Indianapolis Lunch Spots

Colts vs. Jets 8 p.m. this Saturday night in Lucas Oil Stadium!!  We are ready!  Playoff parking will be offered downtown for $25 with a voucher for a $10 discount on your food purchase, which is good for 3 days.  There are plenty of restaurants in downtown Indianapolis, but who gives you this kind of deal on game day?  Only Shapiro's Delicatessen!  Enjoy corned beef, pastrami, and many other types of kosher style food before you go to the game.  Bring your appetite and enthusiasm.  Go Colts!

Looking for a place with a great Children's Menu in Indianapolis?  Shapiro's Deli has always enjoyed the fact that generations of families come to nosh together on special occasions.  Children 12 years and younger are invited to order from our Children's Menu.  We offer great kosher style sandwiches in a child's portion along with one side dish for $3.95 plus tax.  If they aren't ready for a full meal you can get just the entree for only $2.95 plus tax.  They can also choose a hot dog, corn dog, spaghetti, chilled cheese sandwich or chicken.  There are plenty of sides to choose from too - macaroni and cheese, jello, applesauce, potato salad, fruit cup, green beans and many others.  People tell us every day how they used to come to Shapiro's when they were kids and it remains a part of their fondest memories of family and good food.  So bring the kids next time!  We also have high chairs and booster seats for the little bitty ones.  Hope to see you soon!

Looking for holiday desserts in Indianapolis?  Shapiro's has plenty to choose from.  We have cakes, pies, cookies, and more.  Check out our new holiday cookies...

As a new member of Weight Watchers, I just want to tell everyone that you CAN enjoy good food even when you are watching your weight.  If you are looking for a place to nosh in Indianapolis, stop by Shapiro's Deli.  There are plenty of options for those who are following the new Points Plus Weight Watcher program.  We have lots of fresh fruit - which are now ZERO points!  I have often enjoyed a 6 ounce chopped steak dinner with green beans, onions, and a side of fruit.  This is a 10 point meal, which leaves plenty of room for the rest of your day if you are on the 29 minimum daily points.  Our sandwiches are approximately 6 1/2 ounces of meat.  Look up the points value in your Pocket Guide for the meat you choose.  Feel free to order a sandwich with no bread if that works for you.  Another favorite of mine is the made-from-scratch vegetable soup.  One bowl is approximately 6 points.  With two packets of Saltine crackers you only spend 8 points total on this filling and healthy meal.  There are plenty of salads to choose from with fat-free dressing options.  It costs me a few extra points, but I frequently have the Caesar salad with chicken for lunch.  There is about 4 ounces of chicken, about 1/4 cup of swiss cheese, and a small amount of croutons.  These all have point values in your Pocket Guide.  If you are having breakfast we offer Egg Beaters or Egg Whites, which are a healthy alternative to whole eggs.  It is a challenge to work at one of the best delis in Indianapolis, but thanks to the kosher style food choices I just have to make wise choices.  I will leave the dessert choice up to you!  You'll have to figure out whether or not you can fit this into your program.  Good luck to everyone!  

The featured sandwich in our Carmel, Indiana deli for the month of December is our Chopped Steak sandwich for only $3.00!  If you are looking for a Carmel lunch spot while you are out shopping, just stop by for a quick meal.  You might even mark a few things off your shopping list!  Shapiro's Deli gift cards make a wonderful gift during the holidays.  The can be re-loaded anytime and they never expire!  

We also have some gourmet products in our carryout area, such as Clearbrook Farms Preserves.  They only use USDA Grade A fruit from small family-owned farms and present this product in a 24 oz. canning jar.  In addition, there is a wide assortment of Stonewall Kitchen products.  Stonewall has received highest honors in NASFT (National Association for the Specialty Food Trade) many years running.  

Don't be afraid to look around.  You could find those special sauces, rubs, preserves, or oils that would make the perfect gift and create your own gift basket.  The culinary member of your family will appreciate your thoughtfulness!  

Oh yes, it's time to start the holiday planning.  Chanukah is merely days away and Christmas is soon to follow.  There are many opportunities for celebrating coming your way!  Shapiro's Delicatessen is here to serve you through these busy times.  Come  to our Indianapolis Deli or the Carmel, Indiana deli to experience the premier kosher style restaurant in Indianapolis.  If your schedule is jam packed - let us come to you!  Our catering department is ready to take your order.  Whether it is a business or personal event, we offer beautiful party trays, old fashioned comfort food, and delicious cakes, pies and other pastries.  Call 317-631-4041 for the downtown deli or 317-573-3354 for the Carmel deli.  You relax and let us do the work!

Thanks to everyone who voted for us in THEINDYCHANNEL.COM A-LIST awards.  We came in #2 in the Best Sandwich Shop category, which means we need a few more votes next year!  We know we are #1 in quality, #1 in value, #1 in selection, and #1 in having the greatest customers in Indianapolis and Carmel, not to mention all of central Indiana and surrounding states.  The loyalty of our patrons is unparalleled.  We have literally served generations of families and watched infants grow into parents themselves.  That loyalty is especially seen at this time of year, when those families get together to celebrate the holidays with us.  

We will be preparing many party trays, catering events, and baking cakes and pies for everyone.  Shapiro's Delicatessen would love to be a part of your holiday traditions.  Give us a call and order some great kosher style food for your family or business gatherings.  Let us do the work!  You relax and make some memories.  

We are now taking orders for COMPLETE TURKEY DINNERS @ $69.99.  Dinners can be ordered for pick up beginning November 15, 2010 and through the rest of the year!  Once again, dinners include a whole turkey for 6 to 8 people, gravy, dressing, and 3 additional sides, along with rye bread or egg buns.  

Although we are closed Thanksgiving Day, you may pick up your dinner the day before with complete re-heating instructions.  If you are having a family event on the weekend we can have everything hot and ready to eat.  

Call us at 317-641-4041 to order your dinner from Shapiro's Deli Downtown or 317-573-3354 to order your dinner from Shapiro's Deli in Carmel, Indiana.  Relax this holiday season and let us do the hard part.  Don't forget to order your cakes and pies too!   Shapiro's Deli has a superb Bakery in Indianapolis, and we are well known for our fresh baked pastries, pies, cookies, cakes and other bakery delights.  

Shapiro's Deli is highlighted in The Indiana Jewish Post & Opinion, October 13, 2010 edition.  The following is the article in its' entirety:

Shapiro's Deli Catering Division has initiated a new concept at the Park Regency Senior Living Facility in Indianapolis.  Jay Slavin, Catering Manager at Shapiro's Deli, reached out to the facility administrators, who were excited to add Shapiro's Night to their monthly social calendar.

On the first Tuesday of every month, residents choose some of their favorite items from the Shapiro's Deli menu.  They can invite family members or friends to join them for a great meal from the well-known deli.  Shapiro's brings in their popular sandwiches, hot comforting entrees, and mouth-watering desserts for a dinner that brings back fond memories.  Many residents have spent their lives in Indianapolis, where Shapiro's is a kosher-style dining landmark.

This concept is really catching on and growing in popularity.  Every month the participation is growing and Shapiro's plans to add other independent living facilities to the calendar as well.  Shapiro's Catering Division is focused on bringing their unique dining experience to the community.  Visit their website at www.shapiros.com.

Shapiro's will be offering a Complete Turkey Dinner for 6 to 8 people beginning soon.  We will announce the date as soon as we verify our turkey delivery.  It will certainly be available before Thanksgiving and then we will offer it through the rest of 2010.  The turkey dinner includes one whole turkey with gravy, dressing, and three additional sides of your choice.  You can view our on-line carryout menu to review your side options or call one of our locations to speak to a Shapiro's representative.  We also include rye bread or egg buns.  You provide the dinnerware and wash the dishes!  The price is $69.99.  

Shapiro's Deli will be closed Thanksgiving Day.  If you order a meal for Thanksgiving Day, you will need to pick it up the day before and we will send you home with full re-heating instructions.  If you order it for any other day, we'd be happy to have it hot and ready for you!  

Oh yes, we will be turning the clocks back on November 7th, raking leaves, eating turkey and then getting ready for the December holidays.  Keep Shapiro's on your speed dial!  We are the place to nosh in Indianapolis.   

 

I received this e-mail from a lovely customer and asked her if we could post it on the blog.  She kindly said yes.  Feel free to send us your Shapiro's Deli memories too.  They are a pleasure to hear and we would love to share them.

         My name is Kay Hinshaw and this is submitted in memory of Frances Jean Perdue Combs
         (1936-2007) Thank you.  

I love getting your email newsletters.  I only had the pleasure of visiting your store back some 20 years ago.  My mother wanted to take us there as a "walk down memory lane" as we were adults.  Her touching story:  Let's see... 1950 something?  She was born in 1936. left a  small town in TN as a 17 year old on her own, got a job in Indianapolis, I think, in a factory, not sure.  But her story goes, she got a modest apartment down on the same corner and she would eat lunch there everyday, probably, something cheap.  She told me that in the corner of the restaurant, there was a woman who would set up and do manicures in like a booth to the side.   She said something about it being set up in the window.  Any way,  she worked hard and saved and finally was able to eat lunch on Friday's there at Shapiros and get her nails done also.  Random story ... I know. Love this story.   But I am someday going to bring my daughter to your deli.  Just wanted to share some history.  thank you.
        

Looking for Delivery Restaurants in Indianapolis?  Our Indianapolis Deli and Carmel, Indiana Deli will be happy to delivery breakfast, lunch or dinner to your door.  We offer kosher style catering wherever you need it....at your location or in one of our meeting rooms.  Enjoy kosher style food like pastrami, corned beef, stuffed cabbage, chopped liver, bagels and lox, in addition to our amazing pastries and desserts. 

We can do a dessert tray for your event too.  Have you seen our cakes & pies?  Brownies, gourmet cookies, bagel chips, and cheesecakes galore?  There are not too many full service bakeries around anymore - but Shapiro's Deli offers a full service Bakery in Indianapolis and Carmel for your special events or everyday cravings! 

Give us a call at 631-4041 downtown or 573-3354 in Carmel.  We would love to make your event a memorable one. 

Summer is nearly over, the kids are back to school, Labor Day has passed, and now it's time to re-focus on our jobs, careers, and daily activities.  Shapiro's Deli is here to help with your business catering needs and events.  We have a great variety of party trays that are easy to set up for your events.  Our morning pastry trays are very popular with bagels, Danish, croissants and all the fixings.  The Deal Maker Nosh Tray (our meat and cheese tray) can feed your group a hearty lunch and we throw in all the bread, paper goods, and sides.  We can also set up a great buffet of our old fashioned comfort food.  Meatloaf, baked chicken, stuffed cabbage...whatever makes you happy.  For those times when you need to have a little convenience, we package a wonderful boxed lunch that includes one of our famous deli sandwiches (corned beef or pastrami anyone?), a gourmet cookie, bag of chips, apple, pickle spear and a drink.  

If you are looking for a restaurant in Indianapolis that delivers - call Shapiro's Deli.  We will bring the food to your door, set everything up and make sure you are well taken care of at your event or meeting.  

Our Carmel lunch special for August is a Roasted or Smoked Turkey sandwich for only $5.  This offer is valid Monday through Friday, dine in only, excludes holidays, not valid with any other offer.  You can get a refreshing turkey sandwich on Shapiro's rye, white, wheat, sourdough, egg bun, Kaiser roll, or onion bun.  Croissants and bagels are also an option at an additional cost (but well worth it).  

Don't forget we are right off the Monon Trail at our Carmel location.  Stop by for lunch or dinner while you are out enjoying the summer activities.  We have plenty of cold drinks!

Calling all race fans!  Shapiro's Deli has a great boxed lunch available for your day at the track.  You can get a full sized deli sandwich, bag of chips, gourmet cookie, an apple, pickle spear and a drink for $12.95.

Call ahead for large quantities or stop by and can make smaller orders as you wait.  Available at our downtown or Carmel location anytime.  You can order any of our deli sandwiches or a Reuben for an additional $2.  

 

The Food Network has a show called The Best Thing I Ever Ate!  This show offers you food choices made by some of the food celebrities and chefs during their free time.  SHAPIRO'S DELI WILL BE FEATURED IN THEIR NEXT SEASON!!  Marc Summers, an Indianapolis native, is currently the host of Unwrapped, a popular Food Network show.  His choice for The Best Thing I Ever Ate! was the Peppered Beef Sandwich at Shapiro's Deli!

Marc Summers was here last Monday filming this episode for the Food Network.  We don't know the exact air date yet, but Season 3 ends in September and Shapiro's will be featured in Season 4.  We will let you know as soon as we get the exact date.  Marc was kind enough to let us take some pictures - he is incredibly nice.  Here he is with Brandy, our Purchasing Manager.  

 This photo below is a page from the March 2010 Indianapolis Monthly magazine, which I just noticed this afternoon.  Lo and behold, there is our serving line from the downtown Shapiro's Deli location for all to see!  Out in the dining room are photos of the original founders, Louis and Rebecca Shapiro (top center), Max Shapiro (left) who was one of their sons, and Morton Shapiro (bottom center), who is the (deceased) father of current owner, Brian Shapiro.  

Several people have asked lately if we do breakfast.  OF COURSE WE DO!  We are open at 6:30 a.m. every day and have an express breakfast available at the Carmel deli during the week, with a full service breakfast menu on the weekends.  We have a full breakfast menu available at the Indianapolis deli every day.  You can order just about any type of eggs, beef bacon and sausage, biscuits and gravy, french toast, bagels and cream cheese, lox plates, and corned beef hash.  Join us for your next early morning breakfast meeting or family event.  Breakfast is available until 11 a.m.

Shapiro's Deli will be open regular hours on Fourth of July.

Festivities in downtown Indianapolis include the Indianapolis Indians playing July 1-5, free admission to many venues including the Eiteljorg Museum, and the Freedom Blast fireworks display set off from the Regions Bank Tower at 9:45 p.m.  We will be open all day to offer you great food while you enjoy your day.  We also have great air conditioning, great parking, great desserts, cookies for the kids, and plenty of room for everybody!  We hope to see you at the downtown deli.

Festivities in Carmel, Indiana include the many activities offered by the Carmelfest festival.  They have changed things a bit this year.  The parade and fireworks display will be on July 5th.  The parade marches directly past our Carmel, Indiana deli.  Please stop by and have lunch with us after the parade.  Don't forget we now have the grill open out on the patio for the remainder of the summer.  Visit the Carmelfest website at www.carmelfest.net to get more details.  

My favorite fourth of July was a few years ago when Jennifer Aniston and John Mayer stopped by the downtown deli unannounced.  (My children would say John Mayer and Jennifer Aniston..names in reverse order.)  I was star struck to say the least.  They were very nice and even let me get my picture taken with them.  

Please put us in your plans for the day.  It should be a fun time in Indianapolis and Carmel.