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  BH> From: hemmer@ERA.COM (Barry Hemmerdinger)

  BH> The Carnegie Deli is OK, nothing like the one in NY.  I think a much
  BH> better Jewish Deli style place is the Celebrity Delly in Falls Church
  BH> on Arlington Blvd.

I've been to Twojays (Two Jays?) on upper Wisconsin, for brunch, and it was
great -- and had a real "buy stuff to take home" deli section.

Sadly, because it was fairly good deli, Carnegie Deli no longer has /any/ deli
at all -- they'' package cheesecake to take out if you insist, but they're
strictly a restaurant now.

Bringing me to the Crux of the Matter:

    Where in Northern Virginia, or maybe DC/MD if necessary, can I get
    the kind of quality pastrami I used to get from the big Roland Park
    Giant in Baltimore, from any of half a dozen delis up on 
    Reisterstown Road, or even at my local Giant, long ago?  These days
    the spices are weak, the meat is sinewy, the fat is either nonexistent
    (out of respect for my health) or overwhelming.

    I NEED PASTRAMI !

Real pastrami, too, not turkey pastrami, not healthful pastrami, and not
pastrami a two hour drive away!