One commercial tenant, a deli operator, accepted a move from a building to be demolished to a more desirable corner location.
Kanas is a 59-year-old former schoolteacher and deli operator.
Enjoy this feel-good peek into the life of a passionate deli operator.
In the months before today's U.S. Supreme Court decision, some Hobby Lobby supporters posed questions like the following: Should an orthodox Jew who owns a little corner deli be required by law to sell pork or risk losing his deli operator's license, and should he also be required to hire non-Jews to certify that the food is kosher?
His father retired as the owner and operator of Cross Keys Deli in Baltimore.
He also worked as a cabdriver, a waiter and a factory operator and behind the counter at a deli.
There is a letter carrier, a forklift operator, a second-grade teacher, a former corrections officer and a deli owner and restaurateur.
From the maverick, two-Michelin-star Restaurant Sat Bains to the excellent deli-café, Delilah, it has always had a handful of individual, high-quality independent operators, but only recently, particularly around hip Hockley, has a younger generation – Oscar & Rosie, 200 Degrees, Junkyard, Annie's Burger Shack – brought some fresh ideas to the table.
As much as "My Korean Deli" is an introduction to the constant obstacle course that is the life of a small-business operator, it's finally a portrait of two people Howe comes to understand much better through his own travails.
A standard deli slicer slices.
