We all know that gas station food sucks a huge donkey dick... The hot dogs sitting for hours on those heated rollers, shitty pizza slices in a hot box, salty ass nachos covered in vomit yellow cheese jizz, Hot Pockets and frozen burritos that you nuke for 2 and a half minzies and comes out like cardboard and we can't forget about the hillbilly spring rolls- The nasty Taquitos, filled with your worst nightmare of puppy diarrhea. But there are food shacks that are at a gas station that doesn't suck as much... Just Loaf'n comes to mind because they have some decent po'boys at a dumpy gas station. And now comes a newish philly cheese steak (aka philthy) joint that is also located next to a hick gas station. Will it do it justice or will the pouch have to shit all over it based on the unsubstantiated interweb claims that this shack has the only authentic philties in town. Well, they supposedly have Amoroso rolls, so that could be a start to a beautiful friendship with a meat sandwich in this one horse town... Let's go eat some chopped up meat flaps.
Philthy. Provolone, onions, shrooms and peppers. I know what y'all are saying, how dare you fucking add shrooms and peppers to this beast... Well, I did motherfuckers, so live with it. First, the clanking sound of the metal spatulas against the flat top were music to my pig ears. Second, the Amoroso roll was kick ass... It was a bit toasty on the outside and soft and moist inside after they filled it. Third, the roll had a great bite to it and chew perfectly as expected with an Amoroso. The chopped manmeat flaps were seasoned well and the veggie fillers were proportionate but the cheese factor was a bit light, needed another slice or two of provolone to liaison the meat/veg filler so it doesn't fall out as easily. Sometimes, a squirt bottle of water or the secret sauce (apple juice) is used to create the steam while cooking the sliced manmeat and veggies on the flat top to soften but they might have been a bit too overly excited and generous on the liquid because it was leaking brown juice all over the wax paper on the plastic tray and making the bread soggy. This not preferred obviously but it didn't take away too much from the overall experience. This is a good philthy... The Amoroso roll, the decent portion of meat and veggie filler were spot on, but if they watch out for the amount of liquid they use and throw on another slice of cheese, it woulda been a better cheese steak overall. I would come back for another philthy just because of the Amoroso roll. No whiz.
Beef Sausage. This looked sad... Like something you find between a fat chick's thick hairy legs. Hard to look at and even harder to put it up to your mouth. It was very unexpected visually but I guess you can't have it all after a very decent display of a philthy. I was hoping for a fresh ground tube steak with a nice snap to the casing but all I got was a barely above average factory hot dog. Even if there were onions and peppers on it, it woulda still tasted just ok. I would skip this and just stick with the philthy.
Water Ice, lemon and mango. If I'm here already, might as well add a couple more inches to my fat ass. Water ice is kinda like Eyetalian ice except that it's smoother and not as hard as Eyetalian ice. It's like a slushie but higher quality. The lemon was sweet but not tart enough, the mango was better but I would not get it again next time. Tasted the orange creamsicle and that was the best out of the bunch.
I like the place, I like the staff and I like the philthy... And only the philthy. I would come back for another one... But what other option does one really have in this town for a decently executed curly meat flap sando? Don't even say Woody's... They're just crusty peckers over there.
5020 Winters Chapel Rd
Atlanta, GA 30360
678-587-9253
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