Bakehouse, Bread, Business, ZCoBbers, Zingerman's History

My Good Friend Frank

“Friendship is often more enduring than love and less exacting.” Emma Goldman My Good Friend Frank; 40 Years of Fine Food, Friendship, and Fun Back in the spring of 1978, I started my first job in restaurants. It was washing dishes at a place a few of you might well still remember, called Maude’s, over near […]

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Featured, Zingerman's History

Zingerman’s Celebrates 37 Years! Happy Birthday Deli!

A Lil’ Birthday Poem from Us to You Zingerman’s Deli, making dreams come true since 1982. Today is our birthday, hooray, woohoo! What started out as a small neighborhood Deli grew and grew, and we couldn’t have done it without all of YOU! So without further delay, we must say, to everyone who has gotten […]

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Alumni, Ari's Top 5, Business, Deli, Zingerman's History

Where’d You Get the Name?

Everyone asks us this question. The short answer is, we made it up. The long answer goes like this: When we first started talking about opening the business back in fall of ’81 we wanted a name that would convey the sense of a good local deli something that would sound “Jewish,” and offer anyone who heard […]

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Zingerman's History

We Love This Book: Iconic Restaurants of Ann Arbor, a Q&A with the Authors

Ann Arbor is home to many beloved restaurants—students, townies and visitors alike all have their favorites. Co-author Jon Milan and Gail Offen pay homage to the most popular eating hangouts in town (yes, Zingerman’s Deli is included) with their new book Iconic Restaurants of Ann Arbor. Filled with fantastic photos and interesting snippets about current […]

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