Benji's

4156 N. Oakland Ave., Milwaukee, WI - (414) 332-7777

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Posted By Michael Stern on July 11, 2007 11:13 AM

Benji's (formerly Benjamin's) is an old-fashioned deli in a modern shopping area. It is an authentic taste of Milwaukee, by which we mean it offers a reassuring menu of old country ethnic dishes (chicken-in-the-pot, cabbage rolls, fried matzoh) along with plenty of Midwestern Americana, such as a Friday night fish fry, a deluxe hamburger plate, a French Dip sandwich on a poppy seed roll, and that mysteriously-named heartland meal-in-a-skillet, Hoppel Poppel, for which no ethnic group we know has ever taken credit. Hoppel Poppel is a breakfast mélange of sizzled salami chunks, scrambled eggs, browned potato chunks and (optional) onions. Benji's offers it also in a "super" version that adds peppers, mushrooms, and melted cheese to the formula. Either way, it's delicious.

The other specialties of the house are deli food: piled-high corned beef sandwiches on Miller Bakery rye bread, lox-and-bagel platters, sweet-and-sour cabbage borscht, and crisp potato pancakes, served with apple sauce. For dessert, we recommend noodle kugel (a cheesecake-rich block of cooked egg noodles and sweetened cheese), served hot with sour cream. And for a beverage to drink with your meal, Benjamin's offers true melting pot variety: domestic or imported beer, kosher wine, Dr. Brown's in cans, Sprecher's soda in bottles, and chocolate phosphates (seltzer water and chocolate syrup).

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Sprecher Root Beer

Hoppel Poppel

Cheese Blintzes

Hear-O Israel Sandwich

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