Close to home on Havana
Solomon Gurzhiev, owner of Solomon's Grocery & European Delicatessen, stands for a portrait behind the counter of his Havana Street deli, April 24....
Solomon Gurzhiev, owner of Solomon's Grocery & European Delicatessen, stands for a portrait behind the counter of his Havana Street deli, April 24. Gurzhiev opened the deli in 2002 and runs it with his son. Portrait by PHILIP B. POSTON/Sentinel Colorado AURORA | Religious persecution forced Solomon Gurzhiev from the former Soviet Union into Aurora. Solomon was an architectural engineer, turned butcher. Before moving to Aurora, he suffered a traumatic eye injury working as an engineer. He eventually found work as a butcher in Tajikistan.