![]() Maybe not the best analogy right now, but this did not deter Pastrami Queen from opening its doors at its second location on 72nd Street & Broadway in the former Fine & Shapiro store. You are only as good as your last performance,” says David Zilenziger, General Manager. “The restaurant business is like Broadway. It became Pastrami Queen in homage to the borough where it thrived for so long. Pastrami Queen was Pastrami King before it moved to Manhattan in 1998 from the NYC Borough of Queens and before that, from Roebling Street in Williamsburg in 1956. If its menu ushers in memories of simpler times like being a kid on the boardwalk and enjoying a hot Coney Island square knish, well there is a reason for that. You could also say Pastrami Queen is one of the upstarts, when at just 65 brazen years young, as of all things, she opened a second location in the middle of a pandemic. Delis in New York City – or anywhere, for that matter – don’t get much bigger endorsements than that. When the late Anthony Bourdain was out of the US and away from home, the food he craved the most was Pastrami Queen’s pastrami on rye. The Pastrami Queen Anthony Bourdain and the Pastrami Queen in Manhattan, on Long Island, and yes, nationwide. And even when it was reopened at 25% capacity, the staff had to focus on boosting its online deals, presence, discounts, and deliveries above and below 14th St. Steve Thali, executive VP at Sarge’s, says the dining room once comprised half the business. in lower Manhattan just for deliveries and pick-up to capture that Manhattan market, and set their kitchens up to prepare virtual multiple brands under one roof…without brick and mortar rents. ![]() Sarge’s has taken two unusual strategies: they set up a ghost kitchen on Vandam St. But you can still order “The Monster,” which shows you are a serious consumer. Ok, so you won’t be seeing the classic booths stuffed with suits or hipsters, or by clubby types who clamor for a repast way past midnight. Sarge’s motto is “You’re hungry, and we never close,” and it features the one and only Monster sandwich. In the mood for the mountains of meat served on grainy rye in one of the delis in New York City? Run, don’t walk to Sarge’s, one of the only Jewish delis open 24/7. Sarge’s Delicatessen Sarge’s and the “Monster Sandwich” Recently a customer called in: “I want four Nova Scotia sandwiches with cream cheese, tomato, and extra, extra, extra onions…” Gary Greengrass, who was purportedly hatched from a salmon egg, replied, “Is that your version of social distancing”? Barney Greengrass The faded wallpaper and worn linoleum scream old-school Jewish eatery, even as the crowds change, and elderly regulars are joined by carefully cultivated blondes pushing thousand-dollar strollers.Īffectionately known as “The Sturgeon King,” Barney Greengrass has been sustaining itself on mail order: getting its products to where you get a craving – from vacation homes on Martha’s Vineyard to Hawaii, Alaska, and the Hamptons. Interested in eating your way across NYC? One of the oldest delis in New York City, it’s called its current location on the Upper West Side home since 1929. This is the place where fish want to be smoked.
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