The first time Ryan Sherman ate a Philly cheesesteak, it was one he made himself. He was working the line at the Buckeye Tavern, his first restaurant job. Sherman grew up in Allentown, Pennsylvania; his business partner, Peter Fisher, grew up in nearby Hatfield. Both of them were never too far from cheesesteaks, until they moved to Portland and, in 2013, opened the Italian cart Gabagool.
Years later, Gabagool is now a St. Johns standby for handmade pastas and pizzettas. But Sherman and Fisher, burnt out by the last year and watching food carts nimbly navigate the year’s hurdles, dusted off their original cart and decided to get back
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