Farmer’s Deli is a breakfast or lunch spot brought to you by Chef/owner Justin Halvorsen.  Opening in summer 2023 it is the result of 24 years of cooking in various capacities for others and now he has his own gig.  The place highlights locally sourced food and ingredients.  It is a food truck behind Bar Rio and next to the restaurant Dear Irene.  There are no tables right next to it but there are tables by a coffee shop 30 feet away where you are welcome to sit and enjoy your food but many seemed to take it to go.  Halvorsen was raised in Vermont so there are numerous East coast inspired items on the menu.  It’s a small menu but the ingredients are quality indeed, even bread from Sparrow Bakery.  Both sandwiches we tried were generous portions and could have easily been split.  They each came with a nice pickle spear.  A fun off-the-beaten-track place to grab a quick bite to eat.

Set-Up

 

Food

We tried the Chzy Grilled Cheeses that came on sourdough bread with Tillamook white cheddar.   There were several options you could add for $2 and we chose the hot honey ham which was a country smoked ham drizzled with honey and Farms hot sauce.  The grilled bread was fairly thick and dripping with white cheese.  It was quite good but messy.

 

The Pastrami on Rye included a cracked pepper pastrami on Jewish rye from Sparrow Bakery and it could be transformed into a Reuben for $2.  This added sauerkraut and Russian dressing, leaving off the mustard.  The sandwich was packed but not evenly distributed.  The pastrami was really smokey and very tender but I’m not sure I liked his sauerkraut.  There was too much of it to evenly match the meat.  I love a Reuben but next time I’d just get that wonderful pastrami with mustard.