Three Friends, One Booth

Joe, Johnny, and Gene are back at the booth for episode 5, and they cover a lot of ground. Johnny breaks down how a cheesesteak spot in Wildwood came together through a chance connection with Skinny Joey Merlino's crew, and the guys debate whether it could eventually franchise all the way to Seattle. From there, they get into the old neighborhood geography of South Philly and South Jersey, talking...

Episode 4 of Three Friends, One Booth brings in a very special guest: Joe Perry, aka Lil’ Snuff, co-host of the hugely popular The Skinny podcast and co-founder of Skinny Joey’s Cheesesteaks in Wildwood, NJ. Joe and the guys dig into Snuff’s wild life story, from growing up in South Philly to bartending, stage work, and a hard battle with addiction, to how a random card game over cheesesteaks turn...

Episode 3 is a special one. Joe and Gene are joined by Sal Burgese of Backyard Cravings — the South Philly pop-up cheesesteak operation that blew up on social media and caught the attention of Phillies legends, current managers, and anyone in the area who takes their food seriously. Sal is opening his first brick-and-mortar shop in South Philly and this is one of his first podcast appearances. Bef...

Joe has some explaining to do. His wife forgave him for the stand-up jokes he did about her at the Collingswood show — eventually. In the meantime, the guys have a lot of thoughts. None of them are helpful. This week: someone gets hammered at a seventh grade bus stop and takes the whole crew down with him. Johnny gets locked up on a Friday night in South Philly, makes one phone call, and gives one...

I've been talking like this my whole life. In parking lots, diners, somebody's kitchen at 2am. The only difference now is there's a microphone. Welcome to Three Friends, One Booth. Me, Gene "Gennaro" Esposito, and Johnny Flea -- crammed into a booth at Vito's Pizza in Cherry Hill, NJ, eating chicken parm and saying everything we'd normally say anyway. This is Episode...