Eric’s Deli Cafe

Lets start this review out by saying that we stopped here because we were trying to get to our hotel and got stuck in really, really bad traffic… so instead of sitting there staring at tail lights we decided to just grab an early dinner and try a new place! It had a glowing neon sign saying «Soup’s On!» and really, how could a place that has a sign like that be anything but AWESOME, right?! Nope. Not at all.
To start it all out, you walk in and the folks at the front counter grunt at you and then continue to leer at each other. Kinda unwelcoming, but, ah well. So then you choose a breadbowl for your soup because, remember, the Soup is ON– and you find out that there are no breadbowls (all sold out) so this must be because the soup is really awesome?! So, you say «I’ll just take some crusty bread» and then… nope. All they have is a kinda lumpy onion roll. Ok, good enough! Here’s the thing— I am a native Arkansawyer, so I am SUPPOSED to hate everything from Texas, right?! I chose the «Texas Chili» because it looked interesting on the menu and then I discovered that while it was certainly made from scratch (the beans were half raw so it couldn’t have come from a can) it was really, really uninteresting. I would really re-​name it «No Where Near Texas Chili» because even as an Arkansawyer, I hated this chili way more than even I should have. Please, please dear Unilocal’ers, please don’t order that chili. Do something else. Also… don’t order any of the kids’ sandwiches — - they are very small. They do state that it is just a half sandwich, but, come on— it was really small! Your poor child will go back to the hotel and beg for «food» from the vending machines, and you’ll cave in and be secretly relieved because you are also starving from your really, really sad non-​Texan chili.
So then we came to the point where the kids needed the bathroom. And… wow. The bathroom had this really really nasty stale smell, and there was also this really really odd picture of a woman facing the toilet, so it seemed as if she was watching you as you… well, you know. So be sure to check that picture out if you do decide to go to this place if you are into that sort of thing?
Some good things— the standard sandwich bread was soft. The iced tea didn’t taste like a tin plate.
Oh, and let me say… they serve the drinks in little mason jars which is so adorable! I love that! And it looks like a sweet little touch until you realize that they are actually only about 1 cup big and you will spend most of your meal going back up and refilling it. So while it appears like Eric’s is all about being healthy and adorable and things like that, really, they are just cheaping out on the drinks. You’ve been warned!

I can’t believe this place would make a new review section to avoid people from reading all the one star reviews. That have a gnat infestation, the most rude employees I have ever met, and on a normal day the amount of patronage would reflect how badly the staff run this deli.

The movie super yummy Ruben sandwiches with a nice day group of the guy working here is really super good yummy yummy sandwiches

Good soup and sandwich place. Liked the casual setting. Service was quick with a smile. Only thing negative was the table was sticky. We would still come back.
Chris & Bett Bavis
Middletown Md

We were tired of Zoccolis and didn’t want to look for parking, so I looked for delis and lo and behold, this one is the ONLY 5 star! We had never been there before and we loved it. Fast service, wonderful chicken wraps with peanut sauce, papaya, bell pepper, fantastic! And a pickle! Can’t get better than this! We’ll never go anywhere else again!

These guys are so rockin! Today we left our leftovers on the table in a rush and when we called 5 hours they had saved them for us in a refrigerator! Thanks so much!