Poll: Best Deli Sandwich in Town?

Lubavitch of Iowa operates the “Maccabee Kosher Deli” which is the only Kosher restaurant in Des Moines, Iowa. A local newspaper, the Des Moines Register, is hosting a poll asking which deli in town makes the best deli sandwich, and included in its list of options is the Kosher deli.

Currently the Maccabee Kosher Deli’s “The Megillah” sandwich, which is composed of corned beef, roast beef and choice of toppings, including sauerkraut and schug, an Israeli red pepper spread, served on rye bread, commands just 2% of the vote.

Click Here to view the poll!

From the article: Maccabee’s Glatt Kosher Deli, founded as a project of the Judaic Resource Center of Iowa and operated by Rabbi Yossi Jacobson, offers traditional kosher deli fare.

“Nowhere outside of New York do people expect to get hot pastrami on rye the Jewish way,” said Assistant Manager Valerie Cohen. “Well, we’ve got it.”

The deli also has made fans for offering kosher salami. “It’s a big thing for a lot of people,” Cohen said. “It has a good, clean flavor.”

Also unique: Sandwiches can be topped with schug, a hot red pepper spread popular in Israel.

Lubavitch of Iowa is under the directorship of Rabbi Yossi and his wife Chana Jacobson. Click Here for more information about the Chabad House.