Willy's Phillys - Maynard

Since it was one of the first nicer days of Spring (grey and high 60's), my husband and I decided to take a drive on his lunch break and pick up some lunch...

Willy's Philly's a small shop run by a single fellow at the time of our visit. Everything's made to order, so it took some time. Not sure just how they'd...

We didn't feel like cooking and didn't want to eat the leftovers from Christmas dinner, so we decided a sub would be good. After perusing the menus of the...

Since it was one of the first nicer days of Spring (grey and high 60's), my husband and I decided to take a drive on his lunch break and pick up some lunch on the drive. I mentioned Wendy's and found one out in Maynard. My husband checked Yelp for Maynard and Willy's sounded like a much more fun plan. We made the 40 minute drive and easily found parking out front. Cheese steaks are 2 sizes although the large is only a dollar more. It doesn't matter which additions you add to the basic cheese steak, all are the same price. This really simplified the ordering process. It was about 1:00 and it was still pretty busy. The one super nice man behind the counter took our order and it took around 15 minutes until we got our sandwiches. We didn't mind because he was so pleasant and the place was cute. The cheese steaks were probably the best ones we have had outside of Philadelphia. The roll was light and didn't overwhelm the meat. My husband was excited to see cheese whiz as a choice and I got the provolone. I also got mushrooms which SO delicious that I wished there had been a few more. Next time I'll ask for extra mushrooms! As an aside, I saw that he has a Pearl Black Pastrami sandwich on the menu. I didn't try it but that is probably the best pastrami in the area and tastes like the NYC deli pastrami. I'm coming back but it is going to be hard choosing between the cheese steak and the pastrami sandwich.

The food is fantastic and the owners are always working on keeping the options fresh. Very much what the heart of any downtown needs a good non chain sub shop with owners who are hands on, community focused, and friendly.