The lunch rush at the Whale of the Deli on Monday arrived in waves as patrons floated in to gaze at three blackboards announcing custom sandwiches, pizza and Mexican food. Cheers from the Winter Olympics played on the television in the maroon-tinged room while the deli’s matriarch presided from behind the counter.
Marisol Salgado, who has co-owned the deli with her ex-husband, David Morales, since 2002, calls locals by their first name and treats tourists…