[Photo: Robyn Lee] Celebrating the launch of his new book Save the Deli this week, David Sax tells The Feed "his top five "TDF" (to die for) [deli] dishes:" Pastrami at Katz's; chopped liver at 2nd Ave Deli; cabbage...
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[Photographs: Brian Yarvin] Every time I heard an excited comment about the Alpine Deli, somebody was bound to ask what other store could compare with it. The problem, though, is that there are two unrelated shops called the “Alpine...
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The Breakfast of Chumps As Alan Richman recently said, there is little worth eating beyond the pastrami, knockwurst, and hot dogs at the iconic Katz's Deli. Perhaps this isn't surprising. It is a bit like going to Peter Luger and...
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Bklyn Larder opened this week—they didn't have a really good answer on why they hate certain letters—by the owners of Franny's pizzeria down the block, Francine Stephens and her chef-husband Andrew Feinberg. It's pretty small. Just a deli with...
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Photograph from joshbousel on Flickr In an effort to raise money, Queens Museum of Art is auctioning off pieces of real estate from its New York City Panorama model, built by Robert Moses and a team of 100 in anticipation...
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Irish or not, serious eaters need serious corned beef on St. Patty's Day. We've scoured the city for restaurants, delis, and butchers that are pickling and braising beef themselves. This is the serious beef you need.
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It's hard to believe but Niki Russ Federman, the fourth-generation manager of that venerable temple of appetizing, Russ & Daughter’s, cannot stomach the taste of Dr.Brown’s Cel-Ray soda. Yes, it's true. I discovered this startling nugget of information while...
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David Sax of the blog Save the Deli just emailed me the sad news that legendary Carnegie Deli founder Milton Parker passed away last Friday. Parker was 90, and I'd like to think that he owed his longevity to eating...
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Jewish delis, even fair-to-middlin' ones like mini chain Ben's, are an endangered species, so any time a deli stays open (especially one that almost fell into Panera's hands) is cause for celebration. [via Eater]...
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Photograph from ShellyS on Flickr Despite last year's false rumors, this time it sounds pretty real. Just three years after closing, and a year after reopening (not on 2nd Ave), the 2nd Ave Deli is giving birth to a...
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