Lunch at Romanelli's Italian Deli - Family Owned Since 1975

What a great place - where do I start... A friend and I tried their lunch the other day. I had the spagetti and chicken parmesan, and she had the spagetti with eggplant. Both were hot and tasty, and good enough portions to provide additional meals. Of course we couldn't leave without getting some homemade potato salad, pasta salad, etc.. and .... their bakery goods are way too tempting. Everything is made in house from scratch. They also sell a wide variety of wonderful Italian food items.
I have posted pictures below of their menu.
Here is a link to their website:

https://www.romanellisitaliandeli.com/menu

Here are some comments from others:

Family owned and operated for over 40 years (since 1975), Romanelli’s is an Italian deli, bakery, grocery store and imported specialty foods shop. The deli sandwich and shop menu lists 24 sandwiches and subs. All are served on ten-inch white, wheat, sliced rye or hard-crust Italian bread with your choice of lettuce, tomato, red onion and Romanelli’s Italian dressing. Also on the menu are ten hot subs and eight fresh cold specialty sandwiches and salads. Party subs–three, four and six foot sizes–can be made for you, too. The menu also offers pasta dinners, homemade pizza, Italian pastries. Your challenge will be in deciding just what to order. There’s just so much to choose from.

In naming Romanelli’s 2023’s “Best of Phoenix” winner in the Italian Deli category, The Phoenix New Times may have said it best: “Walking into Romanelli’s Italian Deli is like gliding into an olfactory orgy. As soon as the smells of freshly baked bread, zesty spices, piquant peppers, tangy cheeses and cured meats hit your nostrils, your mouth starts watering, and your eyes start wandering.” Though the Phoenix New Times cites only olactory and visual senses, Romanelli’s doesn’t exclude your other senses. Probably the most prevalent is sense of taste, when you finally get to bite down on an incomparably delicious meal and follow it up with a dessert that will certainly expand your waistline.

It didn’t dawn on me until after our visit that how fitting it is that Romanelli’s Italian Deli is located on Dunlap Avenue. Visit Romanelli’s with any degree of regularity and you’re bound to be afflicted with Dunlap’s Disease.)**. Dan “The Tire Man” Marsh describes it as “Done lapped over the belt” disease. The symptoms include “a sudden need to unbutton your pants after a meal (a classic blowout!), an inexplicable gravitational pull towards comfy sweatpants and the inexplicable disappearance of your feet when looking down. Among the causes of Dunlap’s Disease are visiting Romanelli’s frequently.

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