Zingerman's

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Zingerman's Building on Detroit Street, Ann Arbor, Michigan, around 2002

Zingerman's Delicatessen is an upscale food retailer headquartered in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Zingerman's markets its specialty foods extensively on the web, through its mail order catalog, and in catering and deliveries throughout the Detroit metropolitan area. Founded in March 1982 by Paul Saginaw and Ari Weinzweig, Zingerman's began as a deli place serving Jewish dishes and sandwiches. The enterprise now owns several brand names, including Zingerman's Mail Order, Zingerman's Delicatessen, Zingerman's Coffee Company, Zingerman's Bakehouse, Zingerman's Training, Inc., Zingerman's Catering, Zingerman's Creamery, and Zingerman's Roadhouse. Zingerman's sponsors several mail-order food clubs and occasional culinary study tours. Ari Weinzweig writes a bimonthly newsletter on food and has published books on olive oil, vinegar, and Parmigiano-Reggiano, as well as the more broadly focused Zingerman's Guide to Good Eating.

Zingerman's Delicatessen is located at the corner of Detroit St. and Kingsley St., in an area of Ann Arbor known as Kerrytown. The original brick building (pictured), which echoes the brick lined streets of Kerrytown, houses the deli. Zingerman's Delicatessen also owns an adjacent building featuring sweets and coffee, as well as seating. A courtyard, with picnic tables, separates the two buildings.

On Saturday mornings, especially Saturdays during the University of Michigan football season, the line of people waiting to place their orders extends out the door, around the corner, and down Kingsley St.