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dozonoff@bu.edu (david ozonoff) writes:

>Boston seems to be "deli-illiterate." Where is the good (i.e.,
>NY style) deli in this wasteland?




I think highly of the Deli Haus in Kenmore Square. It's not all that
New Yorkish, but the blintzes put my grandma's to shame, and the Reuben
is scrumptious.

They also have cream soda, which is pretty dang hard to find in these parts.


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1. The Stage Deli of New York has an instantiation at the Tremont House
   in the theatre district, another satellite over on Boylston, and yet
   another place in Coolidge Corner in Brookline.  The Stage is an excellent
   facsimile of a standard New York deli. (Their "real one" is up the street
   from my personal favorite in Manhattan, so I haven't tried it.) 
   The quality seems to be highest at the one on Tremont, which was the
   first one they opened here.

   I took some friends there last night, and we had the following observations.
   My reuben cost about $8 and was very large (but not as large as I would get
   at the Carnegie); the corned beef ("we truck it in from NY") was better
   than other places in Boston; the potatoe knishes were weird and not heavy
   but were good anyway; the fish-stuff (that I never eat, what do you call
   it?) was of the "sweet" variety, and the chopped chicken liver was great.
   You can get pretty good chicken soup with matzoh and/or kreplach.
   There are all manner of platters, sandwiches, goodies, and deserts.
   The egg creams are good.  Overall, an excellent place, and I love it.

2. The Deli Haus in Kenmore Square is always pretty good, but they won't
   seat a party of one at a table (space is limited).  They are open late.
   Things I get here regularly include knishes, the *huge* sandwiches,
   and breakfast eggs and stuff.

3. The S&S in Innman Square is yummy, but I don't usually get what
   I think of as "deli" food there; I get the inexpensive dinner specials
   or sandwiches like the roast beef au jus.  They have knishes, and deserts.
   They have a good menu brunch on Sundays, but there's a long line.

4. There are any number of kosher meat places in Coolidge Corner.
   Although they are well-known, my own experience is too limited for
   me to reccomend one over the other.  You can get bagels around there, too.

david ozonoff writes
>Boston seems to be "deli-illiterate." Where is the good (i.e.,
>NY style) deli in this wasteland?

I've been impressed with the B&D on Beacon St. in Brookline (between Coolidge  
Corner and Cleveland Circle).  I'm no deli afficionado, but the stuff is  
definitely great.

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RUBIN's KOSHER DELI - On Harvard Street, Near Comm Ave.

Is one of the best real deli's around.  
Stage is one of the worst.





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Sammy's near the Cambridge Brewing Center in Kendall Sq is new and trying.
Good pastrami and brisket type stuff.  Limited selection
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In article <ZPOPE.93Jan26120720@sloop.osf.org>, zpope@osf.org (William Pope) writes:
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|> Sammy's near the Cambridge Brewing Center in Kendall Sq is new and trying.
|> Good pastrami and brisket type stuff.  Limited selection

I just had lunch there--pretty decent deli, but at NY prices!  Their
knish is pretty good, for those who were looking--they have potato,
meat and turkey.  I tried the potato--nice, light crust with fluffy
mashed potato, very tasty.   I used to like Deli Haus and Elsie's style
knish, but I may convert! :-)

Someone said they had a hard time finding cream soda--look for the 
I.B.C. brand in your local supermarket.  It seems to be widely available,
and it's much better than the A&W stuff.

Marie

marie@ai.mit.edu (Marie Lamb) writes:


>Someone said they had a hard time finding cream soda--look for the 
>I.B.C. brand in your local supermarket.  It seems to be widely available,
>and it's much better than the A&W stuff.

No, no, no, not root beer -- though I know and love IBC root beer. I meant
cream soda. Frequently a bizarre shade of red. Nothing else tastes like it
in all the world. Maybe it's a midwestern thing (I'm, alas, only an adoptive
Bostonian).

FF> == Fawn Fitter <fsquared@eff.org>

 FF> No, no, no, not root beer -- though I know and love IBC root beer. I
 FF> meant cream soda. Frequently a bizarre shade of red. Nothing else
 FF> tastes like it in all the world. Maybe it's a midwestern thing (I'm,
 FF> alas, only an adoptive Bostonian).

There is also an IBC cream soda, and, much like the root beer, it is
considered by many to be one of the ambrosias of bottled drinks.

(Before you could find IBC in the stores 'round here, one of the residents
of my dorm would import the root beer from Alabama by the case...)

IBC cream soda is not, however, red; it's more of a straw yellow.
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In article <1993Jan28.014019.22241@eff.org> fsquared@eff.org (Fawn Fitter) writes:
  No, no, no, not root beer -- though I know and love IBC root beer. I meant
  cream soda. Frequently a bizarre shade of red. Nothing else tastes like it
  in all the world. Maybe it's a midwestern thing (I'm, alas, only an adoptive
  Bostonian).

While we're on the subject of root beer and bizarre shades, does anybody know
where to get birch beer?  In NJ/PA, it's reddish brown.  In CT, it's clear.
I also had some that was red once, but I don't remember where.  I used to
import it a trunkload at a time from NJ, but I don't go there very often
nowadays.