all soups served with crackers only. bread $1.50 extra
Homemade Soup Of The Day
Cup$2.99
Bowl$4.50
Homemade Chicken Soup
Cup$2.99
Bowl$4.50
Matzoh Ball Or Kreplach
Cup$3.99
Bowl$5.50
Homemade Cabbage Borscht
Cup$3.99
Bowl$5.50
Cold Borscht & Sour Cream
Cup$2.99
Bowl$4.50
Crock Of French Onion
$4.99
with melted cheese
Hot Appetizers
Our Famous Homemade Cheese Blintzes (3)
with sour cream or apple sauce
$8.99
With Blueberry Or Cherry Topping$9.99
Fried Shrimp Poppers
$8.99
Breaded Chicken Wings
$7.99
with honey or barbeque sauce
Hot Wings “buffalo Style”
$7.99
with celery & blue cheese dressing
Dijon Mushrooms
$6.99
breaded and fried
Hand Battered Onion Rings
$6.99
Half Order$3.99
Cheese French Fries
$5.99
Half Order$4.49
Basket Of Sweet Potato Fries
with honey or barbeque sauce
$6.99
Half Order$3.99
Fried Mozzarella Sticks
$6.99
with marinara sauce
Kreplach (6)
$8.99
fried with grilled onions
Stuffed Kishka (hot)
$7.99
Knish
$2.49
potato, kasha, spinach, rice, pizza, cheese
Potato Pancakes (4)
with sour cream or apple sauce
$8.99
Half Order$4.99
Potato Pirogies (8)
$8.99
boiled or fried
Potato Skins (4)
$6.99
with bacon & cheddar cheese or with mozzarella & pizza sauce
Appetizer Sampler
$8.99
choice of any three from above
Shrimp In A Basket (5)
$11.99
with french fries and coleslaw
Chicken Fingers Basket (5)
$10.99
with french fries and coleslaw
Side Orders
Potato Salad
$2.99
Coleslaw
$2.99
Tossed Salad
$4.99
Kugel
$3.49
Kasha & Bowties
$3.99
Lettuce & Tomato
$2.49
Hearts Of Lettuce
$2.99
Cucumber Salad
$2.99
Apple Sauce
$1.99
Potato Pancake
$2.49
Cottage Cheese
$2.99
American Cheese
$1.99
Jarlsberg Cheese
$2.49
Imported Swiss Cheese
$2.49
Sweet Muenster Cheese
$2.49
French Fries
$3.99
The Salad Bowl
salad dressings: blue cheese, russian, caesar, creamy italian, balsamic, french honey mustard, oil & vinegar, ranch, asian toasted sesame low-fat caesar, non-fat italian, non-fat honey mustard. include bread and butter
Fried Eggplant Salad
$10.99
fried eggplant, hard boiled egg, tomato wedges, feta cheese and assorted vegetables over crisp garden greens
Mediterranean Salad
$14.99
fresh cold shrimp, fresh jumbo lump crabmeat and seafood salad over a large tossed salad with tomato, cucumber, hard boiled egg and croutons
Balsamic Marinated Grilled Chicken Breast
$12.99
over a tossed salad with tomato, broccoli and feta cheese, topped with toasted pita bread points
Greek Salad
$12.99
tossed salad topped with tomatoes, onions, cucumbers, olives, hard boiled egg and feta cheese, served with greek dressing
Portabella Mushroom Platter
$10.99
grilled portabella mushrooms topped with low-fat tuna and low-fat chicken salad, surrounded by fresh garden vegetables, served with your choice of dressing
“our Famous” Chinese Chicken Salad
$12.99
with sliced chicken breast, chinese noodles, mandarin orange, walnuts, over mixed greens with sesame plum dressing
Chopped Chicken Salad
$12.99
with chopped romaine, spring mix & iceberg lettuce, grilled chicken, cran raisins, pecans, tomato, onion, carrots and chunks of bleu cheese in our special vinaigrette
Ben & Irv Special Salad
$13.99
large tossed salad with tomato wedges, cucumber slices, croutons, bacon, hard boiled egg and cold shrimp, topped with our special dressing
Chef Salad
choice of two meats and one cheese, hard boiled egg, tomato wedges, and fresh assorted vegetables, over crisp garden greens
$10.99
With Canned Tuna$10.99
With Tuna Salad$10.99
With Chicken Salad$10.99
With Seafood Salad$10.99
With Chicken Breast$11.99
With Egg Salad$9.99
Chopped Extra$1.00
Crispy Chicken Salad
$10.99
with crispy chicken, bacon, cheddar cheese, romaine lettuce, tomato, onion and ranch dressing
Spinach Salad
$9.99
mushroom, bacon, onion, croutons and hard boiled egg
Whole Cold Shrimp Platter
$13.99
fresh jumbo shrimp, hard boiled egg, cucumber slices, olives and tomato wedges
Deluxe Salad
$13.99
tuna, egg and chicken salad, potato salad, coleslaw, tomato wedges, cucumber slices and olives
Chicken Caesar Salad
tossed with delicious caesar dressing and topped with strips of marinated chicken breast, roasted peppers & croutons
$10.99
Plain Caesar Salad$7.99
Grilled Shrimp Caesar Salad$12.99
Cold Platters
Fresh Fruit & Homemade Salads
With Chicken Salad$10.99
With Chicken Waldorf Salad$10.99
With Shrimp Salad$13.99
With Tuna Salad$10.99
With Egg Salad$8.99
Fresh Fruit
$7.99
with sherbet or ice cream
Tunafish Salad
$11.99
with tomato, lettuce, sliced cucumber, black olives, potato salad and coleslaw
Chicken Salad
$11.99
with potato salad, coleslaw, sliced tomato, lettuce, sliced cucumber and black olives
Individual Can Of Salmon
$10.99
with potato salad, coleslaw, sliced tomato, lettuce, sliced cucumber and black olives
Egg Salad
$9.99
with potato salad, coleslaw, sliced tomato, lettuce, sliced cucumber and black olives
Imported Skinless & Boneless Sardines
$9.99
with hard boiled egg, sliced tomato, lettuce and potato salad
cherries, pineapples, butterscotch, marshmallows, whipped cream, chocolate syrup, banana, hot fudge, strawberries or walnuts
Each$1.25
Belgian Waffle
with syrup and butter
$5.99
With Ice Cream, One Or Two Flavor$8.99
Waffle & Ice Cream Extreme
$9.99
a hot and fluffy waffle loaded with ice cream covered in hot fudge, wet walnuts, crushed cherries, butterscotch & loads of whipped cream, topped with a cherry
Cakes & Such
New York Style Cream Cheese Cake
$4.99
With Cherries Or Blueberries$5.99
Assorted Puddings
$3.50
Cinnamon Buns
$2.99
Assorted Muffins & Low-fat Muffins
$2.50
Melon
$3.99
in season
Collosal Chocolate Layer Cake
$5.99
Collosal Carrot Cake
$5.99
Jewish Apple Cake
$4.99
Specialty Cakes
$5.99
Sundaes
Banana Split
3 Dips$6.99
Pineapple Sundae
$4.99
Chocolate Sundae
$4.99
Marshmallow Sundae
$4.99
Strawberry Sundae
$4.99
Chocolate Nut Sundae
$5.99
Hot Fudge Sundae
$5.99
Butterscotch Sundae
$4.99
Fudge Nut Sundae
$6.50
From Our Fountain
Super Sundae
$7.99
five dips or ice cream hot fudge, butterscotch, crushed cherries, maple walnuts, globs of whipped cream and topped with a cherry
Banana Bongo
$7.99
a mug full, three dips of ice cream, nuts, sliced bananas and a large head of creamy marshmallow, topped with a cherry
Magic Mountain
$7.99
a mountain of three dips of ice cream, chocolate chips, crushed pineapple and cherry, whippedcream, topped with a cherry
Big Fresser
$8.99
heaps of ice cream (5 dips), crushed cherries, sliced bananas, hot fudge, marshmallow... whew! maple walnut and can you believe a mountain of whipped cream too! topped with a cherry
Ben Shore and Irv Chudnoff opened the doors to Ben & Irv's Delicatessen in the fall of 1954 on 7701 Ogontz Avenue in the West Oak Lane section of Philadelphia. Customers came from the surrounding neighborhoods of Mt. Airy, Chestnut Hill, Cheltenham and Elkins Park for the finest quality meats, smoked fish and cheese in the city. They were an instant hit in the neighborhood due to their hard work and dedication in addition to the friendly over-the-counter service they provided.This dedication that Ben & Irv instilled upon their employees and themselves inspired Ben's son-in-law, Len Bromberg and his colleague Marty Margulies to dream bigger.