By Marshall Weiss, The Dayton Jewish Observer Adam Baumgarten was 15 years old when he met Steve Bernstein for the first time. “I was interviewing to be a dishwasher at the Uptown Deli,” he recalled. “Sitting there with him, a Merit Menthol Ultralight 100 in his giant hand, he looked at

Steve Bernstein, founder, owner and chef of Bernstein’s Fine Catering — a mainstay of Dayton’s general and Jewish communities — died Thursday night, June 23. He was 73. “Steve passed away unexpectedly yesterday evening,” Bernstein’s Fine Catering Co-Owner/Chef Adam Baumgarten wrote in a community email on Friday morning. “Our thoughts and

By Marshall Weiss, The Dayton Jewish Observer With the lease almost up at their storefront at Randolph Plaza and facing a move to West Carrollton, Steve Bernstein, owner of Bernstein’s Fine Catering, and his vice president, Adam Baumgarten, felt remorse about leaving Clayton. That was until Friday, May 13, when

Bernstein to close kosher grocery By Marshall Weiss, The Dayton Jewish Observer Steve Bernstein In 1997, Steve Bernstein decided to make over his restaurant, Uptown Deli, into a kosher grocery, in addition to his catering business, Bernstein’s Fine Catering. Eleven years later, he has seen his catering business go through