For anyone who grew up ordering matzo ball soup after a day at Old Orchard, here's some welcome news: The Bagel is heading back to the North Shore. Eight years after the beloved Jewish deli closed its ...

For at least a decade, American Jews have been bemoaning the supposed disappearance of the Jewish deli from the culinary landscape. From David Sax’s clarion call in his 2009 James Beard Award-winning ...

Many people associate Jewish delis with New York City, but according to authors Neal Samors and Eric Bronsky, Chicago has a ...

Jeffy Mai was the Associate Editor for Eater’s Midwest region, and has been covering Chicago’s dining scene for over a decade. Zeitlin’s story began in 2019 when founder Sam Zeitlin started baking ...

What started as a pop-up concept selling traditional bagels and sandwiches in Evanston is now blossoming into a third and fourth business for a trio of north suburban friends who wanted to expand the ...

Sam Zeitlin first tested his idea for opening a Jewish deli in 2019 by making bagels in his house and handing them out to strangers in the Loop for whatever cash they would offer him. Now, after years ...

What’s in a name? Everything—if you’re a lifelong Chicagoan of a certain age and an aficionado of delicatessens. Neal Samors and Eric Bronsky’s Corned Beef on Rye: Remembering Chicago’s Jewish ...

Dan Raskin is the fourth-generation owner of Manny’s Cafeteria & Delicatessen. The legendary Chicago institution, started by his grandfather and great uncle, has been serving classic deli fare since ...