Before the rows of black-and-white portraits held court over Deli Divine (5501 Delmar Boulevard, 314-987-3354) from their framed positions on the walls, they lived in forgotten bankers boxes belonging to a late family friend of Ben Poremba named Joe Zimbrolt. Rescued by Poremba from an estate sale where they were likely bound for someone’s basement (or the garbage), the portraits were part of Zimbrolt’s life’s work — not his professional work but the effort he dedicated to living a well-examined life dedicated to art, literature, science and the humanities.