The Deli Dish

Category: About Us

  • A photo of part of the mural inside the Next Door Cafe. A hand is coming into frame with a small paintbrush and is adding detail to a white flower with a red center.

    Behind the Scenes: The Making of a Mural

    If you’ve visited us at the Next Door Café recently, you’ve almost certainly seen our mural. Given that it appears in every single customer-facing area of the Café, it’s hard … Continued

  • Meet the Deli Detail: Kelsie Vert

    We’re introducing you to our passionate team of experts. Today’s featured Deli crew member is our HR Generalist, Kelsie Vert! MEET KELSIE VERT Kelsie grew up in Brownstown, MI, only … Continued

  • Meet the Deli Detail: The Cleaning Crew

    We’re introducing you to our passionate team of experts. Today’s featured Deli crew member is actually an entire team… our Cleaning Crew! About the Team The Cleaning Crew only works … Continued

  • Chemical-Free Shrimp is Shrimp-ly the Best

    It’s a sea-mingly obvious choice, right?! We’d all likely choose to be eating foods without added chemicals, but most shrimp, whether farmed or wild-caught, do have chemicals added to them—namely, … Continued

  • Olive Oil Tasting Notes

    Why olive oils can taste so different There’s a lot to know about olive oils, but you don’t have to be an expert to be able to find a bottle … Continued

  • Reading Olive Oil Labels

    The terms that matter—and those that don’t. We get it. Olive oil shopping can seem intimidating—lots of bottles with lots of different terminology on them. For many of us, it’s … Continued

  • Meet the Deli Detail: Cindy McGlynn

    We’re introducing you to our passionate team of experts. Today’s featured Deli crew member is Cindy McGlynn, Front of House Service Star Cindy McGlynn originally hails from Petoskey, then moved … Continued

  • Meet the Deli Detail: Payton Jablonski

    We’re introducing you to our passionate team of experts. Today’s featured Deli crew member is Catering Manager, Payton Jablonski MEET PAYTON JABLONSKI Payton grew up in Holly, Michigan—“a tiny town … Continued