Bomb Bomb BBQ Grill & Italian Restaurant in South Philadelphia, a beloved institution for 33 years, will close its doors on December 28th. Owners Deb and Frank Barbato are retiring after nearly four decades of serving up their signature dishes, including baby-back ribs, mussels, and stuffed calamari. Longtime customers are flocking to the restaurant to enjoy their last meals and reminisce about their favorite memories.
It’s been a blast, South Philly, but the iconic Bomb Bomb BBQ Grill & Italian Restaurant is closing after 33 years
The Barbatos were recounting it Wednesday afternoon to a table of customers: In February 1936, a chef left his job at a South Philadelphia bar and grill and took a job at a new joint on the corner of Warnock and Wolf Streets. His former boss ordered him to return. At one table Wednesday, customer Angelo Cileone volunteered that the recalcitrant chef was his birth father, Dominick LePore, giving the Barbatos another piece of the Bomb Bomb’s history.
Bomb Bomb has been blessed by a staff of eight that has not turned over in years. Eileen Eubanks, a 31-year veteran working her lunch shift, said, “They’ve taken me in like family.” She is not sure what she will do next, but sounded optimistic.
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