When the Philadelphia Eagles won Super Bowl 59 a few weeks ago, some Arizonans and transplanted East Coast types were in a Chandler restaurant together to see it.
“We don’t normally stay open on Sundays, but for the Super Bowl, we made an exception,” Philly’s Famous Steaks & Hoagies owner Mark Jandou said about two weeks after the big game. “We have a connection to the neighborhood, but we get people from far away, too. Some for the good food — some, because it’s good Philly food.”
While Jandou and his wife, Rita, aren’t natives of the Philadelphia area, the owner and founder of the shop, Mark Blaing, has South Philadelphia roots. Jandou says he lost a business in the early 2000s and approached Blaing, who didn’t want to sell it, but eventually agreed to take on Jandou as a partner.
