CUISINE: Kosher deli and Jewish favorites.

HOURS: 7 days a week from 9 a.m. until 9 p.m.

PARKING: Curbside meters or un-metered side streets.

CATERING: A specialty with packages for 10 to 100 including complete rental service with bartenders and waiters.

DELIVERY: Free locally with minimum of $15.

CREDIT CARDS: All major cards accepted.

This deli and restaurant has been serving its many patrons for 35 years and with good reasons: its popularity, its fresh tasty food, reasonable prices, large portions and the friendly owners Marty and Sandy Silverman and their staff.

Passing the interesting deli items displayed in the front display cases, we took a table in the rear and began dinner with an inviting platter of half-sour pickles, green tomatoes, pickled cabbage, cherry (hot) peppers and slivers of green pepper. A separate dish of cole slaw and some fresh rye bread were added while we perused the lengthy menu. Sandy offered us some potato knishes which were the lightest we’ve ever enjoyed. Oops, almost forgot to mention our appetizer of Gefilte Fish which was finely made, light and flavorful.

We checked out the menu designed for “Fressers” (big eaters). Although all the deli offerings were tempting, we decided on the  Dinner Special listing which includes soup or appetizer, an entrée, potato and a choice of Derma, Egg Barley, Kasha Varneskes, noodle pudding, potato pancakes or potato kugel plus dessert and coffee or tea - all for the price of the main dish and served from 6p.m. to 8p.m. daily.

I had the Stuffed Sweet Cabbages (two) “just the way it’s suppose to be” according to the menu ($14.95). It was a hearty portion of ground meat and rice wrapped in cabbage leaves. My partner had Broiled Liver Steak topped with lots of fried onions. The accompanying vegetable was garlic-enhanced fresh spinach and great Steak Fries ($13.45).

Sandy is very proud (and with good reason) of the cured-on-the-premises Pastrami. It is excellent and on our next trip back I’m going to have one of their great big Hot Pastrami sandwiches ($7.50).

Other mouth-watering dinner offerings include Chicken in the Pot “just like Grandma used to make it” ($12.75) and a Braised Fresh Brisket of Prime Beef ($13.75). Another bright idea on the menu is “a little this, a little that” order of three (3) appetizers as a main dish. But, no matter what you choose at Surrey’s, you are sure to “enjoy.”