restrict access or remove content when we reasonably determine that these rules have been violated.
9. Moderation and Content Removal
We reserve the right to review, restrict, remove, or decline to publish content that violates these Terms or applicable law.
We may also investigate reports of fraud, impersonation, harassment, copyright infringement, or other misconduct.
We do not guarantee that every submission will be reviewed before publication.
We are not obligated to remove a lawful negative review solely because a restaurant or individual disputes the reviewer’s opinion.
Members and businesses may contact us to report content they believe violates these Terms.
10. Intellectual Property
The CheesesteakFans.com name, website design, original graphics, software, and other materials created or owned by Cheesesteaks Holdings LLC are protected by applicable intellectual property laws.
Third-party trademarks, restaurant names, and logos remain the property of their respective owners.
Displaying a restaurant or sponsor’s name or logo does not necessarily indicate endorsement or a formal business relationship.
You may not reproduce or commercially exploit platform-owned content without appropriate authorization.
11. Copyright Complaints
We respect intellectual property rights and respond to appropriate copyright complaints.
If you believe material on CheesesteakFans.com infringes your copyright, contact:
Please provide enough information to identify the copyrighted work, the allegedly infringing material, its location on our website, your contact information, and the information required for a valid notice under applicable copyright law.
We may remove or restrict access to allegedly infringing material and may terminate accounts of repeat infringers in appropriate circumstances.
12. Third-Party Links and Services
CheesesteakFans.com may contain links to restaurants, sponsors, social media platforms, and other third-party websites.
We do not control these external websites and are not responsible for their content, products, transactions, privacy practices, or availability.
Your use of third-party services is subject to their respective terms and policies.
13. No Guarantee of Accuracy or Availability
CheesesteakFans.com is provided for informational, entertainment, and community purposes.
Restaurant rankings, ratings, and reviews represent individual opinions or platform-generated displays and should not be interpreted as guarantees of food quality, safety, availability, or customer experience.
We do not guarantee uninterrupted access to the website or that all information will always be accurate, complete, or current.
14. Disclaimer of Warranties
To the extent permitted by applicable law, CheesesteakFans.com and its services are provided on an “as is” and “as available” basis.
We disclaim warranties, whether express or implied, including warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and noninfringement, to the extent permitted by law.
Nothing in these Terms excludes rights or warranties that cannot legally be excluded.
15. Limitation of Liability
To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, Cheesesteaks Holdings LLC and its officers, employees, affiliates, and service providers will not be liable for indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages arising from the use of CheesesteakFans.com.
Nothing in these Terms limits liability where such limitations are prohibited by applicable law.
16. Account Suspension and Termination
We may suspend, restrict, or terminate access to accounts that violate these Terms or pose a security risk.
Members may request account deletion by contacting us.
Account deletion and retention of submitted content are governed by our Privacy Policy and applicable law.
17. Privacy
Your use of CheesesteakFans.com is also subject to our Privacy Policy.
Please review it to understand how personal information is collected, used, and protected.
18. Changes to These Terms
We may update these Terms to reflect changes in the platform, our policies, or applicable law.
Updated Terms will be posted with a revised effective date.
Where required by law, we will provide additional notice or obtain consent before material changes take effect.
19. Governing Law
These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of Florida, United States, without regard to conflict-of-law principles, except where mandatory applicable law provides otherwise.
Any dispute-resolution arrangements are subject to applicable law and any rights that cannot legally be waived.
20. Contact Information
For questions about these Terms, account concerns, content reports, or general inquiries, contact:
CheesesteakFans.com
Cheesesteaks Holdings LLC
Email: info@cheesesteaks.com
Website: https://cheesesteakfans.com