It was also known for fresh pastries, Louisiana gumbo and, to the shock of some, pork. My father would ship orders out by bus!”īut the Olde-Tyme Deli was more than corned beef and kugel. “You couldn’t buy Passover foods in the grocery store, so Jewish families would send orders from congregations all over Mississippi. “If you were dropping your kids off at Jacobs Camp in Utica or driving through Jackson on your way to New Orleans, the deli was a regular stop.” Of course, this was before specialty food products were available at your local Kroger.
“For the Jews, the deli was like Mecca,” Michelle recalls. By catering to Mississippi’s Jewish community, it soared. With plenty of retail experience and family recipes under their collective belt, their new venture was sure to thrive. Their goal was simple: Provide the dishes they know best with a commitment to service, courtesy and quality. Together, they opened Olde-Tyme Deli in Jackson’s Highland Village Shopping Center in August 1961. They fell in love, married, and moved to Memphis, where they each continued in their chosen professions, and had the first of their three children.įor reasons the family isn’t quite sure of, Judy’s parents decided that they wanted to leave Clarksdale and move down to Jackson, the state’s capitol, and open a restaurant. Louis, Mo., where she worked for a medical records company at a local hospital. Judy left the Delta as a young woman and landed in St. Judy Feldman grew up in Clarksdale, where her parents, Shelda and Mike Binder, owned a dry goods store. Sixteen years after Irv and Judy served their last Reuben, people still mourn the loss of this family-owned restaurant that was truly one of a kind. The deli closed in 2000, but for 39 years it served Jackson-area Jews and non-Jews, as well as Jewish communities across Mississippi. This is the kind of story that people still share with Michele Schipper, daughter of Irv and Judy Feldman, owners of Olde-Tyme Deli in Jackson.
“When I was a little girl, your father would always give me a cookie.” – Judy and Irv Feldman at Jackson’s Olde-Tyme Deli Photograph courtesy Bill Aron, from his Shalom Y’all collection
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