Kohn's is for sale. St. Louis' only kosher deli has served pastrami and community for 6 decades
Jock Winbush was taking a shortcut from Lindbergh Boulevard to Olive Boulevard in Creve Coeur a few years ago, when he saw a sign on a building for Kohn’s Kosher Meat and Deli. On an impulse, he stopped in the store and tasted the pastrami. He thought it was the best he’d ever had.
“They always treat me nice. While you’re waiting, they overfeed you,” Winbush said. “I don’t want any more samples. I’m full as I could be when I leave here.”
Filling bellies has been Kohn’s mission since it opened in 1963. It’s been serving St. Louis’ Jewish and non-Jewish community an array of meats, knishes, soups and salads ever since. But the family-owned business may soon be in new hands. Earlier this month, the store went up for sale, causing patrons like Winbush to do a little panic-buying.
“I’ve been stocking up on killer pastrami because I don’t know where else I’ll be able to get it if they’re going to go,” he said.
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