Carnegie Deli to close!

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Was stunned when I heard about this yesterday. Best Jewish/deli food by far. Had the good fortune of eating a couple sammies (corned beef) there years ago when I vacationed in NYC with my dad.

RIP Carnegie Deli :cry:
 

tarheelhockey

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The sandwiches there were expensive, but just unbelievably huge.

Also, it was the only place where I've ever had pickles and thought they tasted good. They'd serve a bunch of 'em in a bowl as appetizers.
 

LetsGoIslanders

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It's probably the last old school deli in Midtown. I've gotten sandwiches there a few times. It wasn't really too impressive in terms of places to get lunch in Midtown. The guys in my office who are old enough to say they could be my parents say the quality sucks now. I usually either get Chinese in our little food court downstairs from Taiwanese proprietor, a Kosher sandwich from an Israeli guy who opened up a sandwich shop the building, or go across the street to a Korean-owned place that has a huge gourmet buffet and awesome sandwiches. They have Bulgogi and the best of Korea, but they clearly had a consultant design their sandwich menu. It's the best. I think Carnegie Deli probably went down hill as American palates became more discerning, that is especially so in Manhattan.
 

Dr Pepper

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One sold toys and the other sold food, so not really a fair comparison. Strange idea.

....Not quite what I meant. :laugh:

Schwartz's Deli is a well-known delicatessen in Montreal that's actually been around longer than Carnegie's. I've been there a few times, and it is indeed delicious.

Was asking if anyone who'd been to both places, could compare the two in terms of deli sandwich mastery.
 

tarheelhockey

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It's probably the last old school deli in Midtown. I've gotten sandwiches there a few times. It wasn't really too impressive in terms of places to get lunch in Midtown. The guys in my office who are old enough to say they could be my parents say the quality sucks now. I usually either get Chinese in our little food court downstairs from Taiwanese proprietor, a Kosher sandwich from an Israeli guy who opened up a sandwich shop the building, or go across the street to a Korean-owned place that has a huge gourmet buffet and awesome sandwiches. They have Bulgogi and the best of Korea, but they clearly had a consultant design their sandwich menu. It's the best. I think Carnegie Deli probably went down hill as American palates became more discerning, that is especially so in Manhattan.

This is the most New Yorker paragraph in existence.
 

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Add to the list of why 2016 is the worst year ever. And I never got to go there. :(

Any New Yorkers have a favorite sandwich there?

It survived the bitter divorce of Harper-Levine and her former co-owner husband Sandy several years ago after revelations that he has been cheating on her both physically and financially with a waitress.

pay back? lol
 

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had takeout from there a couple of times. MSG has a satellite kiosk I hit it last week when I went to the Rangers game. The Sandwich was the best part of that trip. It's still good stuff. But, I think Katz is better and Harolds in NJ is just ridiculous.
 

LetsGoIslanders

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This is the most New Yorker paragraph in existence.

Thanks, I guess. I lived in Fairfield County until I was 10, when we moved to Atlanta. I was 28 when I landed back my native New York (nearly all my extended family lives on Long Island, in Queens, or Connecticut) after stops in Grand Forks (college), Dallas, and DC. Compared to most New Yorkers who I work with I am a rube. The sandwich place gets my order wrong? Whatever. I'm annoyed, but I'll eat the sandwich. Maybe it will be good. That guy who grew up in Queens is on the elevator and demanding a free sandwich within a microsecond of tasting chicken instead of turkey. :laugh:
 

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