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In article <hm43671@pro-applepi.wap.org>,
Robert Klothe <robert.klothe@pro-applepi.wap.org> wrote:
>Lori Fox (lef@sytex.com) writes:
> 
>>  If you *must* have Jewish deli food, I'd go to the Florida style place on 
>>  Wisconsin past American University.
> 
>The place she's referring to is TooJay's, and the food is pretty good there,
>but, as she points out, it is a *Florida* style deli.  To someone used to a New
>York Jewish deli, Florida style has the same relationship to a real deli as
>Tex-Mex food has to real Mexican.  There is a deli with more authentic "feel"
>in the Chevy-Chase Silver Spring Area on Grubb Road near East-West Highway. 
>The food is no better than TooJays (maybe not as good, to be honest) but an
>ex-New Yorker will know it's right from the moment you walk in.

The place on Grubb Road is called Parkway Deli, and while the place certainly
has the feel of a New York Deli, the food (IMHO) still does not stack up.
Don't get me wrong -- the food is good there -- just not NYC deli standards.
From my experience, TooJay's food is closest.

Dennis Wallick