St Louis Pumpernickel Deli

Franki and I have been indulging. For about a year, we've been talking about going to the Jewish deli that's over in Creve Coeur. You know the one - it's over off Olive, in Creve Coeur, not quite to Spoede, but after CityPlace. What's the name of it?

Pumpernickel, that's it.

Our problem - the timing is never right, and it's closed on Mondays, which was always the day we were over there and hungry.

Two Saturdays ago, we were close, and decided to drop in for brunch (Franki says it's the best in town). I had never been, which is strange, because Creve Coeur and Olivette are two cities I've spent a lot of time in, and you would have figured I'd have gone once in the last 20 years.

So we drove down Olive looking for it. It's right on Schuetz and Olive, on the south side of the street. Pumpernickel's was recently bought, and has been expanded from when Franki saw it last. I didn't know this of course when I sat down and ordered the Killer "B." She got a vegetable omelette.

Wow. That was some good eating. I had French toast made from Challah bread (which is ridiculously good on its own), eggs, beef bacon, potatoes, chicken apple sausage, and a bagel. Franki had that good rye toast that goes so perfectly with an omelette. We were sated, and very pleased. And while there, we had a chance to chat with Jay and Bonnie Silverman who run the restaurant with their teenage kids.

The ambience is great - the food is spectacular, the price is right, and it's nice to see a small business prospering (it's been busy, not too crowded when we went in just a little off the lunch hour). If you're by there, we both recommend it highly.

So we went back last Saturday, and got the same thing. Even better