Canter’s Deli Doubles Down — and All the Weekly Dish
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Canter’s Deli, an L.A. icon, is trying its hand in Las Vegas (again).
Three years after retreating from Las Vegas, where it had opened an outlet at the Treasure Island casino, is coming back in a big way.
The iconic L.A. delicatessen will open a 4,200-square-foot branch at the Linq, a splashy new gambling resort on the Strip.
But Canter’s isn’t stopping there, says Eater. The deli’s doubling down with a second, even bigger, Vegas location at Tivoli Village, a suburban mall. That one’s 5,600 square feet — and will cost more than $2 million to build.
Smoked Fish Swims to Brooklyn
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It sounds like Frankel’s has been in Brooklyn forever, with its smoked fish, pastrami, bagels, chopped liver, brisket and other staples.
But the white-tiled appetizing store hasn’t even opened. You’ll have to wait until Saturday to sample the goods that brothers Zach and Alex Frankel, and chef Ashley Berman, are preparing — many based on family recipes.
“We’re paying homage to Barney Greengrass, Murray’s and Russ & Daughters,” Zach Frankel tells The New York Times.
Deli Deleted
Now, for the latest episode of As the Deli Turns:
Sarasota had no delis. Then it had two. Now it has one.
Doc Sam’s New York Deli, which had been Sol Meyer’s before a business disagreement forced out a partner, has closed just weeks after celebrating its new name with a ribbon-cutting.
The city’s now left with one Jewish deli: Sol’s, from the guy who left Sol Meyer’s a few months ago. Got it?
More in Sarasota magazine.
New Chef at JCC in CT
Café J, the soon-to-reopen restaurant at the Mandell JCC in West Hartford, Connecticut, has a new chef.
Look for all-day breakfasts, salads, salads, panini and pizzas from Israeli-born Chef Eli Barashi.
The restaurant shuttered in January for an overhaul. A friends-and-family opening is set for April, with a grand opening slated for May.
Kosher Air?
It’s not a new kosher airline. Frum-Air is the new kosher oxygen bar in Teaneck, New Jersey. Customers pay $17.95 for 20 minutes of 99%-pure oxygen delivered through a tiny device inserted into the nostrils. For another two bucks you can bubble oxygen through a flask with scented oils.
We’re not making this up.
Frum-Air is the brainchild of Yossi Averman, a former accountant who discovered oxygen bars on a trip to Seoul, the Jewish Link of New Jersey breathlessly reports.
Muslim-Owned Store Offers Kosher in Cologne
A Muslim from Iran is the only person providing kosher products to the 5,000 Jews in Cologne, which is Germany’s fourth-largest city.
Kambiz Alizadeh’s convenience store sells gefilte fish, kosher wine, cakes and cheeses, along with non-kosher products. Europe’s current climate makes it too risky to advertise, so there’s no “kosher” sign in Alizadeh’s window.
“It’s impossible to make a living from this,” he tells The Times of Israel. “In Cologne, you can’t survive by running a kosher-only store.”
Michael Kaminer is a contributing editor at the Forward.
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