Chompie’s Embraces Traditional Pastrami
If there is one thing you can be sure of when you walk into a Jewish deli, there will be piles of homemade, delicious pastrami ready to be served to hungry customers. Pastrami comes from beef brisket and is brined, partially dried, seasoned with herbs and spices, then smoked and steamed. Pastrami has been affiliated […]
Chompie’s: One Bagel at a Time is this month’s cover story in Arizona Jewish Life!
It was March 3, 1978 when Wendy Borenstein-Tucker, now executive vice president of Chompie’s, with family in tow, first arrived in Arizona. “They had decided before they left New York that Arizona was in desperate need of a place to buy real, ‘water bagels,’” the article tells us. Bagels like the ones they had […]