On 8/17/2012 3:32 PM, Janet Bostwick wrote:
> On Fri, 17 Aug 2012 13:28:02 -0400, Brooklyn1 <Gravesend1> wrote:
>
>> On Fri, 17 Aug 2012 08:03:13 -0600, Janet Bostwick
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> On Thu, 16 Aug 2012 20:48:06 -0400, Brooklyn1 <Gravesend1> wrote:
>>>
>>> snip
>>> . I also love olive loaf, one cat likes that.
>>> snip
>>>
>>> Olive loaf is getting so hard to find out here and really expensive.
>>> All the good, old timey stuff is gone.
>>> Janet US
>>
>> In the NY area good cold cuts are readily available, but in much of
>> the US there were never any good cold cuts. When I was in other areas
>> of the country I was amazed at what folks considered quality deli.
>
> I know you like Boar's Head, but I really think it is middle of the
> road. But, to your point, once you cross the Mississippi River, food
> generally sucks.
> Janet US
>

You can do OK in the Chicago area in places like this:

http://www.panozzositalianmarket.com/

Or this place in St Louis (I used to fly into Lambert to go to Granite
City, IL and would swing past this place on the way):

http://www.volpifoods.com/

Or this place up in Milwaukee (we would stop here on the way to the air
show in Oshkosh):

http://www.gloriosos.com/