delicatessen
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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
Thierry Ways, the owner of La Parisienne, a delicatessen in the coastal city of Barranquilla, also pointed out the inconsistency in the new rule.
From New York Times • Jun. 10, 2023
I mentioned that Canter’s delicatessen on Fairfax, another hangout from the old days, was still there.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 13, 2023
I did not see a proper butcher around, so I went into a delicatessen, a type of shop I had never encountered until I went to Johannesburg.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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