SAMUEL BRAVERMAN

I was raised in Chicago. I am 63 now and live in California. I started the first deli in an industrial park in 1974 in Santa Clara Ca. I styled it after Bravermans. I built 10 of these delis. I now own an events planning co. Www.panettascatering.com
I owe my beginning to just being a customer at Bravermans. Glenn Nelson, Campbell Ca.

May Dad would drive me in from Oak Park for the sandwiches. The potato pancakes where my favorites though. Thanks for the many memories.

Dear Pearl Braverman and daughrters Marsha and Donna and family. Your husband and father was a true gentleman.He will be missed but never forgotten.I considered Sam a real friend and genuine person.Our sympathy and condolences to you all Mr and mrs,gary Rhine and sons. David and Zvi.

To the Braveman Family It is to late to ask The Weinberg Brothers if they sold to Braverman's Cafeteria/Restaurant the Manhattan Pickles. Please accept my sincere sympathy and condolences on the loss of your beloved husband Samuel.

Dear Mrs. Braverman and all Family ~

I send comfort and love on the passing of a man I never had the pleasure of meeting but whom my parents knew as loyal patrons of Braverman's Cafeteria/Restaurant. They thought the world of Sam and Joseph, whose names were always mentioned with such respect, appreciation and affection in our home. Mom and Dad were touched beyond telling that Sam visited me and them in the hospital when I was born. It remained a cherished family memory. It is...

I was a regular customer at the restaurant in the late 1960's and on one ocasion Sam met me at O'Hare airport with a large box of corned beef sandwiches that I delivered a doctor friend of his in Seattle or Portland. I don't remember which. Sam was not only a good friend, but also a very good restanteur in that he knew what it took to be successful. John Shure [Buckley, IL]

Dear Mrs Braverman and family,
Please accept my sincere sympathy and condolences on the loss of your beloved husband Samuel.
In the early 1940s, my mother would take me and my two younger sisters to shop at Goldblatts and the corner dime store. In nice weather, we walked the nine blocks from Iowa St and Oakley Blvd. After shopping, she would treat us to lunch at the famous BRAVERMANS. All of these years and I could never forget the experience.
The "good old days" that that...

My brother Paul, went to Tuley High, and worked at Bravermans and made a life long friend there. I talk about Bravermans at the Senior Center in Chicago as well as Brown & Koppel's. I worked with Mr. Koppel at the Pickle Barrel restaurant in Old Town in the 60's.We would share stories about his restaurant, Bravermans etc.They are all gone, as is my husband. I am 80 now. IOur family had hundreds of meals there,We grew up in that neighborhood. My sincerest condolences to the family, most...