PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) — Spirits are high and business is booming in South Philadelphia as Eagles fans await Sunday’s NFC Championship game against the Washington Commanders at home.
“It’s like Christmas all over again. I can’t wait because we’re going to the Super Bowl,” Felix Morales, of Roxborough, told Action News inside the Eagles Pro Shop on Wednesday afternoon.
Down the road from the stadium, Chickie’s & Pete’s is preparing for a party.
“Get here early! There’s going to be a line,” said Tommy Ciarrocchi, the vice president of culinary for Chickie’s & Pete’s.
Table reservations for the restaurant’s watch party on Sunday are already sold out, with only standing-room tickets left.
Ciarrrocchi said they can fit 950 people in their South Philadelphia location, and he is confident the place will be packed Sunday afternoon.
“We have these beautiful hardwood floors here. This Sunday you will not be able to see them. That’s how …