House roasted pastrami, corned beef and roast beef are just a few of the delicious meats made in house at Bellingham’s Old World Deli. You can find these delicious items on the menu and in the sandwich box lunches on the catering menu. Their Antipasti platter comes complete with Batali’s Artisan Cured Meats Salumi, artisan cheeses, chevre stuffed peppadews, Italian tuna stuffed peperoncini and blue cheese stuffed dates.
Old World Deli offers several different catering options that can be enjoyed at office meetings, special social events or even right on site for a casual mix-and-mingle with friends and family. A section of Old World Deli can be reserved for an easy social gathering accompanied by the restaurant’s delicious food platters. Try a sampling of artisan cheeses served with grapes and other antipasti items while sipping wine. “Thursday is a great night for it,” shares owner, Anna Adams.
In addition to the house roasted sliced meats, Old World Deli also offers ready to eat duck confit, smoked duck breast, as well as fresh sausage made weekly. Anna and her husband Christos have been consistently adding to Old World Deli wares since they first opened in 2007. “Our bacon is amazing,” shares Anna. “We make our own.”
What makes Old World Deli so great is that Anna and Christos hand select and personally enjoy the specialty food items they carry both in the deli and the market. Often the items they provide have found their way into Anna and Christos’ home. One such item is a dill and caper relish that can be found on the market shelf. Anna combines a tiny dash of mayo with sour cream and a little bit of the relish. “It makes the best tartar sauce,” Anna shares. “This is a staple in our house now.”
Market items grace the shelves all along the wall in Old World Deli, organized with like items and packed in rows. Anna shares a variety of favorite products found in the store, including Villa Jerada’s aromatic spice rubs for chicken, fish and pork. These spice infusions are inspired by owner Mehdi Bourada’s mother. They also sell seasonal preserves made locally on Orcas Island. On the shelves are olive oils, balsamic vinegars, small bags of pasta, sauces, canned fish such as wild caught smoked sardines, preserves and salts. “The olives definitely are very popular,” Anna shares. “Put them in drinks or eat them.”
Market items can be enjoyed as snacks, home cooked in meals and most definitely given as gifts to friends and family. During the holiday months you can even find Panettoni, an Italian sweet bread, and Panforte, a very dense fruit, nut and spice cake which dates back to 13th century Sienna.
Old World Deli also offers a great selection of cocktail fixings, vermouth, port, apertifs and wine. Drinking vinegars, bitters and cocktail mixers are a great way to jazz up your bar and they mix well with sparkling San Pellegrino. Vermouths are unique in flavor and low in alcohol so they make a great social drink that can be enjoyed throughout the night. “It’s something you can have before or after a meal,” Anna shares. “We have a ton of really cool vermouths.” Bitters and drinking vinegars can be mixed with soda or sparkling water. In the wine selection you will find unique, interesting, quality wines that you don’t find everywhere. There are plenty of options at a good price value. If you are looking for a suitable wine and aren’t quite sure what to try, let Christos know what you like and he will direct you to some options.
For catering, any of the sandwich box lunches, salad box lunches, platters and sides can be delivered to your event. We’re talking spicy Italian subs, chicken pesto with roasted bell peppers and house roast beef with horseradish sour cream, to name a few. There are eight choices for salad box lunches, from your classic Caesar to a candied pecan with mixed greens, grapes and chevre. Side salads include German potato salad, cous cous with walnuts and artichoke hearts or coleslaw with walnuts and cranberries. Artisan cheese and meat platters grace buffet tables on white ceramic plates. Anna has even been able to provide a few custom catering options as long as it is within the realm of what they are already capable of.
All of Old World Deli’s available catering options are regularly available for purchase on their deli menu so it’s easy to try out one of the options for lunch or dinner to see if it suits your taste.
If you see a market or deli item and you aren’t sure what to prepare it with, Anna and Christos are a great resource for how to serve, or cook with, any of their products. Having served Bellingham’s crowd with the specialty items enjoyed in their own home, the two are ready to share what they know. There’s really nothing better than being able to share in the spirit of friends and family and Anna and Christos love being a part of that.
Old World Deli
1228 North State Street
360-738-2090
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