The Deli News Closes After More Than a Decade

I almost couldn’t believe it when I heard that The Deli News was closing. After more than 10 years in business, the Oxford institution is shutting its doors.

Word around town is that you have one more day to grab Sonny’s sandwiches before they’re gone forever.

(Find a previous posting about The Deli News here.)

Hot Off The Press

Photo: Food Network

With more than 40 different sandwiches already available, The Deli News on Jackson Avenue now has a panini press on hand to toast them up for you. Can’t you just see the oozing cheese and crunchy grill marks now?

Like hot stuff? Try the deli’s new spicy chicken salad Sonny calls El Gallo del Diablo (The Devil’s Rooster).

A Sandwich Story

While this may be common knowledge to those who have lived in Oxford for years, new students who came into town this semester may be interested to know that while they’re sitting inside The Deli News eating a corned beef and Swiss with spicy mustard on rye, there’s a reason the sandwich is called the Times. And, when they’re biting into a hearty meat lover’s sandwich, such as the Obit, careful planning is hidden behind its ingredients and name.

Most of all, students may find it interesting to know that co-owner Sonny Clark was a journalism major at Ole Miss when he opened The Deli News 10 years ago, taking inspiration from newspapers around the country when designing his menu. So the next time you sit down at one of the newspaper-covered tables chomping on a Standard or a Tribune, ask Sonny how newspapers lead him down the path to a successful sandwich business–and find out the story behind your lunch.