Max and Benny's Blog

Our cheese blintz souffle has just been added to our deli case at Max and Benny's. It's a perfect dish for the warmer weather. Chees...

The next featured author at the Chicago Jewish Authors Series at Max and Benny’s on Monday evening, June 9th, is Jerry Witkovsky, who will d...

South Sider Night at Max and Benny's is a tradition that South Shore, Bowen and Hyde Park alumni always look forward to. This year South...

Roberta Dietzen, a North Shore author, will be the featured speaker at the next Max and Benny's Chicago Jewish Authors Literary Series o...

How many times have you heard the remark that "nobody does Passover (Pesach) food better than Max and Benny's?" Happily we hea...

Purim is the holiday in which Jews around the world celebrate the victory over oppression and persecution personified by Haman. We remember ...

Max and Benny's is a participating restaurant in Chicago's North Shore Restaurant Month this February. That means if you go to the w...

Once again, our good friend WSCR's legendary baseball analyst Bruce Levine, will be hosting a Hot Stove League forum at Max and Benny...

Tax Season is now here for accountants. Max and Benny's would like to make this time less taxing for you by catering to your hunger need...

Both Max and Benny's restaurant and deli are open from 8:00 am until 8:00 pm on Christmas Day. Stop by and dine-in or carryout. The atmo...

The Max and Benny's fabulous lox and cream cheese on an onion bagel was featured on the front page of The North Shore Weekend that was d...

Our next featured speaker at the Max and Benny’s Chicago Jewish Authors Literary Series is Ronald Balson, the author of “Once We Were Broth...

Max and Benny's very own Jon Soble will be featured on WGN Radio this week. Jon will be on the Bob Sirott and Marianne Murciano show on ...

Spice up the blended holiday of Thanksgivukkah with Max and Benny's scrumptious pumpkin kugel. A side dish worth kvelling about. ...

In the spirit of the upcoming Thanksgivukkah, Max and Benny's will be making turkey sufganiyot, which are made to look like jelly donut ...

This year, on Thursday, November 28, Thanksgiving falls on the same day as the first day of Hanukkah. So on that day, only in 2013, we will ...

Libby Fischer Hellmann is the next featured author in the Chicago Jewish Authors Literary Series at Max and Benny's on Monday evening, N...

Max and Benny's in Northbrook has Rosh Hashanah and Break the Yom Kippur Fast dinners to go! Order them today!Get the complete package o...

Arnie Bernstein will discuss and sign his new book "Swastika Nation" at Max and Benny's on Monday evening, September 16, 2013,...

We invite all Von Steuben and Roosevelt High School graduates to Max and Benny’s Restaurant on Monday evening, September 30, for an evening...

One of the funniest ladies that we know, author and entertainer, Debbie Sue Goodman, will be the next featured author in the Max and Benny...

Thanks to our good friend, Caryn Lazar Amster, for plugging Max and Benny's South Sider Night in her popular South Shore News Spot Newsl...

Fifty years ago in the summer of 1963, Chicago-born Allan Sherman’s “Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh” was the worldwide hit that marked t...

Our next featured author in the Chicago Jewish Authors Literary Series is Skokie resident Jerry Jaffe, who will be appearing at Max and Be...

Calling all South Shore, Bowen and Hyde Park alumni! We invite you to South Sider Night 2013 at Max and Benny's on Wednesday, June 12....

This Passover why labor over your hot kitchen stove when Max and Benny's has all the delicious and traditional food for your Passover se...

Max and Benny's has the best hamantaschen in town.  Purim is almost here, so come in and choose your favorite fruit-filled hamantasche...

We at Max and Benny's just attended a meeting at the Deerfield Village Hall where we learned about the plans for a construction project ...

Anything you want to know about Chicago baseball, past and present? You want an answer to your questions.. and gripes? George Castle will be...

Neil Steinberg is the next featured author in the Chicago Jewish Authors Literary Series on Monday evening, February 11th. Mr. Steinber...

The holiday cheer continues at Max and Benny's even as the lights of Hanukkah go out. Christmas Day has become a major happening each ye...

Join us at Max and Benny's this joyous Hanukkah time. Lynn and Ben are shown showcasing some of Max and Benny's miraculous Hanukka...

Leo Rosten, in his great book, "The Joys of Yiddish," defines hamish as "informal, cozy, warm...having the friendly character...

Hanukkah so soon after Thanksgiving? Yes, it's true! Hanukkah begins the evening of December 8th. Let Max and Benny's be your one-st...

As you prepare for your Thanksgiving dinner, consider Max and Benny's for all your carry out needs. Full fresh roasted turkey (whole ...

More and more area businesses are choosing Max and Benny's for catering their holiday parties. Our catering director, Jim Jagel, can hel...

Halloween is almost upon us, and what better place to stock up on Halloween cookies than Max and Benny's. Our bakery chefs have con...

Richard Reeder, Max and Benny's own writer-in-residence, will be discussing his new book, Chicago Sketches , at the next presentation ...

Max and Benny's has Rosh Hashanah dinners to go! Get the complete package or put together the meal yourself! Our delicious dinner packag...

Here is Max and Benny's latest version of the President Obama cookie.

Max and Benny's bakery now has Presidential Candidate cookies! Perhaps you are sweet on President Obama? Maybe your taste buds lean fo...

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The next author at Max and Benny's popular Chicago Jewish Authors Literary Series will be Barbara Froman. The free event takes place i...

On Monday, July 23rd, Max and Benny's will be teaming up with the Greater Illinois Chapter of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society ...

What a pleasure it was for Max and Benny's to be part of "Chefs' Night & More" once again this year. This is one of ou...

It's almost graduation time, and friends and family will soon be gathering to celebrate the graduate's achievement. What can be more...

More and more North Shore businesses and families are finding out about the wonderful catering options that are available from Max and Benny...

The WFMT volunteers loved these cookies that Max and Benny's baked for them today for their efforts in the fund drive!

Max and Benny's is donating the lunch for the volunteers at the WFMT pledge drive today. Rumor has it that Mozart loved bagels. Imagine ...

I slid in the sawdust that sprinkled the floor of the St. Louis Fish Market on Lawrence Avenue in Albany Park. I waited patiently for my g...

This Passover week our diners are having fried matzah, or matzah brei, for breakfast, lunch and dinner. It's so good! I like to eat it w...

Who has the best gefilte fish around for your seder meal? Where can you get such lucious Passover desserts such as honey cakes and key lime ...

So you are getting ready for your seder dinner and you still need a few items. What to do? Come to Max and Benny's, your one-stop Passov...

Why labor over your hot kitchen stove this coming Passover when Max and Benny's has all the delicious and traditional food for your Pass...

This week you might as well call us Max O'Benny's as we are going very Irish and very green in celebration of St. Patrick's Day...

I was playing Chicago Jewish sports trivia today with a guy at Max and Benny's and Max Zaslofsky's name came up. Zaslofsky, without ...

Purim is approaching and Max and Benny's has the best hamantaschen in town. So many kinds to choose from! Poppyseed, prune, apricot, ras...

Cyndee Schaffer is the next featured author at the Max and Benny's Chicago Jewish Authors Literary Series on Monday evening, April 23, a...

Smoked chubs, a staple food of a traditional Jewish breakfast or brunch, are now available at the deli counter at Max and Benny's. This ...

Our good friend Bruce Levine, Mr. Baseball himself, was in the restaurant today and confirmed that he will be hosting his annual Hot Stove L...

Goldie Goldbloom, the author of the award-winning novel The Paperbark Shoe,  will be the featured author at the next Chicago Jewish Authors ...

This year Max and Benny's has expanded hours on Christmas Day. Both the restaurant and deli are open from 8:00 AM to 8:00 PM. Max and Be...

Chanukah begins next week, Tuesday night December 20. Let Max and Benny's be your one-stop Chanukah stop. Dine in or carryout your favor...

Steve Dolinsky, Mr. Hungry Hound himself, has recently visited Max and Benny's and we will be featured in a segment that will be aired F...

Max and Benny's is one of the foremost venues for having a power breakfast in Chicago's north suburbs. Our staff is courteous yet di...

A Max and Benny's chopped liver mold is an ideal side dish for your holiday party. It comes with cocktail rye, bagel chips and onion fla...

It's now December, the Winter Holidays, or Chanukamas time at Max and Benny's. We have wonderful holiday dinners and trays, and a fa...

I was looking at the country of origin section on our blog analytics the other day. I noticed that last year we had 50 pageviews from China ...

Our uncle, Jerry Schlan, was recently honored by the Great Vest Side Club. Uncle Jerry, along with other surviving members of the great Mars...

Next Saturday, November 26th, is Small Business Saturday. For the last twenty-five plus years, we at Max and Benny's have had the pleasu...

Max and Benny's donated the lunch today for the volunteers at the WFMT pledge drive. There were so many lovers of classical music in the...

Calling all lovers of pumpkin baked goods! Max and Benny's marvelous bakery has all kinds of pumpkin goodies for you this Fall season. W...

When you wish for a knish, you don't have to go farther than Max and Benny's. These doughy Jewish favorites can be found at our deli...

What luscious dessert do you like to have with your coffee? Rugelach? Mandel Bread? Consider strudel. Yes strudel, and nobody makes it bette...

Jim Jagel grew up in the food business. As a young man, he worked in his family's grocery and deli, taking over the business at a young ...

If you are starting to get into the spirit of Halloween, consider picking up some of Max and Benny's caramel and chocolate dipped mandel...

In case you haven't noticed, we have some wonderful photographic landscape prints on display in the Back Room at Max and Benny's. Th...

Our business is brisk (as well as brisket) this time of year. We are so grateful for all our wonderful customers. Check out our high holiday...

Once again this year, Max and Benny's has the great privilege to cater for the Loyola Academy football team. Gameday, Max and Benny'...

The Jewish High Holidays are nearing. Erev Rosh Hashanah is about five weeks away on  the evening of September 28. Consider Max and Benny...

The Italians have been dipping biscottis into their coffee for hundreds of years, and we Jews have been dipping  mandel bread into our coffe...

There is a discussion among sports fans as to who was the best Jewish baseball player. Was it the slugger Hank Greenberg or the outstanding ...

I have been traveling around Europe to see if any of those fancy-schmanzy European bakeries can make a decent bagel, and I have learned that...

Max and Benny's reuben egg rolls were a big hit at the Max and Benny's JDRF fundraiser this week. Our owner, Lester Schlan, personal...

A couple of days ago a guy came into Max and Benny's and we started talking about Chicago Jewish basketball greats and the name Hershey ...

If you've been in Max and Benny's you know by the pictures on the walls how much we love baseball. We especially love our two great ...

Please check out the gluten-free items on our menu. We have gluten-free individual pizzas, chicken tenders, pancakes and chicken soup. Max a...

A guy from Sheboyan came in the other day and said "Max and Benny's has the best hoppel poppel I ever tasted and I tasted a lot of ...

Max and Benny's has new restaurant and carryout menus. Check the menus out in the restaurant and online. Hope you like them. We always a...

I was recently reminiscing about when my uncles Julie and Jerry Schlan bought White Sox season tickets for the 1960 season after the Sox won...

Things will be hopping during Father's Day at Max and Benny's. I especially love to see the tables filling with intergenerational fa...

The rain held off today, so Max and Benny's very own Danny and Rachel hung out at our sponsored hole passing out special cookies and cat...

A South Shore/South Sider reunion night will be held at Max and Benny's on Monday, July 25th from 5:30 PM until 8:30 PM. All area high s...

Max and Benny's Restaurant will be having a fundraising event benefitting the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) on the evenin...

Although Max and Benny's is officially located in Northbrook, Illinois, the largest number of our corporate catering customers seem to b...

We Jews have got the reputation as being the "people of the book." So it makes sense that the the "Chicago Jewish Authors Lit...

When you are planning to get together with family or friends for a special occasion and feel crunched for time, please consider putting Max ...

Remember the song "Tradition!" from the musical Fiddler on the Roof? Well when I think of tradition in Jewish food, I can't he...

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 ...

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...

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...

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 f...

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 f...

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...