Capra's Deli

 

Located at 2640 Willard Dairy Road in High Point, Capra’s Deli serves soups, sandwiches, salads, and pasta dishes for lunch and dinner Monday through Friday (and 11-4 on Saturday). Premade take-home meals are available for pick-up, and Capra’s also offers online ordering as well as catering platters for events.

 

Capra’s has been in business for more than forty years and undoubtedly has a loyal local following. I gave it a try in 2019 shortly after moving from Greensboro and wasn’t impressed. A more recent visit last week yielded a similar take. The menu features everything you would hope to find, and nothing was substandard. However, nothing was exceptional, either.

 

Though Capra’s does give off a few Italian market vibes, don’t come here expecting Giacomo’s. The meats are Boar’s Head, yet the sauces at least seem to be made in-house. If nothing else, ordering is convenient and efficient. Order/pay and pick-up lines are clearly labeled, and I didn’t have long to wait for my food.

 

Having previously rolled the dice with an Italian sub, I went with an Italian sausage all the way (onions, peppers, sauce, cheese). At $7.75 (bag of chips included), the price for an 8-inch was fair. The sandwich packed a good bit of heat, from both the fennel-rich sausage and the hot (though green were requested) peppers. The spice was definitely welcome in this case, and it made up for the sandwich’s so-so bread.

 

If a hot or cold Italian sandwich is your comfort food craving, Capra’s is a perfectly decent option for fulfilling it, and you can definitely do a lot worse. However, if you're from the New York/New Jersey area (I actually grew up in the same New Jersey town the Capra family relocated from, and maybe that has made me picky), then you have probably had better.