Where was Emily's?
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Wickedwrench
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Emily's was on Great Mills Road where Tacos Hernandez is now.
Spot on. I had lunch at least once a week from Emily's.
SamSpade
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Sounds right - I tend to think of anything past St Mary's Square as "way down Great Mills". I just remember "good lumpia".
Wickedwrench
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Emily was a hoot! I used to work on her vehicles and she tipped with trays of lumpia.
I'd take that over cash any day.
Her name was Pong.
Who could forget that place....and Mike's?
Like SGI, I was a regular at Emily's. Our company shop and offices were a short walk across the parking lot back then.
ski357
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Pong was the Korean lady who purchased Emily's from the original owner, a Filipino lady named Emily. Loved the lumpia and afritada.
ski357
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Open at 6AM! Never visited, just remember that sign.
Wickedwrench
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Yes, Pong came after Emily. The one thing I really remember about Emily was SHE TALKED VERY LOUDLY. If you didn't hear what she was saying you weren't trying to listen. I had a service manager years ago that intercepted the tray of lumpia she left for the shop and tried to take home for himself. When she came to pick up her truck she asked if we enjoyed them and I told her I hadn't seen any lumpia. The Hell she put on that man for stealing from the boys in the back was unholy, probably louder than the trumpets that took down the walls of Jericho.
God bless her, she was always so kind to me. I made sure I never ticked her off after seeing that display.
She treated us "just across the parking lot" regulars very well. Always throwing in extra pancit..an extra lumpia or two. She was a treasure.
I never stopped there after Emily's, but I remember being told the Raman burger was good.
Pong taught me how to roll lumpia. She advertised with me when I was with Channel 10 and if I wanted to get her advertising I had to help in the kitchen. 
Midway was a blast - I'm trying to remember the owner's name.... Don? Anyway, he was one of my advertisers as well and one of my favorite stops. He used to say, "The health inspector said we have to leave the doors shut to keep the pests and vermin out. I told him those pests and vermin are my customers!"
Midway was a blast - I'm trying to remember the owner's name.... Don? Anyway, he was one of my advertisers as well and one of my favorite stops. He used to say, "The health inspector said we have to leave the doors shut to keep the pests and vermin out. I told him those pests and vermin are my customers!"
I believe that was after Pong sold the place to a new owner.
I can't remember the name.
Before it became the Mexican place "Authentic Mexican".