Phat Philly's

[TheTed]

I thought Phat Philly's was good, but when everything else in town is closed, you don't have to be that good, just better than McDonald's/Taco Bell, etc.

I don't think I've ever been there during their daytime hours, just the midnight-4am hours on weekends.

One of those big snowstorms last year, Joe Momma's had closed really early. McNellie's was closing early and was not serving food. Pretty much everything was closed or closing reallly early.

Phat Philly's still opened up at midnight, at a time when every other downtown business was looking for an excuse to close early. That won Phat Philly's tons of goodwill from me.

Hopefully at some point soon there will be enough downtown residential to support businesses actually being open when it snows.

An aside, but Steak Stuffers is one of those closed on Sunday joints, right? I'll never understand the wisdom of being closed one of the two days when most working folks are off work.

[Red Arrow]

An aside, but Steak Stuffers is one of those closed on Sunday joints, right? I'll never understand the wisdom of being closed one of the two days when most working folks are off work.

I would think they should have business on the weekend but maybe most of their trade is from local workers on lunch break.

[sgrizzle]

An aside, but Steak Stuffers is one of those closed on Sunday joints, right? I'll never understand the wisdom of being closed one of the two days when most working folks are off work.

The two times I managed to catch them open, it tasted like I paid $7 for Steak-Umms

[Cats Cats Cats]

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.

I saw a certain hot dog truck owner in there yesterday.

[Conan71]

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.

...And then Beautiful Brands will buy the concept, open it in the failed Coney Beach, Rex's, location in Bixby and totally ruin it for most our memories 

[sgrizzle]

I saw a certain hot dog truck owner in there yesterday.

I'm not above buying a Philly off a cart.

[RecycleMichael]

From the Tulsa Food Blog..

Rumor has it that they don't want to pay the ballpark tax within the IDL.

B.S. Their ballpark tax was 93 cents per day. $325 a year. I guarantee they made that back on game days alone.

[mtshow]

I heard the owner was moving out of state

[TheTed]

Tried to go there Saturday, but the doors were locked with people inside at 2am. They said they were out of everything.

[izmophonik]

I tried to go once.  I gave up after waiting 12 minutes to order and went down to Arby's.  How long could it possibly take to throw a philly together?  2-3 minutes?  There was only one person in front of me in the line.  It seemed like a poorly run operation to me.  my .02

[Breadburner]

It pays to pay THE OTC........

[allspunout]

owner is not moving out of state.

[nathanm]

How long could it possibly take to throw a philly together?

It takes almost exactly the amount of time it takes to drive from my house to Phat Philly's, actually. That would be about 6-7 minutes. Presuming, of course, that they start on it immediately. If they're busy, I have time to go by the ATM, which adds 3-5 minutes.

[custosnox]

Drove by last night and they were having a huge party.  Guess they are going out in style.

[Cats Cats Cats]

Drove by last night and they were having a huge party.  Guess they are going out in style.

Their flyer said "still rolling them phat after 5 years".  Thought it was odd to say you were "still" when a few hours later you wouldn't be any more.