{"id":191478,"date":"2026-05-13T19:01:30","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T19:01:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/191478\/"},"modified":"2026-05-13T19:01:30","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T19:01:30","slug":"the-wild-wiz-replacing-wilsons-secret-sauce-in-delco-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/191478\/","title":{"rendered":"The Wild Wiz Replacing Wilson’s Secret Sauce in Delco"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Anybody for a Fruity Pebbles French toast sandwich stuffed with beef bacon and fried chicken? Nobody beats the Wiz.<\/p>\n

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Philly performers Tizz 215 and Cartier 215 in a promotional rap video for the Wiz, the North Philadelphia all-day breakfast spot set to take over the Wilson\u2019s Secret Sauce space in Delco \/ image courtesy of The Wiz<\/p>\n

The talk of the town in Delco of late has not been the geopolitical mess we find ourselves in or AI taking over the world or the upcoming midterm elections. No, everybody in Delco is talking about Wilson\u2019s Secret Sauce<\/a>, the Upper Darby barbecue restaurant that is soon closing its doors on Township Line Road, one year after Gordon Ramsay showed up to \u201csave\u201d it in what turned out to be a very poorly done restaurant \u201creality\u201d show, Gordon Ramsay\u2019s Secret Service. And now comes word of what will replace Wilson\u2019s Secret Sauce: all-day North Philadelphia breakfast and brunch joint The Wiz Cafe<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Thomas Montgomery Jr., who opened The Wiz Cafe at 3622 North 17th Street in July 2020, and Wilson\u2019s Secret Sauce owner Steve Wilson both confirm that the two parties have reached an agreement and expect to settle in mid-April, with Montgomery telling Foobooz he hopes to open the Upper Darby edition of The Wiz Cafe in time for Mother\u2019s Day in May.<\/p>\n

The Wiz is known for its shrimp and grits, chicken and waffles, and somewhat ridiculous sandwiches that stuff fried chicken and other meats like beef bacon and jerk chicken sausage in between Fruity Pebbles-covered slices of French toast as much as it is for its very savvy social media presence, which includes promotional rap videos such as this one:<\/p>\n

(My entire household was singing along to this for the better part of Sunday morning. Well done.)<\/p>\n

Other than washing dishes and making pancakes at a breakfast spot his grandmother opened near 24th and Sedgley in the late 1990s, Montgomery had no experience in the restaurant business before opening the Wiz. He graduated from Indiana University of Pennsylvania with degrees in sales and marketing and eventually became a licensed contractor and real estate broker. Before opening the Wiz, Montgomery was flipping houses left and right.<\/p>\n

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Thomas Montgomery Jr. in a promotional rap video for the Wiz, which is soon to open in Upper Darby where Wilson\u2019s Secret Sauce is today (Image courtesy The Wiz)<\/p>\n

He intends to leave the day-to-day of the original Wiz in the hands of employees who have been with him for a while so that he can concentrate on the Upper Darby location, for which he is currently hiring. The Wiz in North Philly is primarily a takeout location. He expects to have more extended hours in Upper Darby and wants to do as much sit-down business as possible.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou have a ton of vehicles coming down Township Line Road,\u201d he rightly points out. \u201cYou have all the doctors and nurses at Lankenau Hospital, which is seven minutes away. And college kids love the Wiz. You have St. Joe\u2019s, you have Villanova and the other schools nearby. Plus, I\u2019m going to have a barista. It\u2019s really hard to get proper coffee in this area.\u201d<\/p>\n

He\u2019s not wrong about that.<\/p>\n

Montgomery says that he had one kid when he opened the original Wiz. He\u2019s now up to three.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s a lot to juggle between being a dad an a business owner,\u201d he admits. \u201cBut I\u2019m here for it.\u201d<\/p>\n

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