Our great homemade chicken broth is the base. Then we add carrots, peas, and thin egg noodles. Our family recipe doesn't have chicken in this soup, just the chicken broth. Try our chicken stew if you want big chunks of chicken.

A unique base made up of beef and chicken broths loaded with peeled and chopped veggies and a variety of beans, potatoes, cabbage, and tomatoes. So fresh.

A perfect blend of sweet and savory with a kick. Ours is a beef base with tomato and cabbage. A Russian staple.

Fresh strawberries and pastry cream top our Philadelphia cream cheese legendary dessert.

Philadelphia cream cheese makes all the difference in the flavor. Shapiro uses more Philadelphia cream cheese.

Philadelphia cream cheese plus Oreos.

Our famous Philadelphia cream cheese cheesecake and but this time we put cherries on top.

A rich cake, full of raisins, carrots, and nuts with the best icing that is the perfect level of sweetness. We cut this into 12 slices but you can serve many, and many more with normal-sized slices.

Peanut butter inside, peanut butter on the top, peanut butter throughout, and chocolate.

A wonderful bundt cake that is hard to find. Moist, sweet, delicious, and with poppy seeds.

Our flourless chocolate torte is so rich and decadent.

Chocolate cake with chocolate icing – so delicious. The simple pleasures in life can still be so good.

Coconut abounds. A traditional chocolate cake with milk chocolate icing with a ton of coconut flakes. We cut a whole cake into 12 slices but those are Shapiro's sizes.

Deep, dark chocolate cake with a light and fluffy pastry cream-icing, cherries between the layers, and chocolate shavings on top. We cut the cake with 12 Shapiro sliced slices.

A moist and lemon bundt cake.

A blending of two flavors, chocolate, vanilla cakes, and blended into a bundt form.

Handcrafted in our bakery with loads of butter, brown sugar, and a hint of sweet cinnamon.

An Italian treat of a hard shell pastry filled with mascarpone. A sweet traditional dessert.

Almost cake-like and chocolate on top.

Sprinkled with coconut on top of a mountain of meringue, it’s hard to tell which part of the pie is the best, and the coconut or the meringue.

Chocolate pie with chocolate pastry cream and chocolate chips – the trifecta of chocolate goodness.

One of our newer bars, lemon cheesecake with swirls of raspberry jam throughout. These sit on a delicious graham cracker crust and as every good cheesecake should.

So lemony and creamy.

Like a blonde brownie with chocolate chips and chopped nuts. Oh, a flaky, and buttery top.

Crumble crust layered with strawberry jam, golden oats, and crumble topping finish this off.

Like the raspberry almond bar and flaky pastry crosses the top of delicious apricot for a decadent treat.

This cheesecake bar has ribbons of berry jam running throughout. Delish.

There is so much vanilla bean in this, it almost looks like poppy seeds. But the vanilla beans add incredible flavor.

Like the apricot bar and flaky pastry crosses the top of delicious raspberry jam for a decadent treat.

This layered dessert bar is a blending of creamy, mocha, crunchy and dreamy, and all at once.

A rich chocolate brownie loaded with just the right amount of nuts.

A chocolate pecan brownie with caramel on top.

Moist, delicious, and quality cookies.

Golden, rich toasted macadamia nuts, coupled with delicious white chocolate chips are baked to the perfect golden color of toasty, and tasty brown.

Mudslide cookies are chocolate, with chips of rich chocolate, sprinkled with walnuts, baked to an ooey, gooey, and goodness.

Moist raisins with brown sugar make these chewy treats better than moms.

Large chunks of Reese's peanut butter cups make these so good.

Golden cookies with cinnamon sugar liberally covering the top.

Sprinkled with rock sugar and these make a great afternoon snack.

Swiss with mustard.

Served on choice of bread (but you should really try the rye) with choice of mustard.

Delicious corned beef piled on top of Swiss cheese but tucked inside is our own homemade coleslaw instead of sauerkraut. Russian dressing is smeared on to our house-bake, and hand-cut rye bread just before it is grilled to perfection.

The best of the best cuts of beef. Freshly cooked daily, our lean beef brisket is thinly sliced and piled high on your choice of bread. Try it with Swiss, lettuce, tomato, and horseradish sauce.

Pastrami, lettuce, and (local) Indiana tomatoes are such a great combination of flavor.

Our ground beef comes from Hoosier cows from dewing meats in Haubstadt.

Our rare roast beef is cooked to a beautiful pink tenderness for a moist treat on any bread.

Chicken schmaltz. We make our own from all of the whole, fresh chickens that we get from central Indiana and it is a key ingredient in the chopped liver. My favorite is our rye bread heels, crusty, crunchy with a scoop of our creamy, and rich chopped liver.

Custom made for Shapiro’s delicatessen from the original Wilno recipe. They used to be a kosher brand of salami and other meats that went the way of the big box buy-out.

We actually cook whole fresh, local chickens (never and ever frozen) for our homemade chicken salad, which was named best in America by gourmet magazine because, and frankly it is. It includes chicken, celery, grapes, walnuts, fancy mayonnaise, our proprietary blend of herbs, and seasonings. Try it on our freshly baked sourdough or a flaky croissant.

Our all-white-meat albacore tuna salad is made with quality fish, with just enough hard-boiled egg whites, and seasoning to make a statement of its own. Try it on a flaky croissant with lettuce, and tomato.

At shapiro's. A generous serving of nova lox. Includes slices of tomatoes, onion, capers, greek olives, lemon wedge, and your choice of a toasted bagel with Philadelphia cream cheese. Served on a bed of lettuce.

This is truly made with no filler just great beef. Vienna beef all-beef frank is served on a poppy seed bun – the way a real Chicago dog should be. No half sandwiches, please.

The best of the best cuts of beef. Freshly cooked daily, our lean beef brisket is thinly sliced and piled high with your choice of bread.

Our chicken is local and fresh, fresh, fresh – never frozen and no nasties from the start. We bake it to perfection, and each order comes with 1/2 of a chicken.

Ur meatloaf is moist, flavorful, and absolutely delicious.

The best ground beef from dewig meats is ginger snaps.

Prepared Romanian style.

Gourmet burger, Shapiro's style. Our chopped steak is a one- or two-patty Russian hamburger. We start with 1/2 pound grade a beef from dewig meats, combined with eggs, bread crumbs, real onion (no fake stuff) add some savory seasonings, and yum.

Starting with your choice of bread, we stack our hot brisket and then load two mounds of our rich, buttery mashed potatoes on top! Depending on the day, your gravy smothering this enormous dish is either our brown or Swiss steak gravy.

This is truly made with no filler just great beef. Vienna beef all-beef frank is served on a poppy seed bun – the way a real Chicago dog should be. No half sandwiches, please.

This large salad is made from romaine and iceberg lettuces, carrots, red cabbage, generous amounts of chopped salami, turkey, Swiss, and Colby jack cheeses, sliced hard-boiled egg, wedges or diced beefsteak tomatoes, and your choice of dressing.

This large salad is more than a meal. Delicious baked salmon served with a mix of crunchy, leafy green lettuces, tomatoes, cucumbers, red, yellow bell peppers, carrots, and finished with tomato-basil dressing.

Diced romaine, iceberg lettuces set the foundation for diced turkey, salami, tomatoes, all dusted with sweet basil, and Parmesan cheese. Served with our house-made olive oil, and red wine basil vinaigrette dressing.

Romaine, thinly sliced red onion, pitted Kalamata olives, thick slices of cucumber, chopped tomato, and crumbled feta. Served with our house-made red wine and olive oil vinaigrette.

Romaine lettuce sits below a generous portion of house-roasted, herb chicken breast, Parmesan, shredded Swiss cheeses, creamy Caesar dressing, croutons, of course, and croutons are not added until purchased so this can be gluten-free.

A classic combination of crisp romaine, iceberg lettuces, red cabbage, carrots, sliced beefsteak tomatoes, cherry tomatoes, and choice of dressing. This smaller size makes a perfect side salad.

This is a Shapiro's specialty. Broccoli florets, beef bacon, sunflower seeds, onion combined with a creamy house-made dressing, and a little drop of lemon.

A variation of strawberries, honeydew, cantaloupe, grapes, oranges, grapefruit, kiwi, and berries. Fresh, hand-cut, and local fruit when it is in season.

A heaping scoop of our delicious, house-made albacore tuna salad, and a second scoop of choice of our own coleslaw, potato salad, cottage cheese, or fresh-cut fruit. Includes slices of tomato and onion served on a bed of lettuce.

A heaping scoop of our famous chicken salad and a second scoop of choice of our own coleslaw, potato salad, cottage cheese, or fresh-cut fruit. Includes slices of tomato and onion served on a bed of lettuce.

Only at Shapiro's would anyone say that this much food feeds 2 people. It’s loaded with so much delicious food that it will likely serve 3 or 4. A sampling of the best of our best - corned beef, pastrami, peppered beef, salami, turkey, bologna, chicken salad, tuna salad, Swiss, American cheeses, tomato, pickles, olives, pepperoncini, coleslaw, potato salad, and centered with our very own chopped liver.

A generous serving of nova lox (of course it’s generous and it’s Shapiro's). Includes slices of tomatoes, onion, capers, Greek olives, lemon wedge, and choice of a toasted bagel with Philadelphia cream cheese. Served on a decorative bed of lettuce.

A perfect blend of sweet and savory with a kick. Ours is a beef base with tomato and cabbage. A Russian staple.

A unique base made up of beef and chicken broths loaded with peeled and chopped veggies and a variety of beans, potatoes, cabbage, and tomatoes. So fresh.

At Shapiro's, we hand-roll our matzo balls and cook them to perfection in our chicken broth. The result is a matzo ball that is light and fluffy.

Our great homemade chicken broth is the base. Then we add carrots, peas, and thin egg noodles. Our family recipe doesn't have chicken in this soup, just the chicken broth. Try our chicken stew if you want big chunks of chicken.

Homemade, delicious chicken broth. Guaranteed to get rid of that cold. Plenty of Shapiro's customers who swear by our soup as their remedy.

We make our mac and cheese daily from scratch, soaking it overnight with our proprietary blend of cheeses, and milk. Then we bake it to perfection so that it is crunchy on top and velvety smooth, and souffle-like throughout.

Traditional taste but unique in appearance. Shapiro’s potato pancakes are thicker than the others because that’s the way uncle max wanted them. Try them with applesauce. Crispy on the outside, warm and yummy inside. Two per order.

Traditional taste but unique in appearance. Shapiro’s potato pancakes are thicker than the others because that’s the way uncle max wanted them. Try them with applesauce. Crispy on the outside, warm, and yummy inside. Two per order.

In season and our green beans are fresh and local.

A seasonal vegetable made from local sweet potatoes that are made even sweeter with fresh, real butter, cinnamon, and brown sugar. Topped with marshmallows, brown sugar, butter, these local sweet potatoes are cooked to a golden, and tender sweetness that is a fall favorite.

No cream.

This is a Shapiro's specialty. Broccoli florets, beef bacon, sunflower seeds, and onion combined with a creamy house-made dressing and a little drop of lemon.

We peel the potatoes. We cook the potatoes. We add carrots, celery, chopped eggs, our specially seasoned, high-quality mayonnaise, top it all off with diced bell peppers, and parsley. It’s that fresh.

A variation of strawberries, honeydew, cantaloupe, grapes, oranges, grapefruit, kiwi, and berries. Fresh, hand-cut, and local fruit when it is in season.

Perfect with your corned beef dinner.

The perfect blend of potatoes, ground corned beef, seasonings, and a dash of tangy apple cider vinegar.

There is actually a higher grade of cottage cheese for restaurants.

Local eggs from local chickens. It’s the same great recipe that great aunt ann Shapiro used to make.

We buy whole cabbages, chop them ourselves, and make our own Shapiro's family recipe coleslaw from scratch.

Organic and local eggs that we cook.

Although Jello is a childhood favorite, some of us grew up only to find out it has gluten, and is not vegan.

Thick crunchy crust with a soft center.

Challah is a soft crusted, braided bread that is part of a weekly blessing. It’s generally pulled apart by hand although when slice and it makes incredible French toast.

These soft buns have just the right amount of onion on top.

These eggs buns are delicious with any meat but my favorite is brisket, with lettuce, tomato, and a slice of cheese.

We were finally able to find quality hot dog buns for our Vienna all-beef franks. And they are poppy seed as well, as a good Chicago dog should be.

Flaky, buttery, delicious, and as they should be.

Fresh milk from Sheridan and Indiana Taste the fresh difference of this specialty creamery in either chocolate or whole milk.