The Carnegie Deli Lives!

[devildeac]

Sporks to Ozzie for finding this and sending to me.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/12/n...ml?mwrsm=Email

[weezie]

Katz's is better!

[BD80]

Sporks to Ozzie for finding this and sending to me.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/12/n...ml?mwrsm=Email

Is this where Derrick Rose was?

Knick gnoshing?

[rsvman]

Katz's is better!

Yeah, but you can't pick up a Katz's sandwich inside Madison Square Garden!

[RPS]

Katz's is better!

Second this.

[OZZIE4DUKE]

Katz's is better!

Katz has better corned beef. Carnegie had better pastrami! But Chutzpah Deli in Virginia has even better!'

[budwom]

Katz has better corned beef. Carnegie had better pastrami! But Chutzpah Deli in Virginia has even better!'

stupendously inaccurate. The Virginia reference actually proves it.

[-jk]

stupendously inaccurate. The Virginia reference actually proves it.

Is there a real deli south of the Mason Dixon line?

Or is 'merica mixed up enough now...

-jk

[bjornolf]

I've eaten at all three. I actually preferred Chutzpah. It's owned and operated by a transplant native of Brooklyn, which probably has something to do with it. It's also way cheaper.

[ricks68]

Is there a real deli south of the Mason Dixon line?

Or is 'merica mixed up enough now...

-jk

Used to be many in South Florida. Now, just a few smaller ones. (If you can find them.)

ricks

[RPS]

I've eaten at all three. I actually preferred Chutzpah. It's owned and operated by a transplant native of Brooklyn, which probably has something to do with it. It's also way cheaper.

Never been to Chutzpah. Been to both esteemed NYC establishments many times. I think Katz's is a fair amount better all around.

[budwom]

Is there a real deli south of the Mason Dixon line?

Or is 'merica mixed up enough now...

-jk

Below the Mason Dixon line, any counter with a hunk of ham and a wad of cheese counts as a deli.

[YmoBeThere]

Below the Mason Dixon line, any counter with a hunk of ham and a wad of cheese counts as a deli.

Granite counters?

[BD80]

Granite counters?

You could take a deli counter for granite?

[freshmanjs]

Is there a real deli south of the Mason Dixon line?

Or is 'merica mixed up enough now...

-jk

Kenny & Ziggy's in Houston is fantastic!

[YmoBeThere]

You could take a deli counter for granite?

Are we still in the era of monochromatic Formica? If so, I'll take mine olive green please!

[ricks68]

Kenny & Ziggy's in Houston is fantastic!

My wife was friends with Kenny growing up. We used to eat there when we lived in Houston. K and Z split quite a few years ago. Since the split, it has become known nationally with TV coverage and a decent length movie documentary about it. IMO, the atmosphere is pretty good and the food is pretty good, but it doesn't compare to the original Rosedale's, Pumpernick's, Rascal House, Wolfie's, etc. (and there were a lot of etcs.) in Miami and Miami Beach. I don't really understand why real delis have ceased to exist, as the food was fantastic. I guess sandwiches weighing a pound or more stacked with warm , specialty cured meat and sauerkraut and Russian Dressing, spicy mustard, with house-cured crisp pickles on the side along with a slice of cheesecake larger than the size of a brick (with close to the same consistancy, it seemed) for dessert went out of favor.----along with a myriad of other delicasies that great delis had that needed extra-long menus to list.

Maybe the goal was just to become obese rather than enjoying the trip to get there. Big Macs and KFC are cheaper and faster to consume and obtain the same end goal, so why bother with the joy of eating something really, really delicious in a great atmosphere. Sigh.😢

ricks

[freshmanjs]

Delicious dinner at Kenny & Ziggy's on Sunday night. Chopped liver and the Fiddler on the Roof of Your Mouth (Pastrami, CB, cole slaw, russian)

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[ricks68]

Delicious dinner at Kenny & Ziggy's on Sunday night. Chopped liver and the Fiddler on the Roof of Your Mouth (Pastrami, CB, cole slaw, russian)

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I hope you had a piece of their black and white cheesecake for dessert. (I never could finish it, so I always took the rest home for another day---or two.&#128540

ricks

[budwom]

I hope you had a piece of their black and white cheesecake for dessert. (I never could finish it, so I always took the rest home for another day---or two.&#128540

ricks

I've been to Katz's a zillion times, and at the far end of their counter (past the meats, the fries, the drinks) there is a case full of nice looking mega cakes of all kinds, very enticing.
And yet, in all the times I've been there, I've yet to see anyone, ever, make it that far and grab a dessert...after eating a gigundo sandwich and possibly a huge plate of mega fries, there
simply isn't much room. They do look good, though.