deli
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Admittedly unfamiliar with Armenian food or basturma, Gaines compared the brisket sandwich to a pastrami-and-pickle sandwich at a Jewish deli.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2026
Around her are patio tables displaying the kind of food the shop carried: pies and cakes, what appear to be stuffed tomatoes, baguettes, sophisticated deli salads, gorgeous hunks of cheese.
From Salon ● Jul. 11, 2026
Or saw the National Guard put up an armed roadblock in the middle of a shopping district last year during federal immigration raids, just blocks from my wife’s market and deli.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 6, 2026
But that connected me to the deli guy and I just walked out of there feeling like I belong to a place.
From Slate ● Jun. 20, 2026
But now that she’s up, showered, dressed, walking down the street, a latte from the deli on their block in one hand, she’s invigorated.
From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri
But Ottolenghi, who has 11 restaurants, cafes and delis, described the situation was "crippling" - not just for his own business, but for others running bakeries, cafes, and pubs.
From BBC ● May 29, 2026
The company changed its name to Restaurant Depot in the 1990s and started serving more food operators across the U.S. including caterers, pizzerias and delis.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 30, 2026
The rising cost of eggs has left one of the most famous delis in Los Angeles scrambling to keep up.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 17, 2025
Sure, delicore may have the word “deli” in its name, but it’s not exclusively being claimed by delis.
From Salon ● Oct. 8, 2023
Now I get mocked by these groceries, pizza places, ice-cream stores, delis, Chinese places, bakeries, sushi joints, McDonald’ses.
From "It’s Kind of a Funny Story" by Ned Vizzini
