Cavaretta's Italian Deli

L Ann

First time here. Wonderful subs and lots of other goodies. Will frequent, when visiting the Valley. Highly recommend this deli.

Adriana Mendez Lang

Best sandwiches in The Valley. Quality and fresh ingredients can be tasted from the first bite. Wait line can be long at times so I recommend ordering over the phone.

ziggy star

This place is disgusting! They served me a small Buffalo chicken sandwich the works with extra mold on the bread. 🤢🤮🤮 wish I looked before biting into it! The bread is extra hard and moldy! Plus their ceiling fan has like 3 inches of dust on the plates! They also sold me a 3 year expired can of tomatoes. Do not go here!

Dave Kaplan

Cavaretta's Italian Deli has been a West Valley institution since 1959, and it's no surprise. They haven't forgotten the formula of providing a quality product, with incredible attention to detail and old school customer service!! Appropriately enough, they're located on the west end of a section of Sherman Way, between Owensmouth and Shoup, that is known as a bit of a valley time warp....a mile and a half stretch of boulevard that harkens one back to a simpler, more analog time. Independent boutiques, craft shops, health food stores, pubs, pizza places, and Cavaretta's all proudly line this length of thoroughfare largely unexploited by corporate big box stores. Walking into Cavaretta's, one is instantly transported back to that simpler time....a time when kids went with their parents to the local Italian market to grab ingredients for home cooked meals, or friends met to order hand-sliced sandwiches to take for lunch at the ball game or beach. Want more proof of the old school, analog feel at Cavaretta's?? The first thing one does when walking in is "take a number"....yep, those paper pull tickets....just like the old days at the butcher shop!! And, honestly, there's so much great eye candy in Cavaretta's, from the small aisles of imported Italian ingredients in their market (one of the few places in LA to find uncut fusilli pasta....see pic!!), to the shelves upon shelves of Dodgers bobbleheads and LA rock 'n roll ephemera, including classic 1980s KLOS and KMET band stickers that used to be handed out at legendary LA concerts, that one doesn't even mind the wait!! The music plays behind the counter, and the employees all buzz around to the beat of the music, and seem to be having fun, as they serve customers....and that energy is absolutely infectious!! While I was waiting to be be served, The Beatles' "Strawberry Fields Forever" was playing, and I caught the eye of one of the employees as we were both nodding our heads to the classic tune, and he immediately points to me and asks, "Where are we going to?" And without missing a beat I answer, "Strawberry Fields!" He gives a quick affirmative gesture, and says, "YEA!!" Now, that exchange might be one of those "you had to be there" moments, but it exemplifies the positive energy and rare attention to customer service that one gets at Cavaretta's!! I highly recommend experiencing Cavaretta's old school flavor for yourself. Pick up some hard to find ingredients for your next family meal, or grab a sandwich with some of their fresh Boar's Head meats, but whatever you do, don't leave without treating yourself to one of their legendary cannolis!! 😎👍