Weinberger’s Deli

10/28/2026

Y’all might see a new addition to our Wall, The Hunter. Although not sanctioned by me. One of my customers went to the effort to create this and tape it to the Wall! For just having the balls to do it and the time and effort to create it, it’s staying up! God, I love you guys!
People ask me how they can make it to the Wall? This is one way! Looks like I will be creating a ‘Hunter’, to finish what he started!

10/28/2026

Ordering your favorite just got a little easier! Check out our new kiosks next time you stop by Weinberger’s. And don’t worry, if you prefer the old-fashioned way, we’re always happy to take your order at the counter. 😁

10/26/2026

Meet the Wallstreeter. 😍

Hot pastrami, melted Swiss cheese, Russian dressing, garlic-grilled pumpernickel roll. It might be your new favorite.

10/23/2026

"Excellent always! Never disappoints! Best deli in the mid cities. Been coming here for years. Expansive menu and affordable. Clean, friendly, and gracious staff. Come hungry because they don't hold back on any order."

Thanks for the kind words on Yelp, Dee K.! 👍🥪

10/09/2026

There I’ll be a lot of people posting about Da Coach today. Memories. What an understatement. And this is mine. 223 West Ontario Chicago, Illinois, Ditka’s City Lights. The original Ditkas. Great food and better entertainment. It was where I had my farewell from Chicago party.
I had an opportunity to consult with their chefs before they opened their doors. It was the place to be. Along with Faces, the best dance club in the city. With larger than life portions on their menu. One in particular I remember well, the Bronco Nagurski A massive Pork Chop filled with an apple stuffing. My favorite.
What an icon for the city. He gave us the team that won the Super Bowl! If you were alive at that time there were two names only associated with the bears, Hallas and Ditka.
My brother was such a Bears fan at the time he wanted to paint a ceiling in his house to look like the Sistine Chappell. Only difference was not God touching man , but, George Hallas touching Mike Ditka’s finger! He was such a fan of the Bears he named his firstborn Barrett so he could call him Bear!
My father got to experience the Bears champion ship twice, once in 63 and again in 86. And my grandfather experienced the Staley’s.
Of course Mike Ditka was many things not just the coach. Even this picture. How many times do you watch a Bears game and see people dressed like this. But of course that is how we Chicagoans will always remember him.
Thank you Coach for all the years from player to coaching. Rest in Peace

10/08/2026

Gameday fun with the Dallas Cowboys. Slinging Reubens and subs!

09/16/2026

09/11/2026

I will not forget in my lifetime where I was 25 years ago standing in disbelief of this day. It changed the course of my life. Today is a day to honor those who gave their lives. Not just at the towers but our veterans, our first responders, and those ordinary heroes that jumped in to help where they could. Those people around the world that gave shelter to those that could not make it home, and those that subsequently lost their life as a result of their interaction.
It’s not just the towers it is how life has changed for all of us. God bless them all.

08/18/2026

OK, i know i will get in trouble for this post but ENOUGH!
I had to stop what I was doing today to answer a 1 star review I received on Google. The gentleman stated that he has been in my shop three times in a year and three different times in the day, and that my staff has been rude to him every time, but the food is that good and he comes back for that reason.
In his statement he commented that my sandwich makers should just accept this is their lot in life and just get on with it.
That as an owner , I do not deserve to be a restaurant owner (?) and I should pay my workers more money so they would enjoy their time at work more? Really? Apparently you have no clue of what these guys make!

This bit about being rude? I have seen this on so many restaurant reviews lately. They didn’t greet me at the door, the server did not smile, they brought the check to make us leave. Wow!
Well we at Weinberger’s are not in the habit of giving HUGs. Don’t expect one. We are not emotional support sandwich makers.
We are there to make good food! That’s it ! If you think we are anything more than that, if you think we are being rude, that’s on you. We are just doing are job and hoping you enjoy what we make!
Dan W

08/15/2026

This morning I was heading to the store when I heard the song, ‘The Leader of the Band’, (?), by Dan Fogelberg. It is a song about a father and a son and how the son does not feel he is as good as his father. Where in the song really is about how through his father he developed his own talent.
I was an infant when my father decided he could not make enough money as an apprentice butcher at A&P grocery in Chicago to support his family. He borrowed $800.00 from his father (my grandfather), and opened a Chicken parts store. Everyone loved my father except for a guy down the street that owned a grocery store and decided he’d sell chicken cheaper than my father could buy it. To shorten the story he took a part time job at the Seaway Deli. On the Southside of the city of Chicago and learned the deli business from a master deli man.Slowly he turned his Chicken parts store into kosher style deli.
All that to get to the point. I worked for my father as did my brothers and sisters. As an adult the last thing I wanted to do is own a deli. But life throws you curves and here I am. I cannot tell you how many times I think of my father when I create a sandwich. I can picture him eating it and giving me a thumbs up or a ‘Yuch!’ He was brutally honest.
When I look back over my life there were many times I rebelled and went against his advice. I did pay attention working for him, and I learned so much about delis.
He never lived to see Weinberger’s today, but I am confident I would get two thumbs up. He is the man behind the deli. The leader of the band. I just try to live up to what he started. So every sandwich you enjoy has been made as a tribute to my father and the skill he taught me, and his passion for good food.
Thanks Dad, you have a lot of fans!