One of my favorite things about Michigan's Upper Peninsula is that there are so many small and unique towns and cities that have absolute staples of the community. From what I'm learning, that's exactly what Ralph's Italian Deli in the small city of Ishpeming, outside of Marquette, is for them. From the outside it looks like your normal small town deli, but once you step inside you see that not only do they have a lot to offer, but people have come from all over the state and country to take a little piece of Ralph's with them.

Cory Kattelus has been spending a lot of his time discovering places up north that the rest of the state may not be privy to. As someone who's headed up north in a few weeks, this comes right in the nick of time, as he exclaimed his love for the deli and their pizza...