Is Zingerman's Still Open? Best Thing I Ever Ate Update (Ann Arbor, MI)

Best Thing I Ever Ate, Season 6, Episode 7

Best Thing I Ever Ate featured a holiday deli item from Zingerman's on the 'Season's Eatings' episode. According to Wikipedia, revised 2026-06-16, Zingerman's Community of Businesses is a gourmet food group headquartered in Ann Arbor, Michigan, with Zingerman's Delicatessen as its original and flagship operation, co-founded by Paul Saginaw and Ari Weinzweig. The encyclopedia entry describes the group as having expanded to nine Ann Arbor-based businesses employing more than 500 people, each with shared ownership between the founders and a managing partner. The located business record identifies Zingerman's Next Door Cafe, an adjoining location at 418 Detroit Street, with OpenStreetMap-sourced hours of 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. daily. No source reporting a closure, relocation, or ownership change was found for the Zingerman's businesses.

Food Paradise, Season 4, Episode 17 Aired 2013

Food Paradise's "Deli Paradise" episode (S4E17, 2013) featured Zingerman's Delicatessen, spotlighting the Ann Arbor deli's made-to-order sandwiches and specialty foods. According to Wikipedia (revised 2026-06-16), the delicatessen is the original business and flagship of Zingerman's Community of Businesses, founded by Paul Saginaw and Ari Weinzweig, which has since grown into nine affiliated Ann Arbor businesses employing more than 500 people.