The first thing you should probably know about Paul James, proprietor of the Uncle Paulie’s deli in Los Angeles, is that he doesn’t look like what you might expect. So when you roll into the Italian-American deli and want to meet the guy known as Uncle Paulie, you could be surprised to discover that he’s a 34 year old with a baby face that makes him seem even younger.

“A lot of people look at me and say, ‘You’re not my uncle,’” James says. James got the nickname Uncle Paulie back when he was a kid in Flushing, Queens. It was just one of those nicknames you got in the neighborhood. Anyway, it was funny back then to call the guy who looked really young "Uncle Paulie." And it’s still amusing today.