Isle of Palms Magazine Summer 2017

20 www.IsleOfPalmsMagazine.com | www.ILoveIOP.com | www.IOPmag.com had become time to forever close the restaurant’s doors. Over the 30 years they lived in New Jersey, Steve and April visited the Lowcountry often, to see relatives and escape the Northern winters. In 1999, they bought a house in Wild Dunes as a holiday and summer getaway, and, when the Deli closed, it just seemed right to move there full-time. “We love it here,” Auerbach said. “We’re close to the beach, to my boat, to downtown Charleston and to plenty of golf courses. There’s a saying that God isn’t making any more beachfront property. That’s why Isle of Palms is so special. And we don’t miss those New York winters!” Today, Steve Auerbach is a real estate agent at Carolina One. Asked if he might ever get back into the delicatessen business, he noted that daughter Lana has solid experience in restaurant hospitality and might want to try her hand at the matzo ball soup and stuffed derma market. If the right opportunity came along, he’d welcome the chance to work with her in the business they both love, even though, “The Stage was open 365 days a year and someone had to be on-site 22 hours every day. It’s a tough way to make a buck.” Plus, he’s not sure he’d like to once again take on the job of educating new customers about deli. “At the Stage, every once in a while someone would come in and order a pastrami sandwich with mayonnaise. One of our waiters, most of whom had been with us for 25 years or more, would discreetly tell the customer that putting mayo on pastrami was ‘illegal’ in the city of New York. But, if the customer kept it to himself, he’d slip him a little bit on the side.” C A P T U R E Y O U R B E A C H M E M O R I E S ess Wood P H O T O G R A P H Y J Book your on location photo session call 843.269.4799 www.jesswoodphotography.com Woof Gang Bakery & Grooming Mount Pleasant -RKQQLH 'RGGV %OYG ‡ @woofgangbakery_mtp @wgbmtpleasant Healthy Pet Food D +1.)!0 '! .! 0/ D (+* 05(! .++)%*# (1/$ k +1#$ +5/ D +10%-1! +1/!3 .!/ D $!3/ k +*!/ 05(%/$ !//+.%!/ D * 1 $ +.!H “WE LOVE RUNNING ON THE BEACH!” ISLAND DOGS U