HERE I AM AT

HERE I AM AT HIGHWAY 55 IN IMPERIAL MAIN STREET, AND I'M HEADING FOR WHAT I FEEL IS ONE OF THE BEST SANDWICH SHOPS IN SAINT LOUIS, RUMA'S DELI. NOW WHY DO I THINK RUMA'S DELI IS ONE OF THE BEST SANDWICH SHOPS in SAINT LOUIS? OBVIOUSLY, IT'S HISTORY. BACK WHEN I GOT MY FIRST CAR, THE FIRST DATE I EVER WENT ON WAS TO RUMAS DELI WITH A GIRL NAMED LISA. BACK THEN, MY SANDWICH OF CHOICE WAS THE GERBER, BUT NOW IT'S THE HAWAIIAN GERBER. OH, THEY PUT PINEAPPLES ON IT. YEAH, A GERBER WITH PINEAPPLES. BUT ANOTHER OUTSTANDING SANDWICH AT RUMAS DELI IS THE PROSPERITY. IT'S LIKE A GRAVY ON IT. OH, SO GOOD. AND IT MAKES YOU FEEL EXACTLY LIKE THE NAME SAYS, PROSPERITY. THE MENU WHERE RUINS DELI IS UNBELIEVABLE. OF MY FAVORITE THINGS, THE CORNED BEEF REUBEN, THE GERBER SPECIAL, AND THE PROSPERITY ON THAT MENU. BUT THEN AS YOU MOVE OVER RICH BOY SPECIAL. DEE'S SPECIAL THEY GOT THEIR PIZZAS AND PASTAS. YOU KNOW, THE MUST CONTROL WE HERE IS INCREDIBLE. YEAH, SOME PEOPLE WANT TO GO TO ANOTHER RESTAURANT IN SAINT LOUIS BUT THEY GOT NOTHING ON RUMA'S. I HAD TO TAKE A BREAK FROM DOING THAT MENU REVIEW TO GET THIS. LOOK AT THAT. IT'S GOT THOSE PINEAPPLES ON. IT'S THE HAWAIIAN GERBER. OH, LOOK AT THAT. SO MUCH HAM AND PINEAPPLE. THE SMELL IS MAKING ME A LITTLE CRAZY. IT IS SO BIG, YOU HAVE TO ASK YOURSELF, WHERE DO YOU ATTACK IT FIRST? CHECK OUT THE SIZE OF THAT HAWAIIAN GERBER. THIS IS JUST ONE HAlf OF THE SANDWICH. OH, AND IT'S SO LOADED WITH HAM. IT IS SO HOT AND FILLED WITH THE MEAT AND CHEESE. THE FLAVORS ARE JUST SPECTACULAR. I LOVE THIS HAWAIIAN GERBER. I USED TO WANT THE GERBER. RUMA'S DELI, IMPERIAL MAIN STREET. ALRIGHT, DIVE. DIVE INTO THAT PROSPERITY. IT'S GOT THE GRAVY ON IT. SO GOOD. I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW MANY TIMES BEEN ASKED BY PEOPLE WHAT I MISS MOST ABOUT TEACHING. AND OF COURSE IT'S THE KIDS AND THEIR RELATIONSHIPS THERE. BUT THIS ROOM IS DEADLY. AT IMPERIAL MAIN STREET IS JUST AROUND THE CORNER FROM THE SCHOOL I USED TO TEACH. BELIEVE IT OR NOT, YOU BUILD RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE BUSINESSES NEAR THE SCHOOLS YOU TEACH AT. WHEN I STOP IN THE MORNING TO GET COFFEE, IN THE COFFEE SHOP, I MISS THEM SO MUCH. AND THOSE DAYS WHEN I DROVE PAST HERE WANTING TO GET DINNER ON THE WAY HOME. RUMA'S DELI IS MY FIRST STOP.