TRADITION!

Remember the song "Tradition!" from the musical Fiddler on the Roof? Well when I think of tradition in Jewish food, I can't help think about our great offerings in the deli and restaurant at Max and Benny's. Our grandparents and great-grandparents who came to America from Central and Eastern brought with them traditional foods as gefilte fish, chopped liver, kreplach, matzo balls and kasha. Oh and did I forget the rugelach and mandel bread? These Jewish culinary traditions are kept alive and well at Max and Benny's in North Suburban Northbrook. Great comfort food not just for the Jewish community but for everyone. After all, to paraphrase a famous TV ad from years ago "you don't have to be Jewish to love Max and Benny's."

Marvin the Maven

MOTHER'S DAY

Soon we will be gathering together on Mother's Day to honor all the mothers in our family. What better idea than to treat your mom with a hassle-free, custom-made deli or dairy tray from Max and Benny's? And this year, Max and Benny's will include a complementary Mother's Day cake from our bakery with your tray order. Your mom will love you for it!

PASSOVER A LA CARTE AT MAX AND BENNY'S

So you are getting ready for your seder dinner, and you learn that you still need a few items. What to do? Come to Max and Benny's, your Passover shopping one-stop location. Not only do we get the folks from Northbrook, Deerfield and Highland Park who come to us for their last minute Peasach needs, but people come from the city of Chicago and cities in southern Wisconsin as well. So to paraphrase Julius Caesar "all roads lead to Max and Benny's during Passover. " After all, where else can you get, at the last minute, the best gefilte fish, potato kugel and chopped liver in town, if not Max and Benny's?

Marvin the Maven   

GEFILTE FISH FOR PASSOVER

We are so pleased here at Max and Benny's of the great response among our customers for our gefilte fish, especially now during the days before the Passover holiday. One customer Melvin, a born and bred New Yorker, placed an order today for thirty pieces of gefilte fish for his two holiday seders. Melvin, after the order was placed, said "Max and Benny's gefilte fish is the best I've tasted from any restaurant, and that's from a New Yorker."

Marvin the Maven 

SECOND NIGHT SEDER DINNER

Max and Benny's seder dinner for the second night of Passover is growing more popular each year. Many cooks are so tired preparing the first night's seder meal at home. Eating at Max and Benny's on the second night of Passover, with a complete seder meal with passover wine and tables with linen, makes a wonderful family experience. We hope that you join us. Give us a call at 847-272-9490 and make your reservation.

Don't Pass Over Max and Benny's for Passover

I know that it sounds a little bit corny, but I always tell customers at the deli counter to remember not to pass over Max and Benny's for all their Passover needs. What I mean by this is that we have regular customers coming and going to and from Chicago from their homes in Buffalo Grove or even as far as Kenosha, Racine and Milwaukee who are always passing Max and Benny's while they are driving on the Edens Spur. I tell them that we are right off the highway, and just take a minute or two and you can come in and load up for all your Passover food needs at Max and Benny's, your one-stop Passover food center.

Marvin the Maven

GOING BANANAS AT MAX AND BENNY'S

Are you getting tired eating the same old breakfast fare? Stop by Max and Benny's for breakfast and see how we are going bananas to make your breakfast a more unique experience. We are now offering, as breakfast specials, banana bread french toast and healthy banana pancakes, made with bananas, low fat yogurt, bran and egg whites. So come to Max and Benny's for breakfast, where we are going bananas for you!

Cousin Richie  

MORE THAN A JEWISH DELI IN SUBURBAN CHICAGO

I can't tell you the number of times that new customers have come into Max and Benny's and told me that they came here expecting to find pretty much a Jewish deli, but once here they discover a welcoming 300+ seat restaurant with a menu encompassing all types and varieties of foods. Yes we do have our standard Jewish deli offerings, and we take pride in being the best there is in that culinary arena in the Chicago area.. But we have some of the best standard American dining fare around with tantalizing chicken, fish, meat and vegetarian specials that will delight your taste buds. New customers are also plesantly surprised to see our wide and inviting pastry selections, and are dazzled by our ability to customize any type of cookie or cake for them. And Max and Benny's, also surprisingly to many, has some of the most reasonably priced alcoholic beverages in the greater Chicago North Shore area. Come to Max and Benny's, a Chicagoland Jewish deli but oh so much more!

Marvin the Maven    

CARRYOUT PASSOVER DESSERTS

Are you invited to a seder and are asked to bring a Passover dessert? Then you should come over to Max and Benny's which has one of the largest selections of Passover desserts in the Chicago area, from scrumptious honey cake to key lime macaroon pie. One of my favorites is flourless chocolate cake. But there is plenty more, so stop by and see.

Marvin the Maven 

PASSOVER DINNERS TO GO AT MAX AND BENNY'S

Why labor over your hot kitchen stove this Passover, when Max and Benny's has all the delicious and familiar food for your Passover Seder ready for you to take home? Our dinners to go for the Passover Seder have been a Chicago area tradition now for twenty-five years. Besides your Bubbie, who makes brisket and chicken better than Max and Benny's? Not to mention the best gefilte fish, matzo ball soup and potato kugel in greater Chicagoland. And Passover desserts to die for! Macaroons, honey cakes, key lime macaroon pie and oh so much more! Make your life easier and more enjoyable by ordering your Passover dinner to go from Max and Benny's today.