Best Jewish Deli in Brooklyn – Pastrami
1) Mill Basin Deli – 5823 Avenue T (and East 58th Street)- big sandwiches. The meat is delicious, but pricey.
2021 prices: 2 sandwiches and 2 hot dogs 1 soda was $63.00
The Mill Basin Deli also has the pastrami eggroll:
2) Edith’s Eatery and Grocery opened on January 11, 2022 at 312 Leonard Street in Williamsburg. Great story about Edith and the new place here.
(See menu)
3) Essen New York Deli – 1359 Coney Island Avenue (and Avenue J) menu
The pastrami here is really good.
4) David’s Brisket House – 533 Nostrand Avenue in Bed Stuy (See their sandwiches) Years ago they had a place in Bay Ridge.
This is not a kosher Jewish deli, but people love it. –Info here and here
5) Shelsky’s – 141 Court Street
6) A Taste of Katz’s – 1 Dekalb Avenue – Downtown Brooklyn –
7) Frankel’s Delicatessen at 631 Manhattan Avenue in Greenpoint. This is owned by a rapper named El-P.
8) Mile End Deli at 97A Hoyt Street – thick pastrami
NOT A JEWISH DELI BUT FANTASTIC PASTRAMI
** Fette Sau – Williamsburg BBQ place – 354 Metropolitan Avenue – not a Jewish deli, but they have amazing pastrami. (Call before you go because they don’t always have pastrami) They are a pricey barbecue place.
Manhattan
Sarge’s Deli – 548 – 3rd Avenue
Katz Deli 205 East Houston Street
Queens
Ben’s Kosher Deli and Restaurant (In the NBC Production of Annie, they named this place under Food and Catering in the credits)
Long Island
Lido Kosher Deli – 641 E. Park Avenue Long Beach
New Jersey
Harold’s New York Deli – the biggest stacked pastrami sandwiches you have ever seen
Great article about Jewish Deli’s and the reasons for the decline here.
Closed Deli’s in Bay Ridge
People in Bay Ridge always talk about having a Jewish Deli in Bay Ridge, but they were here and closed:
1) David’s Brisket House at 7721 – 5th Avenue in Bay Ridge closed years ago – there is still one on Nostrand Avenue.
l) Gold Coast Delicatessen 8530 – 3rd Avenue (it was open around 2011) – I think it was owned by the men who own Cebu Restaurant. It wasn’t bad.
Jewish Deli’s in Brooklyn That Are Now Closed
a) Hy Tulip and Empress was at 1980 – 86th Street – they had a fire in the 80’s
b) Empress Deli – 86th Street and Bay Parkway – closed in 2004
c) Jay and Lloyd’s (J&L’s) 2718 – Avenue U in Sheepshead Bay closed in 2020
d) Adelman’s Deli was on 13th Avenue. They moved to 1906 Kings Highway and then closed in 2013. (See here)
Adelman’s shared this on Facebook:
e) Epstein’s Deli on Bay Parkway and 86th Street
f) Zei- Mar on Avenue U in Brighton Beach – closed in the 70’s
g) Lulu’s Deli in Brighton
h) Irving Deli on BBA
i) Grabstein’s Deli on Avenue M in Carnarsie closed around 2016.
j) Manhattan Deli on BBA next to 40 Thieves. It was owned by Saul and Matty Donsky
k) Pastrami Masters at 812 Grand Street in Brooklyn was owned by the same people who own David’s Brisket House. Closed in November 2020 due to Covid-19
There are no Jewish Deli’s that I know of in Borough Park now.
Did I miss any? Let me know in the comments.
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Hugs,
marlene
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