Montrose Deli

Love the ready made food here! There is a good variety of hot meals available for a few bucks. There are always good pastries available for a snack. definitely try the deli meats on the fresh buns which they make there.

There wasn’t a thing here that we tried and didn’t like. From the assortment of Polish and Eastern European pastries to their meats and cheeses, everything was delicious. Better yet, their prices beat out most big box, chain supermarkets. For instance, muenster cheese was 54% less here than at my local Walmart. The pastries were fresh and the dough flaky. The pierogies and kielbasa were excellent. I would highly recommend giving this place a try if you are looking for any type of authentic European eats.

Avoid going here on Wednesdays and close to hoildays! This place gets pretty packed!

Authentically Polish — no cilantro — they speak English, and the employees are eager to provide recommendations and translations to we the Americans. Prepared meals are a bargain and are delicious just like what my old neighbor «babcia» used to make.

Great grocery store in the neighborhood. They have fresh food cooked daily. You cannot get a better, healthier option for the price anywhere. The meals are loaded, something different on special each day. The soups are awesome.

Chicago, Illinois
My Ukie friend and I went to visit the Montrose Deli today for the first time.
As I am not Polish nor Ukranian and my friend is ⁵⁰⁄₅₀ Polish and Ukrainian (Ulock) I took him along to show me the ropes. The Deli is definitely a place that stocks all things Polish/​Ukrainian. If you are from Poland or the Ukraine, this is the place for you.
The aisles are somewhat narrow so you have to be good at walking a tight rope. They have hand baskets to carry your purchases with you as you navigate down the aisles, no room for carts. They have a deli section for fresh meats and sausages (of all varieties) and a deli section for fresh prepared foods like breaded pork cutlets, varieties of chicken, stuffed cabbage, fresh mashed potatoes, ribs etc. They have a fresh produce section with fruits and vegetables etc.
They carry specialty items that are familiar to Eastern European clientele.
They even have cute little glass jars of jam with handles to be used as glasses for serving beverages after all the jam is gone.
There is adequate parking adjacent to the west side of the store with an even larger parking lot directly across the street. Oh, and they have a bakery section with fresh breads and pastries and my favorite almond crescent rolls.
They also have an extensive array of home soups including borscht.
Everything is reasonably priced. If Polish/​Ukranian food is your cup of tea, this is the place for you.

A great grocery store for cheaper and decent quality produce which doubles as a quick place to grab a bite to eat when on a budget. Their lunch specials are a staple item when I feel lazy to make my own food or go out somewhere further.
I generally come here for the lunch special which includes sides and a main entrée. The menu changes daily so you really do not know what is in store but the times that i went i got some friend chicken meatball thingy stuffed with cheese and spinach. Their mashed potatoes as a side is amazing!
If ever in the area, do give it a try. Some good quality cheap authentic Polish food. What do I know about authentic polish though?

This is a great deli I give them 5 stars I’ve been going there for years. Some of this stuff they buy from other butcher shops but overall they are top 5 delis in Chicago

A Polish grocery store resides on Montrose Avenue. Instead of shelves stocked with American brands, you find items imported from Poland with the original labels intact. Neat stuff you want to try, with a tremendous assortment of breads and pastries, fresh produce, dairy, canned goods and tinned fish.
There’s a long deli case filled with meats, poultry and cheese, and a prepared food counter with Polish specialties for take-​away. I tried the clear beet borscht, which was rich tasting and well seasoned, and pickle soup, which tastes just like it sounds, a treat if you love pickles, and who doesn’t? Sunflower rye bread went well with the soups. There are 3 – 4 varieties of poppy seed cake, and cheese blintzes are out terrific. The only thing I didn’t like was herring from a barrel, which was too briny for my taste.
This is a pretty well run place, even though it can get crowded and the aisles are narrow. Numbers are called, people line up to check out, and some English is spoken, especially by the younger staff. So next time you get tired of the same old from Jewel or Mariano’s, head over here for something different and Polish.

I don’t normally cook at home due to my inconsistent work schedule, so this little gem has become my «go-​to» spot for all things grocery shopping! I love this place not only it’s Polish (my favorite), but also it has a large selection of soup, hot Polish delicacies and pastries. By the way, the prices are fantastic. I can get all my lunch and dinner essentials here for under $ 20 and the amount of food can last me for at least six (6) meals! There are plenty of parking spots considering that this is still located in the city. Anyways, you guys should definitely pay a visit to this lovely place.

My toddler son calls Montrose Deli the «cookie store». I can’t blame him. Because shopping for staples like milk and bread is so boring. But picking up a container of fresh kolacky, well, that’s got to be something kids of all ages would love.
Montrose Deli is a great neighborhood store. It’s now my go-​to for the usuals, like bread, milk, fruits/​veggies and prepared foods that come in handy for quick meals with no fuss. Everything is fresh and the price is right.
Most recently I purchased some tomato soup, mushroom soup and potato/​cheese pierogi from their prepared foods section and it was all quite good and again, the price was good too.
Their deli counter is always busy – I have yet to check it out. Although their packaged Kabanosi (smoked Polish sausage, thinner than Kielbasa) was really tasty.
MD has two parking lots, one adjacent and one across the street. I’ve visited on different weekdays, morning vs afternoon and the store is always busy. I don’t want to try to visit on the weekends because if weekdays are any indication, then weekends must be crazeee! The store isn’t that big and they use every inch of space so those narrow aisles might mean nightmares for the claustrophobic.
Service is always pleasant. I like hearing the young cashiers speaking in Polish to the older customers. Easily a favorite place.

Small deli with a lots of customers, which can pretty much guarantee that the deli remains fresh. The baked good are fresh as well. Drawback is that it is packed! The parking and moving through the space is tough, but I kind of like the small corner store charm it has.

Medium size polish grocery store, variety of goods is medium. They mostly speak their language there. Out of their delis I got ‘Kielbasa Poledwicowa z Indyka’ — $ 5.29/lb, ‘Kapusta kiszona, domowei roboty’, ‘Old world twarog’ — the farmers cheese and pickles and everything was to my taste

this is a fairly small place but a huge variety including ketchup from poland
they prepare a number of different things in house and sell behind the counter and they sell homemade frozen peirogi and everything is very cheap vs other delis i have been into. (less than $ 2 for a container of soup whereas other places are $ 3.5 or more)

Great place to go for all things sausage. When my brother comes into town he buys here to take back to Boston. They will shrink wrap for travel like that so very nice.

They are selling dinners for $ 3:99 ar the Chef’s Corner! Awsome!!!

I like Montrose Deli! Truly I do!
The moment I walked in I was hit by wonderful aromas of
smoked sausages, baked goods and prepared foods.
And these smells touched my senses in the best of ways unlike
the aroma I had to inhale in the yellow cab yesterday.:(
Anyway, this store is not very big, but, man, is it busy in there, just
a constant stream of people through this store.
And. I have no complaints other than the fact that everyone in here
speaks Polish and I don’t. and granted, this is on me because I am Polish
on my Mom’s side of the family and when I was about 7 years old my Mom
sat me down and tried to teach me the polish lingo with a Polish Book
for beginners but, I wasn’t having it so I told my Mom «No Mowimy Po Polsku»
please. which meant Hell No I don’t want to learn this language!
So, that was the end of that and for the record, I am Scottish on my Dad’s side
and I always tell people I am Scottish if they ask me what ethnicity I am.
Okay. getting back to Montrose Deli, this place has great sales, especially
behind the Deli Counter where 1 pound of Smoked Turkey Breast is going
for $ 2.98 per pound this week.
And. smoked polish sausage is $ 1.59 per pound!
They have a prepared food station where you can pick up pierogies, blintzes,
chicken, fish, potatoes, standard polish fare type food.
They have a really nice bakery case where you can get Napoleons and other
assorted sweets. I liked this too!
They also have some nice looking fresh produce and actually everything
in this Deli/​Store looked really good and fresh!
So, even though I can’t talk the lingo I tried to fake it as much as I could
and the women behind the deli counter were really nice to me anyway!
Had a nice Cashier too!
So, Montrose Deli. I most definitely am a fan for your prices can’t
be beat and you are a very nice store!
But. I am going to be 52. Don’t think I’ll be wanting to learn
Polish anytime soon.

Update for the new year!
The rickety chain link fence that looked like it was going to topple over if a couple more people bumped into it has been replaced with a nice solid black metal fence. Makes it look a lot nicer.
That aside, over the past 8 months I’ve stopped in here quite a bit more, typically during emergencies for mayo and stuff like that, but I’ve also purchased some sausages, and they were all good. If you don’t speak Polish it’s sorta hard to order anything though.
People still bumping into each other and getting into arguments in the parking lot while their lot across the street stays at a constant ¼−½ full.

I just moved to Portage Park a few months ago and I am happy to adopt Montrose Deli as my neighborhood store.
The selection isn’t huge, but it almost always meets my needs for the usual staple fruits and vegetables, milk, canned goods and the guilty pleasures like ice cream and polish pastries that regular people jones for on some random night. The prices are excellent. Case in point, I remember making tiramisu one night and I was short on marscapone. A half pound tub at Montrose Deli was $ 3. At a large chain grocery store the same brand would have cost me $ 5.
Another great thing about this place is it’s open at 7:00 AM. Forget an ingredient for breakfast? No problem! Need some milk at 9pm? No problem! They close at 10PM. This isn’t a place you would drive five miles to visit, but if you live in the Portage Park area, give Montrose Deli a whirl.

Authentic polish deli and grocery store!
I love this place the deli counter is amazing if you can get past all the old polish women without getting pushed, shoved or slapped! Just Kidding!
The prices are amazing, the produce fresh. The fresh baked rolls are delicious. I love the variety of polish sausages and deli meats.