Shapiro's Delicatessen

Deluxe Deli Platter for 2

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, Muenster, and American cheeses, tomato, pickles, olives, pepperoncini, coleslaw, potato salad centered with our very own chopped liver. Choose your bread and you’ve got the makings of an incredible meal…or three!

Beef Manhattan Dinner

Served starting at 4:00 pm, (after we make our mashed potatoes). This entree comes with your choice of one additional side, plus our famous rye bread and a pickle. The mound of mashed potato counts as one of your sides | Available after 4:00 pm and all day on weekends.

New York Reuben (Cole Slaw)

Our delicious, house-made corned beef piled high with two slices of German-Swiss cheese, a thick splat of Russian dressing, and Shapiro's cole slaw in the middle of the meat grilled to a golden brown served with our pickle for the perfect blending of flavors in one sandwich!

Fried Chicken Dinner

This entree comes with two pieces of chicken, your choice of two sides, our famous rye bread, and a pickle | Available on Saturdays and Sundays.

Reuben (Sauerkraut)

Our delicious, house-made corned beef piled high with two slices of German-Swiss cheese, a thick splat of Russian dressing, and sauerkraut in the middle of the meat, grilled to a golden brown, served with our pickle for the perfect blending of flavors in one sandwich! Our best seller.

Corned Beef Dinner

This entree comes with your choice of two sides, our famous rye bread and a pickle.

Short Ribs

Our short ribs spend hours simmering with onions, garlic, shallots, carrots and beef stock to create the most tender, juicy meal that literally falls off the bone. Served with two sides, this special meal is available every Saturday and Sunday. We offer this delicious entree until it runs out.

Carrot / Cheesecake

Two layers of carrot cake with a layer of our famous cheesecake in the middle, it's perfect when you can't decide which one you want for dessert!

Pastrami Reuben (Sauerkraut)

Our famous Reuben made with our delicious pastrami!

Brisket Dinner

This entree comes with your choice of two sides, our famous rye bread and a pickle.

New York Pastrami Reuben (Cole Slaw)

Made with our famous pastrami, we use our house-made cole slaw and grill the Reuben to perfection.

Grilled Cheese

Baked Chicken Dinner

This entree comes with your choice of two sides, our famous rye bread and a pickle.

Corned Beef & Brisket Sandwich

Half Shapiro's corned beef and half Shapiro's brisket make up this sandwich.

Huge Brownie

Turkey Reuben (Sauerkraut)

We make our famous Reuben but this time with turkey!

Corn - Ami Sandwich

Corned beef and pastrami. We create this sandwich with half Shapiro's corned beef and half Shapiro's pastrami! You choose the bread and extra stuff.

Mac & Cheese

Pound $5.75 | Pan $40.00

Oreo Cheesecake

Philadelphia cream cheese plus Oreos – what could be bad?

German Chocolate Cake

Coconut abounds! A traditional chocolate cake with milk chocolate icing with a ton of coconut flakes!

Meatloaf Dinner

This entree comes with your choice of two sides, our famous rye bread and a pickle.

P.L.T.

Pastrami, Lettuce, Tomato sandwich. We take our fantastic pastrami and cook it into "bacon". We add fresh lettuce and a thick slice of tomato; you pick the bread and you have a bargain sandwich in your hands.

Stuffed Cabbage Dinner

This entree comes with your choice of two sides, our famous rye bread and a pickle.

Pecan Pie

Beef Stew

Cup $6.85 | Bowl $10.95 | Quart $18.75 • Large chunks of tender prime steak with fresh potatoes, bell peppers, celery, and local tomatoes in flavorful broth go well with our crusty rye bread | Available daily Monday through Thursday.

Vegetarian Spaghetti

Small order $8.00 | Large order $8.50

Pastrami Sandwich

No Cryovac, no processed pieces parts! We start with a navel of beef, smoke it with our secret spices and rub, and slice it hot when you order your sandwich. About 6 ounces of meat on every sandwich with our famous rye bread, or whatever you choose, create a huge, two-handed meal | 85% beef, 15% rye bread, 100% Shapiros!

Rare Roast Beef Sandwich

Another fabulous sandwich that's the best of the best beef category. Our rare roast beef is cooked to a beautiful pink tenderness for a moist treat on any bread. *Please note that this is served cold. If it were hot, it would no longer be rare roast beef. For hot roast beef, try our Brisket.

Spaghetti & Meatball

Small (One Meatball) $9.00 | Large (2 Meatballs) $10.25 •

Pastrami & Turkey Sandwich

Half Shapiro's famous pastrami and half our turkey, you pick smoked or roasted. Food for thought! The pastrami is hot and the turkey is cold.

Brisket Sandwich

Under 12 with an adult. Child must be present | Add One Side +$1.00

Pecan Bar

Key Lime Pie

Amazing dessert, we even make the pie crust in-house!

Ann’s Strawberry Cheesecake

Our famous strawberry cheesecake is one of our best sellers because we use the best ingredients!

Poppy Seed Cake

A wonderful bundt cake that is hard to find. Moist, sweet, delicious, with poppy seeds. A Jewish deli fav!

Shapiro’s Brownie

This one is frosted with chocolate!

Corned Beef Sandwich

We start with a brisket of beef, "corn" it with our secret spices and rub, and slice it hot when you order your sandwich. About 6 ounces of meat on every sandwich with our famous rye bread, or whatever you choose, creates a huge, two-handed meal. No Cryovac, no processed pieces parts, just fresh meat | 85% beef, 15% rye bread, 100% Shapiros!

Roasted / Smoked Turkey Sandwich

Smoked or oven-roasted, this is a very big seller for Shapiro’s! The Shapiro turkey sandwich has a cult following. Hormone-free and antibiotic-free, you can taste why it’s a favorite.

California Chopped Salad

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

Chopped Liver Sandwich

Two words, chicken schmaltz. We make our own from all of the whole, fresh chickens that we get from Central Indiana and it is the key ingredient in Chopped Liver. You can get a sandwich or a "schmear" of chopped liver on top of another sandwich. My favorite is our rye bread heels, crusty and crunchy with a scoop of our creamy and rich chopped liver.

Chicken Salad Sandwich

Our chickens are so fresh that they come to us on ice without any plastic or Cryovac processing. Our fresh Indiana chickens are never frozen! We cook whole chickens, de-bone them by hand, and use the highest level of mayonnaise, grapes, celery, and herbs for an amazing scoop of deliciousness! Comes with your choice of bread.

Corned Beef Sandwich

Under 12 with an adult. Child must be present | Add One Side +$1.00

Albacore Tuna Salad Sandwich

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.

Sour Cream Noodles

These highly loved noodles are a favorite comfort food for our regular customers! Available after 4pm on Tuesdays and Fridays.

Swiss Steak & Gravy

A Sunday Brunch regular! This hand cut selection of beef is braised and then sauteed with onion, garlic, celery, tomato sauce and a pinch of brown sugar for sweetness. Hours to create, this Sunday lunch special is perfect with our fresh mashed potatoes and gravy, but you can choose any two sides you wish. It definitely goes quickly with our hungry lunch crowd, especially when there is a Colt’s game.

Caramel Brownie Bar

1/2 Sandwich & Cup of Soup

Choose from soup specials or daily soups. Most sandwiches are available for this option. (We can't grill half a Reuben, no croissants, no hot dogs) Some choices have an upcharge). Oh yeah - it says soups, so not stews or chili!

Chocolate, Chocolate, Chocolate Cake

Gluten-free death by chocolate!

Chef Salad

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.

Stuffed Pepper Dinner

Served on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, this entree comes with your choice of two sides, our famous rye bread, and a pickle.

Peppered Beef Sandwich

Marc Summers from the Food Network did a show where his "Best thing I Ever Ate" was Shapiro's Delicatessen's peppered beef. Again, no Cryovac! It's a cut of beef, but this one is served cold. It's a different taste profile than our corned beef and pastrami. Some like it better, some prefer our hot sandwiches. Who's to say?

Albacore Tuna Salad Platter

A heaping scoop of our delicious, house-made Albacore tuna salad and a second scoop of your 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.

Shapiro’s Mac & Cheese

Do you like the crunchy top or the creamy middle? Ask for the part you like the best!

Alaskan Pollock Sandwich

Our Alaska pollack is a Friday lunch special and is available as a sandwich or an entree. This is wild-caught sustainable fish* that we dip in beer batter crust for a crispy, delicious treat. It is a much larger fish than our previous fish sandwich and it is from the USA! Available Fridays until 4pm. No half sandwiches, please.

Chicken Caesar Salad

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

Chicken Salad Platter

A heaping scoop of our famous chicken salad and a second scoop of your 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. This comes with our famous rye bread.

Salami Sandwich

We were out of this during the early days of Covid. We were close to a mutiny by our regular customers who love this salami! It is created especially for us by our corned beef supplier Vienna Beef in Chicago. It's our recipe that they make for us. (see our logo on the package?)

Spaghetti with 1 Meatball

Alaskan Pollock Entree

Our Alaska pollock is a Friday lunch special and is available as a sandwich or an entree. This is wild-caught sustainable fish* that we dip in beer batter crust for a crispy, delicious treat. It is a much larger fish than our previous fish sandwich and it is from the USA! Available Fridays until 4pm.

Chicken Salad

Fried Chicken

This weekend special is available every Saturday and Sunday, after it has soaked overnight in buttermilk, giving it that extra crispy skin.

Muenster Cheese

Brisket

Cut hot. Do not microwave to reheat. Place in foil with a splash of water - heat in 275 oven for 10-15 minutes.

Reece’s Peanut Butter Cup Cookie

Lemon Meringue Pie

Coconut Cream Pie

Greek Salad

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.

Lemon Cake

One of our unsung heroes! A classic Jewish deli favorite.

Creme Brulee Bar

Plain Cheesecake

Chocolate Layer Cake

Rich and decadent, it's just simply delish!

Berry Cheesecake Bar

Cherry Cheesecake

Our famous Philadelphia cream cheese cheesecake, but this time we put cherries on top!

Boston Cream Pie

Chicken Stew

Cup $6.85 | Bowl $10.95 | Quart $18.75 • Redbook magazine named our chicken stew among the top 10 chicken dishes in the country. Wide egg noodles, red bell peppers, celery, and green peas add great color to this dish loaded with never-frozen, local chicken | Available every Thursday.

Nova Lox Platter

A generous serving of Nova Lox. Includes slices of tomatoes, onion, capers, Greek olives, lemon wedge, and your choice of toasted bagel with Philadelphia cream cheese. Served on a decorative bed of lettuce or gluten-free bread.

Pure Beef Burger

This Russian recipe is one of our hidden secrets of the menu. Not for celiacs, we add breadcrumb blends to this amazing value of our menu!

Turkey Sandwich

Under 12 with an adult. Child must be present | Add One Side +$1.00

German Potato Salad

Hot, seasoned, and (look closely) our corned beef is added for extra flavor.

Chopped Steak Dinner

1 Patty $10.85 | 2 Patties $12.55 • This entree comes with grilled onions and our famous rye bread and pickle. If you order two patties, you get the choice of two sides as well.

Veal Liver & Onions

On Thursday night, we serve our tender liver with plenty of grilled onions on top. You choose two sides to accompany your entree. This entree' starts at 4pm every Thursday.

Provolone Cheese

Peanut Butter & Jelly

Palmiers

Real butter makes these taste better. Other bakeries use imitation butter. The difference is obvious!

Roasted or Smoked Turkey

Chili (Seasonal)

Cup $4.80 | Bowl $8.15 | Quart $14.95 • Made only seasonally, we use grade-A Indiana beef because we care about the quality of our food. Served with spaghetti mixed in and Shapiro’s famous rye on the side. Don’t forget to grab an ice-cold DareDevil beer to wash it all down and cool yourself off.

Cherry Pie

Apple Pie

Rhubarb Pie

Struggling to keep this on the shelves, rhubarb is hard to find these days...

Grilled Cheese

Cheese Pizza Bagel

Potato Latke

Great Uncle Max started making our potato latkes much larger than normal! But we still give you two anyway. The crunchy outer part is the best for dipping in apple sauce or sour cream. You pick which you want to go with your order.

Salami

All Beef Hot Dogs

Peppered Beef

Marc Summers from the Food Network did a show where his "Best thing I Ever Ate" was Shapiro's Delicatessen's peppered beef. Again, no Cryovac! It's a cut of beef, but this one is served cold. It has a different taste profile than our corned beef and pastrami. Some like it better, some prefer our hot sandwiches.

Cannoli

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

Arlene’s Carrot Cake

A rich cake, full of raisins, carrots, and nuts with the best icing that is the perfect level of sweetness.

Cream Puffs

Marble Cake

Butter Brickle Bar

Strawberry Bar

Mocha Crunch Bar

Eclairs

Taste the difference, hand-made in our bakery!

Black & White Cookies

A staple to any Jewish deli, we make ours! Most others don't...'nough said!

Chaos Cookie

As the name implies, there is a little bit of everything in these. Pretzels, raisins, chocolate chips, nuts, in a buttery cookie goodness.

Matzo Ball Soup

Cup $3.75 | Bowl $5.75 | Quart $10.85 • 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. So good you won’t want to make your own ever again! A cup of chicken broth has one matzo ball and a bowl has two matzo balls | Add a Matzo Ball +$1.55

Broccoli Salad

This is a Shapiro’s specialty: broccoli florets, beef bacon, sunflower seeds and onion combined with a creamy house-made dressing and a little squirt of lemon.

Vienna Kosher - Style Hot Dog

Shapiro’s Potato Salad

Again with the hand peeling! It is extra labor, but it tasted so much better because it's fresh. Others buy bags of cubed potatoes that are sprayed with chemicals and we wouldn't do that!

Vegetable Platter

Choose three sides for a price break on our huge list of veggies and sides.

Pastrami

Cut hot. Do not microwave to reheat. Place in foil with a splash of water - heat in 275 oven for approximately 10-15 minutes.

Corned Beef by The Pound

This is the first cut! It has a finer trim and is sold cold. Hot corned beef is also available and won't be packaged until you arrive to ensure it's hot temperature.

Albacore Tuna Salad

Rare Roast Beef

Cut hot. Do not microwave to reheat. Place in foil with a splash of water - heat in 275 oven for approximately 10-15 minutes.

Chopped Liver

Lemon Bar

Red King Nova Lox

Chocolate Rugelach Cookie

This Russian tea cookie is hand-rolled in our bakery to become a flaky, delicious treat. You won't find anything as good as ours!

Chicken Leg

Raspberry Almond Bar

Sugar Cookie

It's a cookie, with sugar. Duh!

Triple Chocolate Cookie

uh...well...there's three kinds of chocolate in these.

Cake Pops

Generally we make vanilla chocolate cake pops but occasionally they may be a different flavor.

Shapiro’s Cole Slaw

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

Mexican Wedding Cakes

Lean over to eat these! So much powdered sugar and flakiness! 4 to an order.

Raspberry Rugalach Cookie

This Russian tea cookie is hand-rolled in our bakery to become a flaky, delicious treat. You won't find anything as good as ours!

Apricot Bar

Coconut Macaroons

The slightly crisp outer part gives way to moist, chewy goodness with so much coconut!

Chicken Broth Soup

Cup $3.75 | Bowl $5.75 • Homemade, delicious chicken bone broth. Guaranteed to get rid of that cold! Well, not really guaranteed but there are plenty of Shapiro’s customers who swear by our soup as their remedy | Available daily with or without a matzo ball.

Vegetable Soup

Cup $3.75 | Bowl $5.75 • A unique base made from beef broth is why this tastes so good! It's loaded with peeled and chopped fresh veggies and a variety of beans, potatoes, cabbage, and tomatoes. So fresh! Available every day.

Snicker Doodle Cookie

Chicken Noodle Soup

Cup $3.75 | Bowl $5.75 • 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 | Add a Matzo Ball +$1.55

Cabbage Borscht Soup

Cup $3.75 | Bowl $5.75 • A perfect blend of sweet and savory with a kick! Ours is a beef base with tomato and cabbage, of course! A Russian staple, just like the old country | Available daily.

Tossed Salad

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

Deviled Eggs

Farm fresh eggs from local Indiana chickens that we boil, peel, prep with high-quality mayo, and serve to you. Most places buy eggs that are already hard-boiled. Yuck!

Potato Chips

Plain or BBQ.

Kosher Style Beef Frank

All beef is frank without the dyes and strange pieces of cow that the cheap companies include in their hot dogs. Kosher style means that they "answer to a higher authority".

Potato Salad

Starting with whole potatoes, we peel, cut, cook, and create from our recipe because it tastes better than something pre-made.

Cole Slaw

Starting with whole cabbages, we cut, chop, and create our family recipe because it tastes better than something pre-made.

Fresh Cut Fruit

Always serving fruit that is in season, hand cut in-house with nothing from a can- so no added sugar!

Cinnamon Rugelach Cookie

This Russian tea cookie is hand-rolled in our bakery to become a flaky, delicious treat. You won't find anything as good as ours!

Apricot Rugelach Cookie

This Russian tea cookie is hand-rolled in our bakery to become a flaky, delicious treat. You won't find anything as good as ours!

Colby Jack Cheese

German Swiss Cheese

Oatmeal Raisin Cookie

Hard - Boiled Eggs

1 Egg $3.05 | 2 Eggs $3.75 • Local Indiana chickens are where is starts for us. We boil the eggs even though most other places buy eggs already hard-boiled.

Green Beans

Cabbage

Spinach

Espresso Bar

Cottage Cheese

Whole Pickle

Have you had our pickles? Our recipe is a half-sour, crisp pickle, traditional to our family from 100 years ago!

Beef Brisket Sandwich

No Cryovac here, no processed pieces parts! We start with a brisket of beef, we cook it with our secret spices and rub and slice it hot when you order your sandwich. About 6 ounces of meat on every sandwich with our famous rye bread, or whatever you choose, create a huge, two-handed meal | 85% beef, 15% rye bread, 100% Shapiros!