“It’s a Chicken Salad” TikTok Makes Cleveland Deli a Star

“Y’all better come up here and get one of these,” Tanisha says in the video, gesticulating to her salad with a plastic fork.

“What’s that?” says Wael Herbawi, the deli’s owner, from offscreen.

“It’s a chicken salad,” Tanisha says.

“From where?” Wael asks.

“81st Deli [on] Superior.”

“What’s on it?”

“I got chicken, pickles, banana peppers, bell peppers, tomatoes, onions…”

Wael posted the video to his @81stdeli TikTok account on Aug. 28, and 17 million views later, it’s a phenomenon…