delicatessen
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A textile artist has turned a Soho gallery into an Italian restaurant and delicatessen - where everything on the menu is made of yarn.
From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2026
Calling a delicatessen “Jewish” or “kosher-style” isn’t a claim to sell kosher food.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 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
Margaret did not even know what ruggelach were until Grandpa Izzy took her to a kosher delicatessen and introduced her to them.
From "The View From Saturday" by E.L. Konigsburg
By 1931, there were more than 1,500 kosher delicatessens in New York City.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026
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
Numerous delicatessens, independent restaurants and smaller local chains have gone dark.
From New York Times ● Sep. 17, 2021
Like all Jewish delicatessens, this shop contains everything that any patron is willing to buy, and in addition, elaborates the coffee-house idea into any shape that circumstances may suggest.
From The Library and Society Reprints of Papers and Addresses by Arthur Elmore Bostwick
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