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Steve, the Deli Man

There was a commercial on TV years ago that said their stuff was "fresher because more people eat it and more people eat it because it's fresher." That's us, for sure.

We're right in the heart of a large Italian and Central European community. These are people who love deli meat and eat lots of it. So our turnover is incredible. In a week we'll easily go through a dozen Mortadellas, ten kilos of turkey breast, and loads of everything else. So you just won't find fresher deli meat anywhere in Ottawa.

And you won't find a better selection either. We have as wide or wider selection than even a specialty shop. And the big grocery store chains can't even come close. Who else in town has six varieties of Capicollo, three flavours of Porchetta and six different types of Prosciutto? Nobody, that's who (isn't that another TV commercial?).

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We also offer all-natural, smoked bacon. Try it once and you'll never go back to that horrible packaged stuff, especially since ours costs about the same. We've got thick juicy sausages made specially for us to my own family recipe. Choose hot or mild. And I make home-made soup in the winter (more secret family recipes).

Drop in sometime and I'll show you what we've got here. I'm the big guy who looks like he's been in the business forever, which I have. I started out way back at a place called Arnone Foods on Preston. The deli meat vendors would come by every morning, I'd select what I wanted and we kept it right out on the counter. I tell you, the aroma was irresistible. It sure helped sell a lot of meat!