delicatessen
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“Dr. Brown’s Cel-Ray soda with a crunchy delicatessen hot dog and round potato knish. Runner up: anything with a chocolate egg cream made with whole milk and Fox’s U-Bet syrup.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026
Her three siblings have already emigrated, and she is considering shutting down her small delicatessen to follow them abroad.
From Barron's ● Sep. 26, 2026
They gave me this fantastic send-off, with a pop-up delicatessen on the set, called Sam’s Delicatessen.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 22, 2024
This isn’t the first time Sparrow has converted classic New York installations into felt: She previously tackled a 1980s bodega in “8 Till Late,” and a delicatessen with “Lucy’s on 6th.”
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 3, 2023
He suddenly realized he was on the familiar block of low apartment buildings, a store-front church, a delicatessen, a pawn shop, and on the corner, a bar.
From "The Contender" by Robert Lipsyte
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They’ve recently embraced a unique kind of street style — one that’s emblazoned with logos of famous delicatessens and their most popular offerings, like knishes, pastrami, pickles and bagels.
From Salon ● Oct. 8, 2023
Learn how to roll with the best in an afternoon lesson from the sfogline of La Salumeria, one of the city’s best delicatessens.
From National Geographic ● Apr. 17, 2023
Matzo ball soup, chopped liver, kugel, salami and pickled herring — it’s all on display at “I’ll Have What She’s Having,” an exhibition in Los Angeles exploring Jewish delicatessens.
From New York Times ● Jul. 19, 2022
Jobs will also go in the supermarkets with the closure of its delicatessens and fresh fish and meat counters.
From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2020
Through personal letters to desirable shops, delicatessens, boarding-houses, colleges, etc.
From Every Step in Canning by Grace Viall Gray
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