delicatessen
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The city’s appetizing stores, which first appeared in the late 19th century, are a type of delicatessen that only sells products such as smoked and cured fish, dairy and nuts due to kosher law.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2025
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
Shumana Palit is a wine specialist and the owner of Ultracomida, a delicatessen and wine merchant with stores in Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, and Narberth in Pembrokeshire.
From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2022
The little Jewish delicatessen was full of Christians buying Jew rye bread.
From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith
Sisters Este, Danielle and Alana began their career playing gigs at local delicatessens with their parents.
From BBC ● Dec. 13, 2025
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
The measure, passed on Wednesday, will prohibit sales of the fattened liver of a duck or goose at restaurants, groceries, delicatessens, and other venues citywide.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 31, 2019
Through personal letters to desirable shops, delicatessens, boarding-houses, colleges, etc.
From Every Step in Canning by Grace Viall Gray
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