December 13, 2007
2nd Avenue Deli Gearing Up For Monday Opening
An opening for the new 2nd Avenue Deli is in sight! This week, they've been putting the final touches on the new Murray Hill location, but today Gothamist stopped by for a quick preview of the legendary deli. During the friends and family only preview, they don't have a their full 5-page menu ready yet, but they did have the classic items including matzah ball soup, pastrami and tuna sandwiches. One new item is the "chocolate shot" that will be served to diners at the end of the meal. The original 2nd Avenue Deli closed in March, 2006.
The new location, on 33rd Street near 3rd Avenue, will be open 24-hours a day starting Monday with a ceremonial salami cutting of "nickel shtikel" links at 11 a.m.
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2nd Avenue Deli, 162 E. 33rd St, 212-689-9000
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i'd hit that
Pastrami sandwich with a shmear of tuna? WTF? I could see chopped liver but tuna....
let me tell you-- that tuna was delicious. exactly what you want in a tuna sandwich-- and more!
burgerdeluxe - i think that's just their notation on the register as i got half of each sandwich. not sure if that's really possible on a normal day though.
We didn't allow Tien to have chopped liver - he needs a reason to go back, you know!
And I asked him to take pictures of the tuna - I've been missing it!
while you guys were out "noshing" almost every ist is loading extremely slowly or not at all and the comments are screwed again.
i bet your advertisers are thrilled.
oh, lighten up, matty-- it's not the end of the world.
actually, matty. i was the only one out "noshing". and the rest of the team was wrangling with the tech issues. thanks for your concern though.
Matty...your pic says it all...go on I dare you...smile for a change...you know you want to...there you go...feel better?
I'd probably feel better if i could eat at that place. looks delicious. even still. don't shoot the messenger re: loading pages.
Matty, we're not shooting you - it's just that I've been contemplating it all afternoon, Jake's been trying to tell me to lighten up, and then I punch him in the face.
overpriced cold cuts. it's quite overrated you know.
have you considered google syndication might be hanging up the page loads?
I think it's overpriced.
fan7tasy- it isn't really over priced, just more expensive than you might think at first, but very well worth it. Plus it's the best pastrami in the nation, better than Katz's!!! I've waited 2 years for it to re-open.
Pastrami with tuna actually sounds good, ya know, albeit to a hard core pastrami bum it might sound a little "off".
But what of the Yiddish Walk of Fame?
The Yiddish Walk of fame is still in front of the old location which is now an evil Chase bank that nobody would care if it went out of business.
I thankfully was a vegetarian before they closed, but it is good to see they are back.
Is there anything nutritionally redeeming about chopped liver...
I love the ethnic smorgasbord they have with the staff - have they retained the same Chinese waitpersons..?
#19 - The Chinamen is not the issue here Dude. The question everyone wants to know is will Ester be back?!?
As she would say while preparing your soup: "You be the richer ("ri-cha") and I'll be the pourer ("pou-rha").
I had a pal once who took a meatball sub and a tuna sub, both footlongs, and mashed them together and ate them. When you're hungry anything can happen. So beware 2nd av noshers, this guy's headed your way.
I think it's awesome that jen chung punched that guy in the kisser! even if she didn't... :D
sorry, guys, i just happen to like this place. not trying to be rude. unless i am on the torontoist. those guys are so uptight!
i'm also not even from nor live in toronto. christ i need a downtown job extra soon. working from home makes me do this.
freddyhere - i was told that they have the same people in the back, at the counters, and most of the waiters are the same. i think they just added some new members to the wait staff.
I'm excited! Will they have Cel-Ray soda? Will they have egg creams?!
I doubt they will have egg creams since they are a kosher deli - you can't get an egg cream at Fine and Shapiro either: no milk.
I'm counting the hours until they open. I live a block away and I'm sure to be a regular.
I know where I'll be having Christmas dinner this year :-)
I doubt they will have egg creams since they are a kosher deli - you can't get an egg cream at Fine and Shapiro either: no milk.
I'm counting the hours until they open. I live a block away and I'm sure to be a regular.
I know where I'll be having Christmas dinner this year :-)