Ritz Place Deli

What a gem! I love finding little restaurants where owners are making their dreams a reality. Tiny little deli tucked into the former Ritz theater offers wonderful homemade soups, salads and sandwiches in a cute little spot with opulent fixtures from the former movie house making you feel like you just stepped into Pleasantville except in living color! We both had loaded potato soup and Ruben sandwiches. Both were better than I expected. The soup was rich, hot AND homemade. So many places pass off frozen soups as homemade. I know, I worked in a private school that served those same soups most restaurants in Spfd pass off as homemade. I can not wait to try another next time. My Ruben sandwich is my standard I can’t make up my mind order. That said I have eaten probably 50 different restaurants Rubens in my life and I can say that many use processed corned beef. I was happy to see Ritz is using pulled shredded corned beef off of a big hunk of meat. The owner is considering putting up his own sauerkraut but even so the marble rye was nicely grilled and thousand island dressing homemade. The Ritz is everything I love about leaving the city. Once off the highway wonderful diners and deli’s are what makes any road trip, even just 20 miles, a real adventure filled with treasures like this one. I can’t wait to go back.

The sandwiches are great, but the sides are hit and miss. The gourmet to go is usually a good choice.

Cute little deli on the south side of the Marshfield square, where we stopped for lunch with friends that live in the area. Typical deli food (sandwiches, soups, salads, etc.) with specials on the side (award-​winning pasta salad, southwest chicken casserole, etc.).
The casserole was a bit too salty for my taste and the after-​lunch cappuccino was pretty dull, but lunch here was definitely better than hitting up the McDonald’s drive-​thru at the edge of town.