Review
Lemme ask you a very serious question cuz. Do you classify yourself as fella with a healthy appetite? Got hunger impulses that would make a lion envious? Ever have an eat off with your friends at the drop of a hat? If you answered any of these questions yes, you have come do the right place. See what happened was, my buddy Jimmy ‘da mullet’ came over to hook up some new connectors to my battery for da ole IROC Z. As he is hooking up deez cables he is going on and on about how him and da boys at the garage are always havin eating contests to see who can crush more food. His repertoire includes throwing back like 4 or so double cheese burgers, a whole pizza and 30 or more wings per setting. Smelling a free turkey rueben, I said ‘guess what?’ After you fix my chariot, I will take you to the famous 4th street deli and if you finish your sandwich, I’ll buy your meal bo. Jimmy ‘da mullet’ said ‘you’re on’ and we headed to 4th and Bainbridge to feast at the most famous of Philly’s delis. Famous 4th street is your typical Brooklyn Jewish Deli (my cuzin Tommy is up there) but in Philly, der gimmick is that they overstuff everything on their menu from salads to sandwiches. I mean, deez sandwich’s are humongous, da biggest in da neighborhood. Most people can make two or tree meals out of just one of deez entrees. Well da menu also has an array of specialty sandwich’s that can even go bigger, de call this ‘Zatfig’. You should have seen Jimmy ‘da mullet’ face when looked on the menu and saw da one sandwich was made of tongue. I told him “Yo cuz, da only tongue you gota worry about is da one from some dude you thinks is a chick, mullet boy.” Besides everything served being oversized (including me), I can say that da food is always very fresh and very tasty at Famous 4th Street. Da overall interior theme was very white and very well lit which gives me a comfortable feeling not usually associated with my basement. There is also some great window coverage facing Bainbridge to do some people watchin. So, Jimmy ‘da mullet’ ordered this open face cornbeef ruben. Cuz, when dis ding came out he looked more surprised then a guy who lost his keys to his IROC. Well, long story longer…he couldn’t even dent his sandwich wit his supposedly high powered appetite. I of course, ate mine wit no problem. They followed up da meal with two free cookies from the spot next door, Famous 4th street cookies. Service here was excellent, but the staff had on long white coats. I kept wondering if I was locked up for a mental evaluation or I was just eating in a deli. Guess what cuz? All in All, this is one of my favorite spots, definitely worth checking out.
Unlike me, this place ain’t cheap. You pay for about $11 -$13 per entrée, but take into consideration you can box it up for a second meal. Now that’s my kinda portion.
Parking around here can be tough some times. There is a parking lot a half a block away but it is always crowded and expensive. There is metered parking here, but this part of town is always busy. Too bad they couldn’t get and oversized lot.
