What a great treasure the neighborhood of the Clark Street Deli and Market has. I had two sandwiches that were awesome...the East Ender with fried chicken, ham, swiss, mayo, lettuce and tomato on a toasted roll, and the Oakdale ,which is like a Cuban paninni. Both were lovingly, (and I truly mean that), lovingly made by Patrick? as tho I was the most important person he was preparing food for. This young man clearly loves what he does and it translates into the food. He had just taken out a fresh batch of giant maple bacon walnut cookies - you heard that right...maple bacon in a cookie- YUMMMMM. His own creation! He read my mind as my mouth was watering and grabs one, cuts it into pieces and offers me a bite. It was fabulous. If you are in the neighborhood, it's a definite stop by kinda place- grab your bottle of wine, a hot -out -of -the -oven cookie, a pizza or sandie, and a warm smile from the great team running the place. It's clearly appreciated as there was a steady stream of people coming to grab the food offerings. I know where I'll be stopping by when I'm in the neighborhood.

Keith, Phil, Abbey, Pauline and the rest of the crew make it a joy to come back again and again. Not only is their food excellent, the service is too.