How It Started
Owner Melissa has always been passionate about food and cooking, since she could stand in a chair and help her grandmother cook as a toddler! She's been a home cook her entire life and loved hosting big family holiday meals (and still does). Her son always requested her cheesesteak sandwiches for his birthday dinners as he got older, which led to her following her dreams and cooking for others for a living.
How It Happened
Melissa and her teenage children opened a small, takeout-only restaurant in August of 2023. They started out in a tiny converted food truck with only drive-through service but quickly outgrew it, so they found a larger abandoned building that was in need of a new business to revamp its old bones. They quickly got to work cleaning, repairing, replacing, and inspecting every square inch of the old building, which is now known as Philly Pete's.
Where It's Going
Melissa and her kids opened Philly Pete's as a way to do what they love and do it together. Family is the focus for them, and food is the passion! They're following a dream that is worth the long days and hours. They have a passion for their community and look forward to doing more for it with the support of their loving customers. They're dreamers with big plans for the future, and they hope to be serving fresh hot delicious food for years to come.
