The Sign on Bobby’s Burger Palace
The newest Burger joint, in a seemingly endless list of burger joints to hit Philadelphia, opened today at 3925 Walnut Street in West Philly; Bobby’s Burger Palace. This is the 5th location for the Food Network Celebrity and Iron Chef, Bobby Flay. The West Philadelphia spot was met with great anticipation and a large crowd today. Waits were as long as an hour all day.
Long Line of People Wait Outside of Bobby’s Burger Palace
It was over 80 degrees at some points during the day in Philadelphia but fans of either Bobby Flay, or burgers, or both waited to try out the new place. What’s that? You have to do use the bathroom? Nice try. Back in line!
That’s right, you could wait over an hour for a burger, but if you were there just to offer FREE press to the king of Food Network T.V., or needed to use the facilities while waiting in the sun for a burger, you were S.O.L, my friends. Bladder be damned!
The Sign of One’s Stomach (and Bladder) Getting Closer to Relief!
Inside Bobby’s was just as crowded!
The dining room is modern, decorated in shades of orange and green and seats about 70 with a large curving counter as a centerpiece to the room.Wall hanging art whimsically focuses on food. The menu includes burgers, fries and shakes. For pictures of all of Bobby’s burgers look here.
Interior Decor
The service was very friendly and knowledgeable once you were past the bathroom police presence at the door. (sarcasm) The food was tasty also.
Bobby Blue Turkey Burger
The food was so good in fact, the person eating the Bobby Blue forgot to take a picture before devouring half of the sandwich that is topped with Blue Cheese, Bacon and Potato Chips! Nary a Sweet Potato Fry to be spotted either cough, cough!
But what could be more exciting than a good sandwich and a celebrity chef in town? How about a drop in from one of our own town’s celebrity chefs?
Marc Vetri and The Best of Food’s Susan Fedele
And of course, the moment you have all been waiting for…..Bobby Flay makes his appearance……
Bobby Flay talking to Marc Vetri
It will be interesting to watch how Bobby Flay fairs in the city of brotherly love. I do love the idea of this month’s burger of the month, which I will be back to try when things settle down a bit.With social media guru Tommyup already calling Bobby things I will not repeat here, not because I can’t, but because it adds to the drama!
500 degrees just opened 2 weeks ago. Starr burger just re-opened for it’s second season, and we already have some great long standing kick ass burgers in this city! Only time will tell…..