Pickles and Soccer--a match made

Alberto and I ate lunch at a local deli on Saturday.  Alberto wanted to go there because they had a West Ham scarf in the window.  Let me explain since most American's would not understand why this is a draw.  West Ham United is an English Premier league soccer team.  (Football if you are from somewhere else.)  Alberto is a huge soccer fan and living in Colorado does run across a few Colorado Rapids fans, but rarely runs across other English premier league fans.  Sadly, this is how we pick where we are going to eat lunch.  It was easy for me to agree because they had a pickle on their sign.  How could it be all bad?

I have been to many deli's that show pickles or even have pickle in the name and they are no pickle paradise. Jimmy and Drew's was!!  First, like any good deli, they serve every sandwich with a pickle slice on the side. These are BIG pickle slices.  Bigger than some whole pickles.  We also bought a couple pickles as extras.  They had spicy, which was super delicious and regular.  Alberto, who is not really a fan of spicy pickles, said the regular pickle is the best pickle he has had in years.  As a man who probably eats more pickles than he cares to, I think this is high praise!  I ate a sandwich called the Dilly Capone!  The sign wasn't the only think with a pickle, there was a pickle paining, pickles on the table and even a pickle wreath.  I told my dear soccer loving, pickle eatin hubby that I want decorations like that, but I am scared that I would become the crazy pickle lady.  His reply, "Become the crazy pickle lady?"  :)

My husband posted this picture of me on facebook:

He captioned the picture by saying I was taking my pickle obsession to a whole new level and eating pickles for my meal now.  Silly Alberto!  I have been doing that for years.  (I did order and eat part of the Dilly Capone.)

Overall, this place is awesome and we will definitely be back.  The soccer stuff was cool, the pickles were whimsical and delicious and it was a local establishment which is always good.  Oh yeah, the sandwiches were okay too!  :)