Mike and Jerry Winston opened their first restaurant in Tinley Park in 1998, and the brothers decided to do it again in the Southport area in 2007. The second space, a deli/take-out counter/restaurant combo, aims to please the neighborhood's abundance of 25- to 40-year-olds, who won't mind dropping extra cash here to avoid waiting until their numbers are called at Jewel.

The spacious room, with large brick walls and a high exposed-beam ceiling, has a mod sage-green printed booth running along one wall and small tables for noshing. A large series of coolers, packed with beverages and prepared foods, rest against the wall opposite the deli counter. Soups, like chicken and spring veggie stew and tomato soup with basil and goat cheese, are just a few of the tasty temptations. You can also purchase fresh Angus burgers and marinated chicken breast. From the deli, you'll find Boar's Head cheeses and meats, waiting to be cut and weighed to your specification. The case also holds duck spring rolls, chicken wraps, bulgur wheat salad and other rotating side dishes.

If you're eating in, you can choose from gourmet sandwiches like the turkey with caramelized onions, fig compote and watercress or the roasted portobello panini with smoked gouda, roasted red peppers, spicy aioli and red onions; both cost around $7. Get creative with a giant list of ingredients to build your own salad, starting at $7.95 (chicken, salmon or steak cost $2.95 extra). The restaurant also offers entrees like duck leg confit, grilled salmon and spaghetti Bolognese.

Centerstage Reviewer: Christy Bonstell