I ate at a Jewish-style Deli for the first time today

[TheMightyFavog]

Specifically, Ella's Deli in Madison.

http://www.ellas-deli.com/

A little pricier than fast food, but man. I never thought just Hot corned beef, rye bread and mustard With a side of fries and a can of Dr. Brown's Cream Soda could be so good (Best Cream Soda I ever had, BTW). BTW, their Ice Cream rocks, too.

[KamaAina]

1. You're in Madison?

Awesome! :thumbsup:

Could we start a "buy a deli sandwich for a protester" movement? They must be getting sick of pizza by now.

[MiddleFingerMom]

3. Pizza never forgets. Your next one is gonna burn the top of your mouth for your blasphemy!!! n/t

[TheMightyFavog]

7. Was

Had to head back home to go to work tomorrow.

[Swede]

2. You at where?

:shrug:

[DainBramaged]

4. NYC, simply the best deli in the world Carnegie Deli

http://www.carnegiedeli.com/home.php

[Biker13]

18. Wrong.

Katz's Deli RULES!!

www.katzdeli.com/

Let's get into a good old fashioned NY-er street brawl over this!

I miss it since moving to Idaho!

Biker's Old Lady

[DainBramaged]

21. Katz schmatz

Even my beautiful daughter thinks Carnegie Deli is better and she's in the city all the time, even before she could drive she'd take the train in with friends and where did they go after seeing bands, the Carnegie....


http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_U4URsAkPwlg/S-CPwG_CVRI/AAAAAAAAAB0/7mMiODbh7qU/s1600/Carnegie+Deli.jpg

[Biker13]

32. I'm Sure Your Daughter...

is a lovely young woman, but clearly you have corrupted her! I taught at NYU for 26 years and ate at Katz's weekly.

Don't make me fly home and take your Daughter to lunch!

On second thought...is next Thursday good for her?

Biker's Old Lady

edit because I can't spell to save my fuckin' life!

[DainBramaged]

34. She can kick both of our old asses (LOLOL) but Carnegie is her favorite

They treat beautiful girls as treasures there not just customers.....we took her there for the first time when she was 6 and she never forgot how much fun she had, which is one of the reasons she goes back. We used to take the train from Jersey into the Village on Sundays and pick one place everybody wanted to see. Her favorite was always to take a cab to Midtown and have lunch there, then go back to the Village and go to the now gone bead store.......


I still make better latkes than either deli

[melman]

31. Ratner's was better

but it's unfortunately long gone.

[Callalily]

5. I'll take a bagel/locs/cream cheese - you may

as well make it a combo, a cup of chicken matzo soup, amd a root beer mug! Thanks! ;-)

Oh gawd, the next time I'm in Madison, I'm definitely stopping at Ella's.

[LiberalEsto]

23. Umm, it's lox

with an x

[elleng]

6. Pastrami!!!

[MiddleFingerMom]

8. I "at at" a Jewish-style Deli for the first time today

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Use the bacon, Luke.
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[Crystal Clarity]

9. Sounds delicious

but can I have some cheese w/that?





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[sakabatou]

10. We have a wonderful bagel/deli here

It's better than any other I've been to so far: Izzy's Brooklyn Bagels.

[old mark]

11. I used to eat that stull all the time when we went down to Philly to my wife's parents...

they would order stuff from a deli and eat it at home...Love lox and cream cheese on a toasted bagel with a slice of tomato.

I married a nice Jewish girl.


mark

[david13]

12. I still like Cantors myself. Next time, have them put a little cole slaw

on that sandwich. Delicious.
dc

[kwassa]

14. Cheese bagels!

[denbot]

22. Juniors on Westwood and Pico is the bomb.

The last time I was at Cantors I watched a fly sluggishly crawl over the potato salad in the display cooler..., That freaked me out a little. Plus the pickles at Juniors is worth the price of the ticket..

[david13]

29. Well, now, I'm not much of a pickle fan. Ok, a fly at Cantors, but he

wasn't swimming in your soup, was he?
Sure the health department may have closed down Cantors, maybe more than once, but that was long ago, and nobody ever died from eating there, did they?
I hope.
I only ever got food poisoning in Manhattan Beach, El Tarasco, the one on Rosecrans, but that was long ago.
I ate there many times before and after, and never had any problem.
I guess I like Cantors neighborhood, so maybe that's really it, and I been going there for oh so many years.
dc

[denbot]

35. The little fellow did not stop my from plowing through my pastrami.

Cantors is, or at least was open all night. I haven't did a 3am pastrami run in many years, but if there is another run left in me, I'll meet you at Cantors and spot you a cream soda.

BTW I still eat at the El Tarasco on Rosecrans and Highland. Not so much anymore due to the shrinkage my wetsuit is undergoing.

[Initech]

13. I love Jewish delis. Giant pastrami sandwiches FTW.

[TZ]

15. I eat at one all the time...My mom's house...

:)
Seriously its so odd to me to hear people who've never been to a good Jewish style Deli, to me its like fast food, everywhere. Cleveland and NY are tied in my mind for the best Deli's. You can find good ones elsewhere though: Denver, DC, Cincinnati, some places I've been with good Deli's.
If you are ever in Cleveland you MUST have a Chocolate Phosphate..if you lke Dr. Brown's you will LOVE that....

[Steerpike]

16. zounds!

Corned beef or pastrami!? What a conundrum!

[TheMightyFavog]

19. Corned beef, of course.

:9

[EOTE]

17. Oh, I so miss Ella's!

I had almost forgotten them. I have so many good memories of eating there. I miss State Street in general. Madison is one hell of a town.

[Ikonoklast]

20. Corky and Lenny's in Cleveland.

One of my ex-bosses, by the name of Weinzimmer called it "the only Jewish Temple I regularly attend."


The food is freakin' awesome.


You absolutely have to try the 'Heebarito' before you die.



Yes, those are latkes the corned beef is piled between.

[TZ]

25. YES!

OMG, that is the best Deli. I grew up going to Cleveland to visit relatives and we always went there (or Diamonds which I'm not sure is around)
That hebarito, I MUST TRY...:drool:

[LiberalEsto]

24. Have you tried Dr. Brown's Cel-Ray soda?

Celery flavored. Awesome with a Reuben sandwich (corned beefr, sauerkraut and Russian dressing). Swooooon.

[hippywife]

26. Gads!

I'd almost kill for a good Jewish deli out here in the middle. :cry:

[Brother Buzz]

27. I stumbled across a Jewish deli in Southern California

I never knew such a wonderful place even existed. It was located in a nondescript strip mall I was working in. From the signs outside, I had no clue what was inside, but the foot traffic indicated that it was a happening joint. The menu blew me away; choices, choices, choices.

I ordered chopped liver sandwich and some darker than dark rye bread on my first visit. I fell in love with the place and ate there everyday until my job was completed. Lots of items on that huge menu I never did get to try.

[trof]

28. I live in LA. Lower Alabama. Need I say more?

I wish we could get a Jewish deli here.
:-(

[Chan790]

33. Well, remember that a journey of a 1000 miles beginds with a single step.

It seems to me the first thing you need to do is import a Jewish person.

[fizzgig]

30. you're killin' me

my dad's family is all out in queens but it's been a few years since i've been able to get back east. i'd have to go to denver to find a good deli.