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Originally Posted by bratwurst
Hey Jersey, the first job I ever had was at a place that used to be on 32nd st and Camelback called "A Taste of Philladelphia". The original owners were from South Philly too. I cooked cheesesteaks, hoagies, and pizza there during the summers in high school.
I've been to Pats and Genos, and I don't think their steaks were even close to as good as the ones we made at Taste of Philly. Too bad the original owners sold the place and it went downhill.
holy crap, you prolly made me a sammich once. my fam went there all the time. we still lament the loss of that place.
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Yeah worked there the summers of 90, 91, 92, 93. With some weekends during the school years for a while too.
You must have lived near me if you went in there a lot.
People did drive from a ways off to come there sometimes though. Of course, there was the time that some people drove all the way from Mesa to get scrapple, and just assumed because we were a restaurant that referenced PA we'd have it. So this guy Mike that worked there and was from Philly (freaking hilarious guy, should have been a comic) laughed them out of the place and started ripping on them really hard for A) not only wanting scrapple, but B) driving all the way from Mesa for something as nasty as scrapple, and C) not having the brains to call ahead. I mean he really laughed at them right to their face, kind of shoo'd them out actually.
I grew up in Phoenix, I'd never heard of scrapple before and after listening to Mike, I've never eaten it to this day.
So this guy Mike that worked there and was from Philly (freaking hilarious guy, should have been a comic) laughed them out of the place and started ripping on them really hard for A) not only wanting scrapple, but B) driving all the way from Mesa for something as nasty as scrapple, and C) not having the brains to call ahead. I mean he really laughed at them right to their face, kind of shoo'd them out actually.
Sounds about right.
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Originally Posted by bratwurst
I grew up in Phoenix, I'd never heard of scrapple before and after listening to Mike, I've never eaten it to this day.
LOL! My dad grew up on a farm. Scrapple was a staple there.
I used to work at a diner in Jersey. People would bring in their friends from outta town and they would ask me what scrapple was because they didn't believe it when their friends told them. None of those people ever ordered it.
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LOL! My dad grew up on a farm. Scrapple was a staple there.
I used to work at a diner in Jersey. People would bring in their friends from outta town and they would ask me what scrapple was because they didn't believe it when their friends told them. None of those people ever ordered it.
My wife likes scrapple (grew up in central PA) and she eats it sometimes when we go out to get breakfast. She always tries to get me to try it.
I sort of liked scrapple for breakfast -- my mother was pennsylvania dutch, and when we'd go visit Granny Grace, we'd have sticky buns (Damn they were good) and at least one morning there we'd have scrapple. So for me it has nostalgia. I was actually thinking a couple days ago about trying to make a small batch sometime this winter.
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I sort of liked scrapple for breakfast -- my mother was pennsylvania dutch, and when we'd go visit Granny Grace, we'd have sticky buns (Damn they were good) and at least one morning there we'd have scrapple. So for me it has nostalgia. I was actually thinking a couple days ago about trying to make a small batch sometime this winter.
Cool!
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