PETERS FOOD AND DELI

If it's a Sunday, it must be hot ham and rolls at Peters Deli. I'm the first customer this day but while I'm lingering to jabber with Dick and Dale about the beautiful weather another customer jumps in front of me for the first register purchase of the day. ‘You snooze you lose!' But no matter, while the freshly cooked and sliced ham and fresh baked rolls are special treats, that's not the primary reason so many of us come. This is our oasis, the only Greendale business east of Loomis Avenue, and they are Greendale neighbors, Richard Peters has been a Greendalian for nearly 50 years, and his son Dale almost as long. They are hands-on owners, not absentee, and we've gotten to know each other over the years. It's like borrowing sugar from a neighbor (unfortunately also having to pay for it)... The retail center at the corner of 51st and College was build around 1970 on property that was once a celery farm. Remember, all the property in the Village of Greendale was made up of 17 farms..

Primary location: Greendale United States