Phat Philly's

[Breadburner]

will be no longer........

[TheTed]

That's sad. They always seemed to be super crowded with the after-bar crowd at 2am.

The downtown/midtown late-night dining options are already limited enough. Not counting drive-thru chains, all of downtown/midtown has for late-night (after midnight) food:

Joe Momma's (weekends only)
Denny's/Village Inn or something

Am I forgetting anything? Seems awfully sparse given the amount of drinking establishments downtown and midtown.

[SXSW]

There is the hot dog cart at 18th & Boston that serves past 2 am.  I'm surprised there aren't more places near TU, especially that Coney Islander (same goes for the one on Brookside).

[custosnox]

too bad. They had some good phillies.  They were a bit on the expensive side though

[nathanm]

WHAT? Are they already closed?

[Breadburner]

I dont think so but...soon....

[TeeDub]

Delicious phillies...    The only complaint I ever had was the place was too small.

[Red Arrow]

too bad. They had some good phillies.  They were a bit on the expensive side though

Another missed opportunity by me. 

Did they have authentic rolls or were they just close enough?  A few months ago I ordered some genuine Amoroso Hoagie/Cheese Steak rolls.  They arrived the next day Fed-Ex.  About $48/doz including shipping and handling.  OK for a splurge.  I made hoagies.

[zstyles]

Andddddddddddddddddd....any word on why closing? I went at lunch quite a bit, they couldn't have had that much overhead in that location and were always busy...

[sgrizzle]

Smoked their tax payments?

[sgrizzle]

Went by and verified. Big party on 9/14 and they won't reopen.

[TheTed]

I better get there this weekend. I love how you could be drinking a beer in there at 3am as some law enforcement types stroll in to pick up a big order of food and nobody seems to care.

[zstyles]

From the Tulsa Food Blog..

Rumor has it that they don't want to pay the ballpark tax within the IDL. I haven't gotten confirmation on that though. When I asked if they might be opening up a new restaurant elsewhere the answer was pretty matter of factly a "no". I also heard a rumor that Phat Philly's will be able to be found on a certain hot dog truck around town after they close, but again, I have not been able to confirm that, nor have I heard what "hot dog truck" these could be found on. Sounds like the makings of a great Tulsa urban legend to me. In 30 year, many of us will be passing along the legend of the great Phat Philly to our grandchildren.

[nathanm]

I wonder how much their assessment would be...

*takes up a collection*

[waterboy]

Hard for me to get too excited. I thought the USA Philly over off 51st and Wheeling (now at 51st & Memorial) was much better. It was started by a guy actually from Philadelphia with a big city attitude as well.

Phat's was okay, and the sandwiches were huge, but took to long to get your food imo and ...just okay. Still, I'm sorry to see them go.