This is the Burlington location of the Philthy Philly's chain. We were visiting Burlington and arrived at our hotel late after our flight, so there wasn't much open in the area at midnight for food.
We found this place because it was one of the few restaurants that popped up in our late night Uber Eats search. The restaurant was less than 10 minutes from our hotel and still open for another hour or so.
I've never been to a Philthy Philly's before this one, and this Burlington location wasn't on Yelp yet. I also didn't have time to research the place online since I was driving, so I was going in blind. I don't do this very often because it has almost always resulted in a negative outcome in the past whenever I picked a place to eat at random without research. But we were desperate and famished after the flight, so their menu full of Philly cheesesteak varieties and chicken wings sounded downright delicious. I didn't care at that point how authentic their cheesesteaks were; I just wanted to eat.
The name of this chain did seem a bit sketchy to me, though (because srsly, who really wants to ingest food from a place associated with the word "filthy"--no matter how it's spelled like). So yeah, I wasn't expecting much at all.
At first, we ended up ordering two small cheesesteak varieties and a few small orders of chicken wings as a reconnaissance meal of sorts to test out the food. I was pleasantly surprised with the results. All of the cheesesteaks had a lot of flavour and the meat wasn't dry, unlike some other versions I've tried in the past. The wings were fried really well. Everything was just damn tasty.
After passing this initial test, we went full-bore carnivore mode and placed another order for more cheesesteaks and wings. It was a meat-feast for the ages, all at a place found completely by accident.
I appreciate how they offer different sizes of cheesesteaks since this allowed me to try multiple flavours in one sitting. I also like the fact they are open late (even later on Friday / Saturday) since finding tasty late-night food in this area seems a bit difficult. Staff that night was friendly, too.
I was craving their cheesesteaks and wings the next morning so that was a good sign. I'm glad we gave this place a shot and would definitely stop by again if in the area. read more