I had lunch here last week with Rand H, Mike C and Norm R after wanting to try this place since I moved to AZ a year and a half ago. I've been missing my favorite Chicago deli and have been craving some good Jew food and I finally found it!
For lunch I had a brisket sandwich on an onion roll with a side of kishke with gravy. It was excellent! The beef was tender, flavorful and not dry, and the kishke was sliced,browned and skinless. This is what I've been waiting for.
While at our table we had a great view of the deli cases and menu boards and I knew I would have to order some food to go for my Mom and for me. I ordered the Mish mosh soup and that was just okay - the matzo ball was grainy, the kreplach was mostly dough and there was only one of each and no kasha like I'm used to when I order this soup back home. The chopped liver was good, my Mom and her husband liked it a lot, but I think Don and Charlie's has the best chopped liver in the Phoenix area. The best thing I brought home was the belly lox! If I'm going to eat lox, it's going to be the real thing and taste like lox - not the tasteless nova lox that's served to the masses. It was wonderful and salty and full of flavor and I have enough left for a sandwich tomorrow morning :)
Overall this is the closes to a real Jewish Deli I've been to here in AZ - and I will for sure be back and try the corned beef/pastrami and potato pancakes next time!