Cheese n Stuff Deli

Meet Stan Zawatski. Stan started working at Cheese 'n Stuff when he was just a teen. Here he is, many years later, and now he has all the responsibility that his father had, and his grandfather before that.

Stan Zawatski

Cheese n Stuff opened its doors in 1949.

Also happening around that time:

Color TV was introduced to the Public. The cost (adjusted to today's dollars) was $14,000
The tape recorder was invented
President Harry Truman desegregates the US Army, and urges a Civil Rights program for the United States
The Sound Barrier was broken
American Broadcasting Company (ABC) TV network debuts
"William Tell" French opera by Gioachino Rossini premieres in Salle Le Peletier, Paris
First "stored" computer program is run
The first transistor is used in place of a tube
Alcoholic Anonymous founded in Britain
The 45 RPM record was introduced by RCA Records
East Germany was founded. 12 years later The Wall would appear practically overnight. It would stand for 28 years.
The CIA was founded.
"Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer" appears on music charts
Dragnet first airs on the radio.
Apartheid begins in South Africa
Cheese 'n Stuff served its first Reuben. 62 years later, it would serve its 1,000,000th sandwich to C.J. Hassett.

Have fun reviewing some of the photos from years gone by. Stop by to say "HI" to Stan, and to his daughters that may someday be here to serve your children and your grandchildren.

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