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    Little Jimmy's Deli

    4.6 (279 reviews)
    InexpensiveDelis, Sandwiches
    Closed 8:00 am - 4:00 pm

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    What's the vibe?
    Casual
    Moderate noise
    Good for groups
    Dogs allowed

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    Turkey on jalapeño bread
    Landon P.

    Great little sandwich shop. Fast, fresh, helpful employees. Highly recommend any weekday!

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    Saint D.

    Probably the best sandwich I've ever had! Wifey sent me pictures of her sandwich while I was at work! Luckily wifey went back and brought 2 more sandwiches. Wifey said the service was amazing quick and reliable. The ambiance was perfect a good little quiet deli if you ever need to go to one.

    Catalina A.

    Amazing sandwiches, you can tell the ingredients are fresh and the little sheet to build your sandwich was super cute (I'm picky so I love being able to customize my sandwich). You can also watch them make your sandwich which is nice bc everything is clean and fresh. 10/10

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    Allison L.

    The secret to their sandwhiches are in the bread!! They get the break from Sheila Parton/mesquite bakery here in Houston. Walk in and grab a paper to write your order on the paper. If there is a line, it goes pretty fast. Grab a potato salad cup or chips and check out. They have fresh iced tea and fresh lemonade along with coke fountain machine. All the locals go here, especially for work lunch crowd. Limited seating inside. Plenty of seating outside.

    Hot Pastrami Sandwich
    Melanie C.

    You can really tell the culinary attention that goes into Little Jimmy's sandwiches. The bread is soft and sweet, and the combination of ingredients/sauces is well thought out. I recently had the Hot Pastrami sandwich, and it was unlike one I had ever had. It was like Absolutely Excellent. (1) The Gyro Sandwich - Absolutely great gyro, love that this is an option here... honestly you would think you had ordered from a Greek restaurant (2) The Hot Pastrami Sandwich - It was like if a philly cheesesteak and a pastrami sandwich mixed into one... but even better. (3) The Turkey Sandwich - Love the apples with the sweet/tart finish (4) The Chicken Salad Sandwich - Solid (5) The BLT - which was on the heavy side, but a solid BLT nonetheless

    Bland, dry, overall feels like old people food at a nursing home. Could've made a turkey sandwich like this at home and it would've been a lot better. Even the PICKLE was sub par. Don't drink the iced tea, found some strange bits in my drink, I doubt they clean the container.

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    HsiaoCheng W.

    There's only one thing I like more than a sandwich shop and that's a sandwich shop within walking distance of me. With all the different foods out there I still get drawn back to simplicity. My favorite is the jimmy's hot pastrami. Line was out the door during lunch on a Monday. But it moved quick. You can fill out a list too if you're picky about what you want on your sandwich. Actually almost everyone was going this route. Soda fountain is self serve on the side.

    BLT
    Joe R.

    Great sandwiches! Fast and attentive service. Staff made a great recommendation. Would visit again.

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    Tiffany T.

    The Hubs had lunch there while at work and taunted me with pictures. OMGOODNESS that's a meaty sandwich. The Hubs said it was soooo good. My Hubs is so nice, he went back twice to get us a sandwich. We both ordered a turkey and chicken sandwich with Muenster cheese. Delicious is an understatement. The first bite is gonna make you hum and do a lil happy dance. Get on and go for a thickolicious sandwich!

    Ham and Swiss
    Phillip R.

    Best sandwich in town, friendly staff. Quick service. My favorite ham sandwich!!!! Only open during the week, soooo good!

    Veggie sandwich on multigrain bread.
    Michel O.

    Just grabbed a couple of sandwiches - 1st time here. A small deli counter and a couple of indoor tables. Simple ordering at the counter or grab your own brown paper bag and fill in your order. Serving Breakfast all day, sandwiches, and salads. It looks like there is an outside patio that is undergoing renovations. First, my veggie sandwich on multigrain bread was probably the best veggie sandwich I've had. Who would think to put apples and walnuts on a veggie sandwich? They do and it is delicious. Their veggie (I got it wo/onions), was made of high-quality ingredients with a texture that was a delightful mix of crunchy and creamy. The taste was more complex than your typical veggie due to the variety of ingredients from hummus and avocado to radish, apple, and horseradish cheddar cheese (my choice), with no one flavor overpowering another. My spouse ordered a Jimmy's turkey sandwich which he said was equally satisfying. We will definitely be back.

    1/2 gyro (less meat) & 1/2 soup $9.50- gyro pretty good (not the best) & prefer the potato soup over the chicken tortilla soup (still good)
    Diana N.

    3.5 stars GYRO $8.50- (or half sandwich, half soup for $9.50) it was pretty good and stuffed! I've had more flavorful gyro meat, but it was tender. The pita bread was really soft and fresh, but I'm so mad I forgot to sub it w/ the Jalapeño bread people rave about! POTATO SOUP- yummy! had chunks of potato. Preferred this over the CHICKEN TORTILLA SOUP (creamy, not a clear broth), which was still good though. Pretty busy during weekday lunch but doesn't take long to get your food.

    William M.

    Never again. I have been to this place many times. Today, the owner was beyond rude. I ordered a salad with meat. The owner asked, "Salad Only"? Thinking he was asking salad... "veg" only... I said no... with meat... He stared at me and asked again "Salad only..." Again, I said no... with meat... He then snarled at me and said, "am I speaking Chinese here!" I was stunned and beyond surprised... I am just here to get lunch... I love to support businesses that have good service and product, however, with an ugly, angry attitude like this, this business is not one I can support. And I got a "lovely" message with profanity attacking me from the owner for my review...

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    Kenny & Ziggy's New York Delicatessen

    Kenny & Ziggy's New York Delicatessen

    4.2(2k reviews)
    1.6 miGalleria/Uptown
    $$

    Wow. Glad we checked this out while in the r Galleria area. We saw this restaurant on TV as a top…read morerated NY deli. Lots of seating, great wait staff, and the sandwiches are gigantic--as they should be for the price. $30 for a sandwich on average. We split an open face pastrami (which they brought an extra plate) and we are glad we did. The potato salad is tiny. Too much sandwich for one but not enough potato salad for two! The pickles they provide before your sandwich arrives are yummy- not like a traditional out of the bar pickle. These are what I remember from NYC. Garlic and not sweet. We also had the apple pie alamode. Also pricey and gigantic. It was warm and delicious. Glad we tried this icon. We went at lunch and they get quite the crowd. You are not rushed at all. You can even take some bakery items to go--if you are too full to eat there. Amazing selection of cookies, rugala, black and white cookies and more.

    Highly recommend: Carrot cake…read moreCheese cake Rugelah Eclair (enormous) Pastrami Salads Round baked potato knish Matzoh ball soup Salmon Egg salad Ruben Lindino tacos Blintzes (made like a dessert) Etc. so much good food to choose. It's expensive but so much you could make 3 meals or share with others at your table. It's well worth it! The atmosphere is nice too.

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    Phoenicia Specialty Foods

    Phoenicia Specialty Foods

    4.4(880 reviews)
    4.9 miDowntown
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    I was just passing through downtown Houston when I was looking for a quick snack, and I stumbled…read moreupon this supermarket. what a surprise! The parking was a bit of a challenge, but it was easy enough because it was a calm Tuesday morning. To get from the parking area to the store, you just take the elevator one level down, and then you're right inside. This place is surprisingly big, filled with all kinds of snacks, cookies, and coffee. The highlight for me was their shawarma breakfast wrap. It was top-notch and exactly what I needed. You choose between whole wheat or white pita, and it's filled with scrambled eggs, your choice of fresh or sautéed spinach, and they add potatoes as well. Then they top it with shawarma chicken, tomato, and a delicious sauce. For $8.5 it was worth every bite. Hands down, a five out of five. I also tried their coffee, which was just a standard brew sitting in ice for hours and nothing special. At $2.50, it was fine, but nothing to write home about. The real stars were the cookies. I got a coconut pecan cookie and an almond crunch cookie, and both were absolutely delicious. I didn't have time to explore the whole store, but there was a great selection of fresh produce, chocolates, and all sorts of small treats. Overall, the staff were really friendly, and the entire visit was smooth. I'll definitely be back next time I'm in the area. Five out of five stars!

    A great find with a great location downtown! I found myself wandering back here multiple times…read morewhile in town for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Plenty of healthy and not so healthy but delicious options, the breakfast chicken shawarma wrap was a great way to start the day with fresh squeezed orange juice. They have a great selection of salads and some sandwiches which were a quick and easy lunch. The MKT Bar had a warm bowl of chili on a cold day which was just what I needed. A great one stop shop with groceries as well!

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    Henderson & Kane - We'll handle all the setup for you, keep the line stocked, and clean up when you're done.

    Henderson & Kane

    4.6(364 reviews)
    4.3 miSixth Ward
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    Family-owned & operated
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    This place is great and it has a small neighborhood vibe! Raw Steaks for sale along with a bunch of…read moregoodies, but I came here for the barbecue. Atmosphere was perfect for Texas BBQ. I ordered the ribs in the jalapeño cheddar sausage, but got the brisket with sausage.. very happy they mixed that one up because the brisket was extremely juicy tender and had a great flavor on that bark. They did it perfect! The jalapeño sausage was a little dryer that I like it to be especially for having cheese in there. Still ate it and it was great.! So good I forgot to take a picture We'll definitely be going back to this place!

    Update: Veronica reached out to me willing to make this…read moreexperience right. Issues will come up from time to time but how you handle them says a lot about you as a business owner. I'm adjusting my review to reflect Veronica's willingness to turn this experience into an opportunity. We were looking forward to trying this restaurant while staying at a hotel in Houston for medical treatments. We had it delivered to our hotel and sadly it wasn't the best experience. When we got our order to the room we were missing one side that we ordered. We got Mac n cheese, green beans and potato salad with a brisket/smoked chicken combo and a brisket/ribs. I was shocked to see two pieces of brisket and a chicken breast for $28. Maybe it was an off night but the quality just wasn't there. All the food was cold (our fault bc we ordered it for delivery) and was lacking flavor. Overall, we'd rate it like this: Brisket 3/5 Chicken 2/5 Mac n cheese 1.5/5 Green beans 3/5 Ribs 3/5 Potato salad 2/5 Maybe they were having a bad night but I wish our experience was better.

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    Mandola's Deli

    Mandola's Deli

    4.5(388 reviews)
    6.0 miEastwood, EaDo
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    Easy five star review! I've been going to Grace's for years and last week I bumped into Tony…read moreCarrabba. We talked about the history of Houston restaurants and everything like that. So it may be Google their family and all the different restaurants. I've been to Tony Mandola's before they closed plenty of times . However, I never heard of Mandola's deli, which is the cousins of that family. So I decided to give them a try today. I'm glad I did! I called about 10 minutes before closing today and I had the pleasure of talking with Joseph the owner. I had no idea he was the owner, but he was so nice over the phone. I asked if it was OK if I was ordering right before they close and he was like no problem at all. Just a great nice person answering the phone. It was such a pleasure to talk with him because that type of service these days is kind of a lost Art. So when I get there, we start to talk he shook my hand, asked my name treated me like family. Very personable nice guy running this establishment. Their entire family are just top-notch professionals and they understand how to treat people the right way. This is a lost Art. Food: I went with the deluxe, which is with their special. Absolutely amazing. Fresh bread, all the flavor with their homemade aïoli sauce. The meats were real good as well. I elected for the olives, which were great. Great food I will definitely come back here and try several things off their menu. Being that I live in downtown, this is gonna be one of my go to Spots. I've lived in Houston my entire life for 43 years. I'm not sure how I've never stumbled upon this place. I talked to Joseph and he said he's been eating here for 43 years as he's 43 years of age as well. What a nice guy and a great family. They're doing an awesome job here. I can't wait to keep coming back and try more things off the menu, bringing clients there and becoming a regular. This is my first time ever eating at this establishment and Joseph made me feel like I've been going there for 20 years. Thank you, sir!

    Decided to make a trip to Mandola's Deli for lunch after they made it onto the Chronicle top 100…read morelist and were featured on Chris Shepherd's "Eat Like a Local" TV show. Showed up on a Wednesday around 11:45 to a mostly empty restaurant. Its counter service ordering, but very friendly and efficient. My selection was a 5" Deluxe Po Boy which has Ham, Salami, Mozzarella lettuce tomatoes and Mandola's Italian spread. Simple sandwich, but oh so perfect. The bread was perfectly toasted, the cold cuts sliced just right and tasty and the italian spread was the perfect condiment. I'm not normally a cold deli sandwich person, but would order this sandwich over and over again. Since I was solo dining, but wanted to try more than just the sandwich on my first visit I opted for a side of spaghetti and the italian sausage. Dumped the italian sausage on my spaghetti and it was like a small side entree. The sausage was the highlight, but the spaghetti was well cooked and the traditional marinara was flavorful. While I expected the restaurant to be a little more bustling at lunch time, it was a very comfortable experience in the bright open dining area with a great deal of Houston Sports Memorabilia on the walls. I'm very glad to have visited this Houston Restaurant Icon.

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    Pete's Fine Meats & Deli - Original Moon Cookie!

    Pete's Fine Meats & Deli

    4.1(215 reviews)
    2.1 miGalleria/Uptown, Gulfton
    $$

    We enjoyed looking at all the goodies at this fine meat market plus. We were admiring the huge…read morehome made cookies when the owner brough us one to sample....wow! A stellar sample sells product and it worked, we bought some to our delight. I enjoyed a steak hoagie and my wife enjoyed a loaded baked tater. We shared one deviled egg. Everything we tried was great and we will be back for more goodies, and more of the best cookies.

    Food: 3 Service: 5…read more We came here on a weekday for lunch and the place was bustling with people. I had originally wanted to come because I saw that they sold steaks for purchase you can bring home to cook. However, since it was lunchtime and we were already hungry, we decided to grab some lunch as well. We got the 3 meat combo with chicken, brisket, and ribs. It came with two sides and we chose coleslaw and chicken salad. I thought it was nice they had extra protein choices as sides. They also had a tuna salad and egg salad in addition to pasta salad, beans, potato salad and other options. The food came out quickly and the meats were all very tender. However, they just tasted salty. I had a hard time tasting any other spices/flavors which is what I'm accustomed to at other bbq places. The chicken salad was salty as well. It would've been tastier in a sandwich with some crisp greens versus just by itself. Coleslaw was average. Edible but nothing special. Husband thought it was too sweet. I do have to say the service was very friendly. The worker behind the counter gave us the impression that he really wanted to help and make us comfortable. When I found out they only sold bottled water, he offered to go to the back and grabbed us two cups of tap water, which was a nice gesture because he didn't have to. We ended up not getting any other meats because the unpackaged steaks looked dried out and sad in fridge. I wasn't sure if those were the pieces they would sell you or if they were just for display. But for $34.99/lb, I didn't want to risk them giving me the dried out looking steak. Overall, it seemed like people really like this place . The person in front of my husband said this place has the best burgers! And lots of people kept coming in and out. However, for us, this isn't our favorite.

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