On Woodland Avenue in Springfield, Old Original Nick’s Roast Beef does not try to reinvent anything. It does not need to.
The place stays busy because people know what they are getting and keep coming back for it.
A South Philly legacy, brought to Delco
The story starts in 1938 at 20th and Jackson Streets in South Philadelphia, where the original Nick’s Roast Beef built its reputation on a simple sandwich and a repeatable system.
The Springfield location opened in 1998 as a direct extension of that original shop. It remains tied to the same family lineage. That matters. There are other places with similar names, but this one connects back to the source…