“It’s not Katz’s; you can’t recreate it — and I’m not going to try.” That’s Jake Dell, the owner of Katz’s, the deli icon that’s been slicing pastrami on the Lower East Side of Manhattan since 1888. But Dell is standing near a glowing red and white sign that, in the deli’s signature font, spells…
NEW YORK (JTA) — Katz’s Delicatessen, a staple on New York’s Lower East Side since 1888, confirmed the news reported by the Forward in October, that it is opening its first outpost — in downtown Brooklyn. The old-school deli, famous for the legendary “When Harry Met Sally” scene “I’ll have what she’s having,” will open…
Katz’s is opening in Miami Beach this week. Sort of. The new “deli” inside the Deauville Beach Resort is actually a sly art installation that riffs on South Florida’s faded Jewish identity — and the gentrification that strangled it. In a wood-paneled room whose “wall of fame” includes gallerists and scenesters — picture headshots on…
There’s no traditional Thanksgiving dinner at Katz’s Deli, but according to owner Jake Dell, you won’t need one, since Katz’s turkey sandwich is “Thanksgiving in sandwich form.” The gargantuan sandwich “is an all-white-meat, hot-turkey number,” he said. “It’s what I eat most days because you can’t eat pastrami every day. You can get gravy with…
When Hillel used two pieces of matzo at Passover to form one of the first sandwiches in recorded history, he likely didn’t see it as the predecessor to the towering Jewish sandwiches of today. Jewish sandwiches got their start in America around the turn of the 20th century. In 1887, Sussman Volk, who had immigrated…
Holidays come early to Breads Bakery, which is offering its festive challah (above) and other Rosh Hashanah items starting Friday. You don’t have to wait until Rosh Hashanah to sink your teeth into High Holidays goodies at Israeli-owned in Manhattan. Starting September 4, watch for festive round challahs with poppy, sesame, flax, pumpkin, sunflower and…
After more than a century on the Lower East Side, is contemplating adding a Brooklyn location? “As I’ve said before to others, this is not confirmed,” owner Jake Dell told the Forward after reports last week about a move across the bridge. “We are considering.” Real-estate bible The Commercial Observer reported that Katz’s had signed…
Tuesday night I found myself noshing on a piece of rye bread with cream cheese and thinly sliced smoked salmon from Russ & Daughters while gazing up at four giants of New York’s Jewish food world. I was at at the 92nd Street Y, where the all-star panel consisted of Mark Federman of Russ &…
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