A customer orders a sandwich at Lee's Deli, 2615 Washington Ave., on Friday, June 22, 2018. In 1971 LeRoy Neu bought the delicatessen and it became Lee’s Deli, a name that sticks today, 47 years later.
MEGAN BURKE,
Lee's Deli
Melinda Christensen, who's worked at Lee's Deli for six years, makes a sandwich on Friday, June 22, 2018. In all the years John Henes has been in charge, he’s only made one menu change: dropping the German Delight, which required German meats that no other sandwiches used. As its popularity faded, Henes crossed it off the menu board and replaced it with a new sandwich, the Hen House.
MEGAN BURKE,
Lee's Deli
Audrey Bonnar, 83, speaks on the phone at Lee's Deli in Racine on Friday, June 22, 2018. She's worked at the deli since 1961.
MEGAN BURKE,
Lee's Deli
John Henes, owner of Lee's Deli, takes an order from a customer on Friday, June 22, 2018. Henes has owned the deli for 32 years and knows many of his customers by name.
MEGAN BURKE,
Lee's Deli
A photo of Jonn Henes and two of his friends and co-owners of Lee's Deli hangs on the wall of the deli. Henes, Jim Dobbs and Steve Hurley bought the deli when Henes was 28 years old.
MEGAN BURKE,
Lee's Deli
John Henes, one-third owner and operator of Lee's Deli, and Audrey Bonnar, co-owner of its predecessor business, talk about the history of the Deli on Friday.
MEGAN BURKE,
Lee's Deli
John Henes, operator of Lee's Deli, poses on June 22, 2018, with a picture of himself and the other two co-owners, Jim Dobbs and Steve Hurley, when they bought the deli.
