KOSHER, OR NOT, I WANT MY 2ND AVENUE DELI BACK!!!!!!!
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Submitted by John Chambers, Feb 13, 2007 18:08

I was born and raised in Manhattan, and my family moved to St. Marks Place (just 2 blocks from the 2nd Ave Deli) in 1967, when is was still just a very small counter-only with a few tables on the windowed wall overlooking 10th Street. It was literally a hole in the wall.....not unlike Paragon Sporting Goods...when it opened in this city, it was tiny .....look at it now!

Personally, if they add a bar, I have no problem with it. If they aren't Kosher, I could care less. I WANT MY 2ND AVENUE DELI BACK, and I am will to take it in ANY form it comes in ....there IS no other Matzah Ball soup like the soup served by the 2nd Avenue Deli (sorry, Fred-- owner of KATZ DELI--it's just not as good!).....the chicken, the burgers, the tuna salad.....everything was wonderful.

Those of you who long for the Deli being EXACTLY as it was should realize that you should be GRATEFUL that it is coming back at all.

With a full service bar, the cash flow for the Deli would remain high.

Abe was a great guy-- although it always makes me the saddest to think that two weeks before he was murdered, he didn't eat his favorite (pastrami), because he was at a fat farm....he comes home, only to face bullets on East 4th Street inside his van as he conducted his daily banking.

Hope your with God now Abe, and you're makin' Him, your devine Matzah Ball soup. YUM-0!!

Kosher or not, BRING IT BACK.....THE CITY MISSES YOU!!
John

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Title	By	Date
go with the flow [161 words]	rob	Dec 20, 2007 23:36
update? [13 words]	jack	Sep 15, 2007 20:26
↔ Opening Soon [160 words]	Martin	Nov 6, 2007 23:20
If not Kosher why bother. [24 words]	MKlauser	Aug 10, 2007 02:21
Nu? What's the latest? [10 words]	MelmouthNJ	Jul 3, 2007 14:29
What about the patcha? [110 words]	Thai Jeff	Jun 2, 2007 02:00
Kosher, but not Glatt ! [51 words]	Dave Cohen	May 15, 2007 21:59
↔ Another vote for Kosher [31 words]	Michael	May 31, 2007 11:24
I wish them luck [213 words]	Jennifer	May 11, 2007 10:16
If it is not Kosher don't bother [51 words]	donald	Mar 21, 2007 00:03
kosher [9 words]	sam	Feb 17, 2007 18:37
⇒ KOSHER, OR NOT, I WANT MY 2ND AVENUE DELI BACK!!!!!!! [262 words]	John Chambers	Feb 13, 2007 18:08
Why not Kosher [40 words]	Leo Storozum	Feb 10, 2007 14:18
Abe was the sole founder on 2nd Ave Deli! [53 words]	joe stein	Jan 20, 2007 04:13
Abe wasn't killed in front of the 2nd Ave Deli [20 words]	Robin	Jan 11, 2007 09:00
Nothing but the Best ! - Kosher Please!!! [7 words]	raquel mehlman	Jan 7, 2007 23:08
Yes, please keep it kosher, but not GLATT [47 words]	Lloyd Zuckerberg	Jan 5, 2007 21:47
↔ Make it Glatt Kosher please [5 words]	Kosher Dude	Mar 21, 2007 12:32
My favorite place Keep it kosher [61 words]	Arthur	Jan 5, 2007 10:57
↔ If you keep it kosher... [35 words]	Joel Alpert	Jan 27, 2007 17:38
Keep it kosher please!!! [39 words]	Abbie Weiss	Jan 4, 2007 12:53
great news [46 words]	whenslydale	Jan 4, 2007 09:41
↔ Probably Kosher [47 words]	Joel Friedland	Jan 7, 2007 07:10

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