Spent 5 days in Denver and ate every day at the Eastside Kosher Deli.
The ambiance isn't great (the restaurant is at the back of the market) but the service is good and the food is standard Israeli/American Fare.
On Sunday night there is a chinese buffet that is the standard American/Chinese stuff.
While the service is great, the food is modest, but the prices are excellent.
When in Denver, I'd be going back to this place again and again (not like i really have a choice).
My husband and I ate lunch there on Thursday. Â With memories of a 2" thick, lucious chopped chicken liver sandwich from Goldman's deli in Scottsdale, AZ I ordered the same sandwich at East Side. Â What arrived was a pathetically thin smear of pureed, not chopped, chicken livers. Â
My husband ordered one of his favorites, chicken fried steak. Â It was the only dish I have ever seen him return in a restaurant. Â It was overcooked and tough.
He then ordered a reuben which means corned beef, sauerkraut, swiss cheese and thousand island dressing. Â What he got was corned beef and a small dab of sauerkraut. Â At least the corned beef was good. Â As we are not Jewish, I think that maybe the meat couldn't be served with cheese? Â If so, why call it a reuben?
One waiter constantly whisled loudly when he was an adjoining area which carried loudly through the restaurant.
It's not that the food is great it's that this place is an institution. Â The all kosher menu might be confusing to some people but you have to understand that "eating out" while keeping kosher is hard so this place has to offer multiple choices. Â Get the matzo ball soup and quit your complaining!
Review Source:One of the rudest most unprofessional places I have ever ventured into.  You will not get asked if you need anything , you will not get served in the deli, no one knows anything and above all you will witness the owner being coercive  and abrasive with his workers . The co owner the  wife is even more unfriendly and doesnt bother to take care of customers. The store clearly is  understaffed and probably due to owners attitude . The store is just a mess especially during passover. As a non religious person I certainly got ignored a multitude of times. Overpriced and probably not the freshest of food.
Review Source:I moved to the Denver metro area about a year ago from New Jersey and when I found out that there was a Jewish deli in Denver I knew I HAD to go. Â I did not go to the restaurant (which I probably will in the future) - I only went to the grocery and deli section. Â The older woman who took my sandwich order was extremely rude and downright nasty and made me feel like I was bothering her. Â It seemed that she treated other customers the same way. Â The others behind the counter seemed nice enough though. Â
The grocery had a good selection of Jewish/Kosher/Israeli products, which I appreciated. Along with other reviewers I felt that their prices were over the top in comparison to what I'm used to paying on the East coast. Â $3.00 for a knish from the deli??? Please.
The sandwiches I ordered (a Reuben and a BBQ brisket) were just OK. Â Also too expensive for what I got.
On the upside, the challah I bought was delish!
Like I said, I will probably try the restaurant and hopefully have a better experience.
Having been here once during my Judaism class in undergrad (hey, I needed an easy class, and what better than Judaism for a Jew?), when my Orthodox, glat kosher cousin from Israel was in town, the East Side deli was on the list of...well, the only restaurant in town I could go to.
Now, the grocery side is EPIC. Despite having a good deal of kosher items at home from the local King Soopers, I stocked up on a chocolate babka (where else can you get one outside of NY and FL?), my cousin got little bags of popcorn for the movies, and I invested in Apples to Apples - the Jewish Edition. I'm sure it'll be fun at many debuacherous parties to come. They had a pretty good selection...although it took us more than 15 minutes to find someone to check us out. Two couples and one family actually left after waiting more than 10 minutes.
As far as the restaurant, they have a pretty impressively diverse menu, and we happened to attend on sushi night. Surprisingly to me, the vegetarian sushi I had was actually tasty, and my cousin enjoyed his smothered chicken burrito...but keep in mind he's never eaten REAL Mexican food, so I'm not sure how much that says. My sun dried tomato bisque was ok, and while a got a potato knish instead of the mushroom one I had ordered, it wasn't shabby (although I prefer the knishes at the NY Deli News). However, my potato kugel was incredibly dry and a little too eggy tasting. I was sad they were out of the stuffed eggplant, which is what I had wanted to order.
The service is quite slow -- it seemed like there was only one or two serves, one expediter and one busser for the whole place. That being said, our server Sergio was AWESOME. As in he made the experience less frustrating, more fun, and was definitely my highlight of the trip (although he might tie with Apples to Apples). I hope he loves his work, because he really is fabulous.
I might be back for babka, but probably won't have dinner here again unless I'm visited by another kosher friend/family member.
I dithered on the star rating here, between three and four. Admittedly, I should have read the previous reviews more carefully (the spurious one aside: they are Not Closing and Health Department Concerns have been addressed (see <a href="/redir?url=http%3A%2F%2Ftri.co.gegov.com%2Ftricounty%2Ffacilities.cfm%3Fpati_no%3D60005595%26insptype%3DFood%26startdate%3D01%2F31%2F2002%26enddate%3D10%2F07%2F2011&s=e8524a35a3f4de2eaa0e5c5ffcbc3feddf2b1c76d8fdd831058cd7874d585128" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://tri.co.gegov.com/…</a> for more information and thanks to fellow Yelper Talia D. for pointing out the search error [wrong city] in the previous version of this review) and had a pastrami sandwich. I couldn't resist trying the shwarma platter though, and while the tahini, pita, and pickles and olives were especially good, the meat was dry and in chunks, rather than sliced. Shwarma's better in Israel (duh). (My hubby did enjoy the leftovers later though.) I will say the serving was huge, and not particularly pricey (I was actually expecting higher prices since the meat is kosher).
Seating and service was friendly and prompt, and the cashier on the grocery side was very friendly -- I definitely plan to stop back next time we're in Denver. Huge deli counter, bakery, candy, very large selection of dry goods, and an interesting set of board games and cookbooks too -- fun place to stop for those of us from smaller Jewish communities! Also, a very short drive from Aharon's Books and the Mizel Museum, making for a nice afternoon of Jewish-themed tourism.
I am grateful that Denver has a place to buy food that is strictly kosher for Passover, since the selections at my local King Sooper's are pathetic, hackneyed and practically non-existent. Â And I am willing to pay the premium for kosher food at certain times of the year. Â But to top off the high prices with rudeness is a bit much. Â For example, I asked one of the employees if it would be possible to buy less than a full horseradish root (there was a basket filled with gigantic fresh horseradish, each enough for a month of Seders) and he got defensive, said he didn't have the proper tools to cut it, the time to do it, etc. Â I really can't imagine an employee at any other Denver supermarket getting away with that, nor can I imagine another store selling food in a unit that is far too much for most people; they would have sold out of horseradish if they had just chopped the roots in halves or thirds! Â Oy vey! Oh well.
Review Source:I go here when I have family in town and they require koser items.
Living across town, it is a bit far to schlep for ordinary every day items.
Were it closer, I would go more often.
People say that the prices are expensive.
I don't think so.
The same people also think nothing of spending $150 a month on 500 channels of cable they don't watch.
So much for what people say.
This is a wonderful little place and I will definitely keep coming back.
I have been to "The Deli" many times. It is the only full service Kosher meat restaurant in town, which makes it a monopoly for those of us who keep Kosher.
The food quality is acceptable. If you are looking for Jewish themed dishes, such as the mazzoh ball soup or a deli sandwich, you will get a wonderful meal. They are also good at the simple things like a burger and fries. However, the foreign style meals leave something to be desired.
If it were for the food alone, I would go quite a bit more often. The reason I rarely make my way to the deli: the service.
I have left before after sitting for fifteen minutes without being acknowledged by a waiter or waitress. With a small wait staff, you cannot afford to have rude waitresses (as I have dealt with many times in the past) if you want to keep your customers happy, or keep them at all.
I believe that another Kosher restaurant or two in town would force East Side to up their customer service, quality, and lower their prices. However, for now they are the only option in the status quo, so I will be back when I am ready to go out for a burger but don't want to schlep all the way to New York or Israel for a good one.
Kosher? Exactly what does that mean? Most of us who aren't Jewish really have no idea - - but East Side is the only Kosher deli in the greater Denver metro area. The one thing that I do know is that Kosher means that it is prepared with care and to old world standards.
A friend told us about East Side. It is a little off the beaten path and in a building that obviously has seen better days. Since we were passing within a 1/2 block of East Side, and it was lunch time, we decided to drop in and pick up a couple of sandwiches from the deli.
One whole roast beast & salami, one 1/2 pastrami.
  Were they good? Absolutely.
  Were they Kosher? Perhaps.
But what do I know? I do know they were expensive. $21.90 for one & 1/2 sandwiches, plus 1/2 lb of potato salad.
Will we go back. Yes, of course, just not too often.
There are other things to try. East Side Kosher Deli includes not only a deli, but a restaurant, a grocery, a butcher shop, a bakery and a caterer.
Being the only kosher place to eat in Denver is a tough job, and most of the food is good at the Deli, but it seems that certain things like the real meaty dishes are never up to par. The best deal is the Chicken Fajitas by far and the pastrami sandwich aint too bad either.
The service is always good in my opinion and even when it's crowded you can jump from table to table catching up on community gossip.
My biggest issue is that a lot of the dishes on the menu are hit or miss and a deli that has been around for some time shouldn't have that problem.
Oy, bubalah, are you kvelling for some geschmacke nosh?
Then have I got the place for you. The East Side Kosher Deli has been bringing pure Parve pleasure from its perch just off Leetsdale Boulevard for years now.
The shop itself has Cholov Yisroel cheeses in many much-loved varieties, as well as masterful matzoh from Manischewitz (makers of everyone's favorite ceremonial wine). The crunchy Israeli snacks called Bissli (in flavors such as Smoky, Onion, and Falafel - yes, Bill O'Reilly, *that* falafel) are here too, in addition to halvah (the chocolate one's my favorite), egg noodles and gefilte fish! And their butcher case isn't just chopped liver, if you get my meaning.
Then, after you've bought your goodies, head to the restaurant at the back of the store for even more fun. Perhaps a piled-high Tongue Sandwich will hit the spot... as well as a little sweet-spicy Yerushalmi Kugel, maybe? And don't forget to save room for some Cheesecake (Kosher, of course)!
East Side Kosher Deli - food so good, you'll plotz.
Okay, here's the deal. ONLY Kosher grocery/deli in town-ish. Of course you can get stuff at King Soopers but really, if you are pas yisroel or cholov yisroel... look no further. It is a fleishig restaurant and deli but they have a corner of milk and yogurt and cholov yisroel stuff.
They get three stars for being in Denver, surviving all these years, and carrying a pretty good variety.
HOWEVER, I seriously considered taking the third one away for how people I know are treated there. The owners are very mean to some people who shop there regularly. They promise fresh pastries and sometimes there are several days old. I mean, heck, if you are charging $1.50 PER DONUT! shouldn't they be baked fresh and not two days old? I am so disappointed with the way they treat customers, especially regular customers. I have begun to duck in and duck out as fast as possible and shop elsewhere for what I can get elsewhere. There is a small Kosher shop in Boulder that is seasonal, run by the Boulder Chabad. It is very small but she will take orders. And she's nice.
It is so sad that Denver can't support two shops. Then maybe it wouldn't be $50 a pound for ground beef and they would have to be nice to keep your business.
Being the only horse in town, they have a broad selection and the restaurant is okay. They make salads (tuna, chicken, etc) in the deli and bake. They also have a great Pesach selection.
Just expect to pay a HUGE premium for getting it in Denver.
Sincerely,
Kosher and Disapointed in Denver
Mazol Tov to Denver for not only having a Jewish Kosher deli/restaurant, but a pretty well stocked mini Kosher supermarket. Â You can nosh (eat a little something) or eat like a khazer (pig) at this deli and never feel farklempt (bummed out).
My friends shleped (dragged) all the way from Boulder to come to this Denver treat... So, how could I pass up the opportunity to bring my shagitz (non Jewish Male) boyfriend so that he could try good old gefilte fish? Just like my Nana used to make it...Oh, yum, nothing excites me more then ground deboned fish... just scoop it out with an ice cream scoop, plop it on a piece of butter lettuce and call it an appetizer. In my opinion, this dish is not mekhaye (particularly delicious).
I am however a sucker for corned beef sandwiches on Jewish Rye bread, which is pretty darn good at this deli... Just don't try to order the sandwich with cheese, which is totally treyf (non-koshor).
Don't be shy, goyims (non Jewish people) are welcome, and they won't ask you your last name as a password to get in. Â
Strategy: Pick up a few packs of Kosher meats... One of the only places to buy it in Denver.
* Star one is for being a Jewish deli in Denver in general
** Star two is for having miskayt (ugly) architecture that reminds me of a strip joint from the outside
*** Star three is for supplying Kosher meats... One of the only places in Denver/Boulder to buy it
**** Our last but not least, star four is for selling Israeli chocolate... Which when I was there, I bought boxes of and shipped home because I loved it so much.
Star five was stripped because I found the restaurant to be not so tasty and the bakery had no black and white cookies in site.
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