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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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You can't turn back the clock and live in the past. The era which made the lower east side is... [MORE]	rob	Dec 20, 2007 23:36
what is the status of the new location for the second avenue deli? [MORE]	jack	Sep 15, 2007 20:26
Fortunately, I live only a block away - and was always looking for a good Kosher deli. Wow! Now I'll... [MORE]	Martin	Nov 6, 2007 23:20
I would cry if it wasn't kosher. That'd be cruel if it reopenned and so many of us wouldn't be... [MORE]	MKlauser	Aug 10, 2007 02:21
Any updates on the 2nd coming of the 2nd Ave? [MORE]	MelmouthNJ	Jul 3, 2007 14:29
Second Ave. Deli was the only place to get a decent patcha. Mention it to some and they swoon, to... [MORE]	Thai Jeff	Jun 2, 2007 02:00
One of the greatest treasures of NYC was always Abe Liebwohl's Kosher 2nd Ave Deli. Kosher is the tradition (and... [MORE]	Dave Cohen	May 15, 2007 21:59
Here's another vote for Kosher but not glatt. There's another busy deli very close by and if this one isn't... [MORE]	Michael	May 31, 2007 11:24
I live in the East Village and have had the good fortune of freqenting the 2nd Ave Deli on many... [MORE]	Jennifer	May 11, 2007 10:16
what set 2nd ave deli in a class of its own was the high quality Kosher food, the arrogant waiters,and... [MORE]	donald	Mar 21, 2007 00:03
dont call it 2nd ave deli if not kosher [MORE]	sam	Feb 17, 2007 18:37
I was born and raised in Manhattan, and my family moved to St. Marks Place (just 2 blocks from the...	John Chambers	Feb 13, 2007 18:08
The very thought of not being K osher, futher dilutes our traditional heritage. New York has lost too many symbols of... [MORE]	Leo Storozum	Feb 10, 2007 14:18
Abe (of blessed memory) was the sole founder of the deli and sacraficed his life for it. If it were... [MORE]	joe stein	Jan 20, 2007 04:13
Abe was killed in one of their delivery vans while trying to deposit the weekend receipts at a local bank. [MORE]	Robin	Jan 11, 2007 09:00
Nothing but the best ! Kosher Please!!!! [MORE]	raquel mehlman	Jan 7, 2007 23:08
Keep it kosher in the old-fashioned way. Open 7 days, kosher but not glatt. I don't think I've ever had... [MORE]	Lloyd Zuckerberg	Jan 5, 2007 21:47
Make it Glatt Kosher please [MORE]	Kosher Dude	Mar 21, 2007 12:32
Since I was a little boy in Styuvesant Town the family loved 2nd Ave Deli. Once of the last times... [MORE]	Arthur	Jan 5, 2007 10:57
....it makes a world of difference, opening it up to people like me who would eat there, keeping a Jewish... [MORE]	Joel Alpert	Jan 27, 2007 17:38
The draw for many of us was that the deli was kosher but not a religious atmosphere. You had a... [MORE]	Abbie Weiss	Jan 4, 2007 12:53
odd about the liquor license part. 2nd ave deli did not serve liquor, I hope this is about cured marbled meats, mushroom... [MORE]	whenslydale	Jan 4, 2007 09:41
The proposed location is just two (short) crosstown blocks from Stern College and Workmen's Circle. YU students and faculty would... [MORE]	Joel Friedland	Jan 7, 2007 07:10