Wise Sons Jewish Delicatessen

People

Evan Bloom and Leo Beckerman, along with 100 full-time employees

About

College friends Evan and Leo founded Wise Sons Jewish Delicatessen after years of witnessing a decline in the quality and abundance of authentic Jewish deli food. Taking matters into their own hands, they started out by tinkering with pastrami recipes on a gas smoker in Evan’s backyard, and in January 2011, they began a weekly pop-up in a restaurant space. They now have five Bay Area locations, including their flagship deli on 24th Street in San Francisco’s Mission District.

Sourcing

Wise Sons’ makes their pastrami and corned beef with beef brisket that is never administered hormones or antibiotics. They brine the meats in a proprietary blend of spices and smoke the pastrami for nearly 7 hours over real hickory wood.