Jo-El’s Kosher Deli, Market & Café is a family-owned and operated establishment in St. Petersburg, FL for the last four decades. We take pride in having the highest quality products and offering great customer service. Stop by for breakfast or lunch, and contact us for all your catering needs. We carry prepared Kosher foods of all kinds and have a full service butcher shop.
Based on 489 reviews, the restaurant has received a rating of 4.5 stars. Price $$
✔️ Dine-in ✔️ Curbside pickup ✔️ No-contact delivery
Address:
2619 23rd Ave N, St. Petersburg, FL 33713
Phone: (727) 321-3847
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Hours
| Saturday | Closed |
| Sunday | 9 AM–1 PM |
| Monday
(Labor Day)
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Closed
Holiday hours
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| Tuesday | 9 AM–2 PM |
| Wednesday | 9 AM–2 PM |
| Thursday | 9 AM–2 PM |
| Friday | 9 AM–2 PM |
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Reviews
Courtney Langford
I just love this place! Bob was a delight, Lana was so friendly. The marble rye is a must for homemade Reubens & corned beef and cabbage dinner. The bagel with nova spread was perfect, even baby loved it! She did not love the fake chicken noodle soup, she felt dooped…lol. An overall pleasure everytime we go!
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Mark Calonder
Met the owners, Joel and his wife. True gems. Old school service. Excellent food. An absolute MUST visit.
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Edna W.
I had not been to Jo-El’s in a few years (since before the pandemic, so it feels like a lifetime ago), but a friend was interested in going, so I wanted to show her where it was, plus get a whitefish salad and chopped liver fix myself. The whitefish salad is delectable and worth every penny. There is literally nowhere else in St. Pete (and, I think, in the entire Tampa Bay area) to get wonderful, smoked whitefish salad like this. I haven’t dipped into the chopped liver yet (I bought both items to go), but I’m thrilled beyond measure to have it all in my fridge. I really appreciate that Jo-El’s exists, as I think it is still the only 100% kosher place for observant Jews to shop for groceries in this entire area. Therefore, it is very important. I don’t keep kosher myself but deeply appreciate that it is there for those who do, and also for those of us who just want to support that AND enjoy their wonderful food. The only thing I will say that could improve would be if they would have some wheat-free/gluten-free options. If they did, I would have walked out of there with, for example, some fresh wheat-free bagels and possibly a knish or three, as well as some of their beautiful frozen soups, which I passed over, as I’m worried that maybe they have flour as a thickener (ingredients not listed). Anyway, it was great to see and chat with one of the owners again. I said “How are you?” and he replied, “I’m glad we’re still here.” “So am I”, I said. So am I. <3
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Alpha
Hidden Gem, only local knows this place. Kosher market/deli. Here for the bagel and corned beef sandwich. Both are great. The staff are friendly like a neighborhood market.
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James Richardson
I did a pickup order for the Turkey Pastrami sandwich on Challah with Potato Salad and Russian dressing. The sandwich was awesome and well done, dressing was phenomenal. However the potato salad and pickle that came with it all were weird. potato Salad tasted strange, maybe miracle whip in it. The pickle was bitter and didn’t taste like vinegar or any pickle I’d had before, it was almost like it wasn’t fully pickled, I did not go beyond a bite. Great customer service by the black gentlemen upfront though. Good prices as well.
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cheryl
Omgosh…so good! We had the hot pastrami on homemade rye with Russian dressing and a hot corned beef. We also bought some incredible poppy seed rugelach.
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Lori R Sacks
On their website they write that everyone feels like home at Jo-el’s and that’s exactly how we felt a minute after walking inside.
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Ted Smith
Terrible matzo sold as shmurah matzo. Looks like machine made to me. And it tasted really bad.
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Carole Lindsell
From NY and googled kosher deli so we took the trip from treasure island. So disappointing! Ordered two LEAN pastrami sandwiches. It was truly pure fat. After a few bites of gagging on fat we threw it out. What a waste of $26.
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Paul Bruns
So we learned about Jo-els while on an Alaskan cruise where we met Joel’s cousin. When he learned that we were from St. Petersburg, he asked if we had been to Jo-els. We had not been, but decided to find the deli and give it a try. We met Joel and told him our story. He then called his cousin so we could tell him we were at the deli. We thoroughly enjoyed our lunch and visit. We definitely will be back.
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