HOT DIGGITY DOG

Kids and adults, well let's say just about everybody, loves Max and Benny's hot dogs and bagel dogs. You can get a jumbo half-pounder, a quarter-pounder, francheezie, plain bagel dog, bagel dog francheezie and bagel dog supreme.What, pray tell, is the bagel dog supreme? Well it's a Jumbo Vienna hot dog wrapped in bagel dough and stuffed with corned beef, american cheese, onions and green peppers. Enjoy your favorite Max and Benny's hot dog creation soon!

Cousin Richie

FRENCH TOAST

I don't know exactly why, but I love to have French Toast for breakfast this time of the year. Maybe it's the changing weather affecting my tastebuds. Anyway, Max and Benny's has seven terrific choices of French Toast on our menu. My personal favorite is Grilled Thick Challah. What's your favorite?

Marvin the Maven

Max and Benny's Diner?

It was great that we were mentioned in Time Magazine recently when famous journalist Joe Klein interviewed Congressional candidate Dan Seals one evening in the restaurant. However the captioned picture in the story identified us as "Max and Benny's Diner in Northbrook." Mr.Klein----better fact checking please!

Cousin Richie 

DELI BARD

Every deli-restaurant should have a favotite poet. Ours is Bubeleh Bobbie, who scribes the following:

Blintzes,bialys, bagels and borscht

Max and Benny's has the best

From me that's not forced

My favorite is corned beef with pickle and rye

Other restaurants can't cut it.

No matter how hard they try.



We at Max and Benny's thank  Bubeleh Bobbie for her poem in good taste.

Veal Brisket Sandwich

The sandwich that Chef Gale Gand of Tru loves so much at Max and Benny's is the veal brisket on challah. We think that you will love it too.

Cousin Richie

North Side High School Nights

As we plan for our two Chicago North Side High School Nights in November, please tell us some of your favorite restaurants and delis in the old neighborhood and some of the foods that you liked best. We want your input as we develop some special menu items those two evenings. Example: BBQ beef sandwich on a sesame seed bun at Sally's on Western near Devon.

Marvin the Maven
 

Try a Max and Benny's Bialy

Although the bagel has made it into mainstream American culture, the bialy remains somewhat of a "stranger" to most Americans. Simply put, a bialy is only baked, not boiled and baked like a bagel. A bagel has a hole in its middle, while a bialy has a slight depression on its surface, traditionally filled with diced onions. However at Max and Benny's you can choose from the following type of bialys: plain, onion, oat bran, onion stick, plain stick and oat bran stick. So the next time that you are at the deli counter, think about complementing your bagel order with some bialys.

Cousin Richie 

Chopped Liver

Customers say the darnest things! A lady comes into the deli today and points to the chopped liver and says to me "chopped liver, never had it, but what a strange name for a food." I say "lady would you like to try some." She says "sure, why not? " After a taste, the chopped liver novice lady remarks "awesome, delicious, give me a pound of the stuff."

Marvin the Maven

Thank You Mrs. Kray and Ms. Rubin

Our thanks to Bonnie Miller Rubin for her excellent piece about dining out on Rosh HaShana in today's Chicago Tribune. Max and Benny's is one of the featured restaurants in the piece and there is a wonderful quote from one of our customers, Mitzi Kray of Northbrook, who says of Max and Benny's "the food here is delicious, the ambience is warm and we're with family. Isn't that what the holidays are all about."

Cousin Richie

Rugelach

Dorothy, a customer of many years always says to me "Max and Benny's rugelach is to die for." I wouldn't be so extreme, but boy oh boy our rugelach is so very good. Apricot is my favorite. What is yours?

Marvin the Maven

Corporate Catering

We want to thank our many corporate customers for choosing Max and Benny's as the caterer for their events. Although the majority of these corporate events are in the Northbrook/Deerfield/Highland Park area, we have delivered orders to Downtown Chicago, southern Wisconsin and McHenry County. So please consider us as your choice of caterer as you plan your next corporate function.

Cousin Richie

GO YOU NORTHWESTERN!

I was talking to a few fellas this morning from the Milwaukee area who stopped by the deli to buy some items for Rosh HaShanah. They love the food at Max and Benny's. They are Northwestern University alumni who have season tickets for Wildcat football games. This year they are planning to stop by the restaurant for breakfast before each game, since we are so easily accessible by getting off at the Waukegan exit on the Eden's spur. Then they said they plan to get off the Edens on the way back home, exit at Dundee West, make a right on to Waukegan Road, and stop by to buy some more food at the deli. It's so convenient, since they can exit from our parking lot, enter the Spur on Waukegan that leads to the highway back to Wisconsin. One of the guys in the group (Ben was his name, there wasn't a Max in the group by the way) said that Max and Benny's was the best Jewish food he ever tasted and he mentioned that we are becoming an increasing favorite food destination for Wisconsin residents.

Marvin the Maven      

Norway

I just came back from Norway, where the lox (spelled lachs there) is pretty good. They just haven't figured out yet to combine it with a bagel and cream cheese.

Cousin Richie

Joe Girardi's Turkey Chili

Although I'm a White Sox fan, we at Max and Benny's have a very special relationship with Yankee manager Joe Girardi. Joe and his family have been coming to the restaurant for many years. First when he lived in the area when he played for the Cubs, and now when he and his family visit his in-laws during the off-season. Joe loves our turkey chili, always orders it, so we decided to put an item on our menu called "Joe Girardi's Favorite Turkey Chili."

At last Sunday's game with the Yankees, we brought some turkey chili down to the Yankee skipper, and he was so very happy to receive it game day. Joe-----keep coming back to Max and Benny's, but don't be so tough on the White Sox!

Lester