Mountain Xpress: Viva Deli goes dark

Jason Sandford

Jason Sandford is a reporter, writer, blogger and photographer interested in all things Asheville.

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Mountain Xpress is the bearer of the sad news for fans of chopped liver, boiled bagels and egg salad on pretzel bread: Viva Deli, the fine West Asheville deli across from Sunny Point, has closed.

From Xpress:

It’s probably not a good sign for an establishment when its Haywood Road marquee — which typically shouts out daily specials and funny sayings — says that one of the co-owners is an “A-Hole.”

That sign was up all day on Thursday and was taken down in the afternoon. A picture appeared on the West Asheville Facebook page.

Indeed, the deli has closed at that location for good, reports co-owner Glenn Goldberg. He and Peter Callahan owned the business, which opened at 625 Haywood Road in January of last year. Goldberg had previously operated the popular Viva Europa in Montford.

Read the full article here.