Cheap Eats: Fat Philly’s Wings and Things
posted on March 15, 2009 at 11:51 pm
“Where ya from?” I ask Kenny Washington, one of the owners of Fat Philly’s Wings & Things (886 Martin Luther King Jr. Drive S.W., 404-254-3113, www.fatphillys.net). “D.C.,” he says. “What kind of rolls do you use?” I ask with my left eyebrow in a slight arch. “Amoroso’s. Why? You trying to see if my cheesesteaks are the real thing?” He laughs and throws me a wink. Before I can say anything else, my boyfriend mentions some Northeastern sports rivalry and they start yapping in unintelligible male-speak. I go into food mode.
I salute you for finding a spot in this city that offers Cheez Whiz. Every “authentic” place I’ve gone reacts as though I asked them to take a crap on my sandwich. I know CW is “recent” (if we can call 30 years recent…) but it’s here, it’s queer, and I’m a Marylander with Philly connex who needs my whiz.