delicatessen
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Across the corner from us was Langer’s, whose owner made national news in 2024 when he vowed to close his famed delicatessen if MacArthur Park didn’t improve.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 22, 2026
An early job washing dishes at a delicatessen piqued her interest in cooking.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 3, 2025
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
She ducked inside the delicatessen next door for safety.
From "In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson" by Bette Bao Lord
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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