Business Profile: Phamous Phil’s BBQ and Grille
Phil Schmidt and his wife Robin combined a love of southern cooking with the entrepreneurial spirit.
As a child, growing up in Lower Providence, Phil Schmidt Jr. never thought anyone would call him “Phamous Phil.” But, he did dream of owning his own restaurant one day. “Ever since I was a kid, I just loved to cook,” Schmidt said. “I always wanted to have a restaurant, but I didn’t know what kind.” Schmidt and his wife Robin recently spoke with Patch in their Collegeville-based restaurant, Phamous Phil’s BBQ and Grille, where they shared the story of how Lower Providence Township’s only southern-style barbecue restaurant came to be. Locally Born and Raised Schmidt grew up in the Trooper section of Lower Providence. He can trace his family roots in the township to the early 1950s. He attended Visitation BVM Elementary School, and …
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