Rye Deli & Drink

Pizza, hotdogs, tacos, burgers, ramen, fried chicken - Chicago boasts a bounty. What we sorely lack are great Jewish delis. The new Rye Deli & Drink fills the void nicely with quality ingredients and handmade techniques - which is precisely what you want in your steamy bowl of matzoh ball soup and warm bagels. Bagels are kneaded with locally sourced heirloom wheat and baked in a hearth: try a blue masa cinnamon, za'atar or thyme and sea salt schmeared with a variety of labneh like charred strawberries and honey or burnt eggplant, garlic, lemon & pomegranate. The eight-hour cold-smoked salmon may be the best you've ever tasted. Order a signature Tunisian egg pastry (Brik); sandwiches from Reubens to smoked turkey and items from the in-house smoker to share (like a whole or half chicken). The nouveau-deli also offers cocktail kits to-go.