OUR COMMUNITY

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attachments to healing, soothing, uplifting 
— it’s Jewish penicillin. It is woven into the 
warmth and fabric of our culture.
” 
Stage Deli sells chicken soup in its restau-
rant and also has a grab-and-go case for 
people who want to heat it up at home. It 
makes a filling and tasty snack, meal and 
cooking base for sauces, rice or potatoes, 
he says. 

“We make it every day — as big as our 
pots are in the kitchen, we fill them, and 
repeat and repeat,
” he says. “We work very 
hard to keep up with the demand.
” 
And while he experiments at home, 
putting all kinds of herbs, vegetables, chili 
and sauces in the soup, at the restaurant, his 
goal is to make a consistent bowl. 
“My goal is to make it taste like my 
grandmothers’ soup, day after day, 365 days 
a year,
” he says. “It should be a beautiful 
melding of flavors, with none sticking out.
” 

COMFORT MEDICINE
Down the road at Steve’s Deli in 
Bloomfield Hills, they’ve been selling 
their signature chicken soup for the past 
25 years to people buying it for colds 
and comfort, says Alexandra Weitz, 
co-owner of Steve’s Deli. “I don’t think 
it’s proven medically, but some people 
feel if you have chicken soup, it’s a cure-
all,” she says. “We sell a lot of it.”
In fact, many scientific studies over 
the years have explored the idea that 
chicken soup could really be beneficial 
to help you heal from the common cold. 
They look at its potential anti-inflamma-
tory effects as well as how it helps fight 

“IT FEELS GREAT. 
CHICKEN SOUP 
HAS CULTURAL 
ATTACHMENTS TO 
HEALING, SOOTHING, 
UPLIFTING — IT’S 
JEWISH PENICILLIN. IT 
IS WOVEN INTO THE 
WARMTH AND FABRIC 
OF OUR CULTURE.”

— STEVEN GOLDBERG

STAGE DELI

Country Chicken Noodle Soup 
from the Stage Deli

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The Mish Mash 
at Stage Deli

STAGE DELI

