Tag: X-cel
saturday november 17th 2007
Jello Shots After Lunch: X-cel Owner Finds a New Home
A few weeks ago, there was a public outcry when Buffalo Rising and The Buffalo News announced to the city that Elmwood's X-cel Produce, home of the largest (if not the best) traditional deli sandwich in Buffalo, was closing its doors. After 25 years, John Darowz, known by some as the "Sandwich Nazi", decided to move on to bigger and better things. It was hard for his customers to believe that this restaurant and market, full of character and good food, would no longer be there for them.
But the food business has been changing, and after sticking it out through thick and thin in this struggling block of Elmwood, Darowz decided to get himself a new gig.
As a long time customer of James Desiderio Wholesale Produce (known to most as Desiderio's), Darowz had developed a special relationship with the folks that run this closely knit f…
