About
The History of the Groucho's® name is a story unto
itself, and one that can only be told as follows.
Harold "Groucho" Miller came to Columbia, South
Carolina in 1941 with a handful of original
recipes for potato salad, cole slaw, and various
salad and sandwich dressings, most of which were
thought up during his childhood in a Philadelphia
orphanage.
These humble beginnings, along with the idea that
"quality is the most important ingredient in a
sandwich" are only where this story begins.
Ivan Miller, recollected in an interview with the
Columbia Record in 1986, "When Pop first opened
this store, Columbia was a small town, and
everything had a label. Here he (Harold Miller)
was this really crazy kind of guy. Always, joking.
Always had a big cigar. A mustache. He looked like
Groucho Marx, he talked like Groucho Marx, and to
Columbia, he was Groucho Marx. So that is how the
name came about."
Throughout the generations, Groucho's Deli has
held true to the idea of using only the highest
quality products and ingredients, which has in
turn led Groucho's® to a legendary status.