Did the Deli ever reopen?

I lived 5 years in NY and frequented Second Avenue Deli often. I'm visiting NY next week and hoped to go there again.

I am sad that Kosher and Kosher-style delis are going the way of extinction. My great-grandparents lived near Tompkins Park (Square) and my bubbe remembered going there and to other delis and food merchants up and down 2nd Ave with her parents. Now I live in Seattle, where there are only two delis, one kosher and the other kosher-style. The kosher guy is from Israel, and the kosher-style is a chain from Detroit. The cuisine is still in place in homes here, but the restaurants are disappearing. very sad indeed.

Kosher smosher who cares!!!!! 99.9% of Kosher food is inedible anyway...And the pastrami was way better than Katz's Although they could both use a MAJOR CLEAN UP!!! I just close my eyes and pray!

I called today and found out they will be reopening in the summer not on 2nd ave any more but 33 and lex was what they told me.

Askanazy food is more tasty anyway and far more popular in NY I believe. I dont think most NY ers have ever had shephardic foods. Excuse the spelling errors Im not Jewish I just love Food !!

Ill be within t he first 10 customers after opeing im sure! I cant wait.

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As a brit who loves coming to America, I have been to Katzs' NYC 6 times over the last 10 years, it's clear that the only way you can survive is to run these places as a worthwhile tourist attraction. The city should provide a reduced rent to help retain an important part of American cutlure that is dissapearing fast. How much rent would McDonalds pay but I suppose they would buy the plot outright...

I do not live in NYC but visit often. I always go to the 2ND AVE DELI when I'm in town. Can anyone direct me to another great deli in NYC?

Thanks,

Dan

We have always ordered the deli mustard and other foods from the 2nd ave. deli and found out they were closing when I called to place an order. We are totally distraught because we can't get the deli mustard. Does anyone know where I can get it or who the supplier was?

I am in total denial...NO WAY....where is Donald TRUMP...when you need him...

First Wolf's, now 2nd Avenue Deli. What is the world coming to.

By the way they did consider themselves Kosher I asked them the last time I was in there. My 10 year old daughter came home from Hebrew school with the news of there closing, our temple in Redwood City CA is in mourning.

I am from San Francisco, I visit New York for the 2nd Ave. Deli, I don't think New Yorkers understand how few Jewish Deli's are left. There are none in the San Francisco area,, there are only two in LA and I have made trips there just to hit Nate and Al's. Katz's Deli doesn't hold a candle to the 2nd Ave, I ate there twice on my last trip, the Matzoh Balls were cold both times, and the sandwich maker shook a tip can in my face before he would take my order. Let me know how to help reopen the 2nd Avenue Deli, It must be saved.

we live in the building of the 2nd Avenue Deli..it is so sad to see the place go, even though we never actually got around to eating there....they have been tearing it apart in the last few days... :(

now we are wondering what happens when our lease expires in a few months...I heard these bastards are putting up the rents in most apartments and forcing people out.

so, i can see myself being homeless in a few months...we already pay a fortune in rent...cannot afford another grand ontop!

Hey guys dont worry you still have mendy's from seinfeld on 34th street, we have been around for 13 years and have delicious food at a good price unlike 2nd avenue. And just to clear things up 2nd avenue is not glatt kosher and katz is not kosher at all, we are glatt kosher and have five other mendys in the city

you can go to mendysdeli.com for more info

This is more than a tragedy. And to definitely answer the question, yes, the 2nd Avenue Deli is (was) kosher. As the son of a rabbi who grew up in a kosher home, I can swear to that. Katz's, on the other hand, is as trayf (unkosher) as it comes (though they do have the superior pastrami). Oyyy...don't forget the Molly Picon room in the back, heralding the Yiddish/Jewish community's first true cross-cultural superstar! And the tongue...and the amazing chicken soup with farfel...

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fuk that this deli betta open again im diein for a matzoh ball soup and my job back

fuck that this deli betta open again im diein for a matzoh ball soup and my job back

fuck that this deli betta open again im diein for a matzoh ball soup and my job back

We at Mill Basin Kosher Deli in Brooklyn wish the 2nd Ave Deli best wishes in finding a new location. With the dwindling amount of Kosher Deli's in New York City even we at the Mill Basin Kosher Deli in brooklyn feel bad. We Kosher Deli owners are getting lonely

I grew up in the East Village and still live there. When I was a teenager, my friends and I would go to the 2nd Avenue Deli and order french fries, a cherry soda, and eat all the free pickles on the table. Back then, it was only a tiny store with about 6 tables. It is a shame that the East Village is being invaded by outsiders who have no concept of history or tradition. I am not Jewish, but my childhood was part of this multicultural part of the city, along with Italian pizza parlors, Chinese restaurants, Puerto Rican bodegas, and Jewish delis, all being replaced by Star Bucks. It is really a shame.