Max's Deli - Highland Park

While the food and general atmosphere were great, the service wasn't. We had to ask several times for menus, water glasses remained empty the whole meal, and the food was quite slow in arriving for a mostly empty restaurant. Normally I'm happy to give the benefit of the doubt for service, but this was very far out of the norm.

Tired, not the cleanest place, found a live roach bug on my plate. Good pickles, good salami omelette.

Tried this place on the fly, amazing hot pastrami and hot corn beef. Not sure why anyone complained about the service, the service top notch. Bagel slices were great. We will be back! So good!

If you're Italian, or Jewish, or happen to love good food, this is your happy place. I'm none of those myself, but the upbeat casual atmosphere and large portions won me over. Not sure how many other old German-French guys love a perfect bowl of matzoh ball soup, but I sure enjoyed mine at this place. Oh, and the homemade kettle chips... don't forget those.

Great Deli with large proportion sandwiches ... We had a Reuben and a Pastrami Rye... Very attentive service ... and served tasty kosher cucumbers.