A 2nd Chance for 2nd Ave…
Ann Arbor, MI — Day 5 of road trip
It ain’t over until the fressers sing.
Stellar news coming out of New York. Rumors hit me a few days ago that the 2nd Ave Deli, the beloved East Village institution which closed just over a year ago, is going to reopen. The New York Sun reported the story here.
I immediately called the family and confirmed with Jack and Sharon Lebewohl, the former owners, that indeed the deli will resurrect itself under the hands of Jack’s children, Josh and Jeremy, sometime around summer/fall. The new location is going to be uptown, on 3rd Ave in the Murray Hill area of the city. The old manager of the original deli is reportedly coming on board, though no word yet on whether other staff, who are scattered at delis around New York, will be invited, and accept a return to the deli that shut them out without a goodbye when it closed last year.
When I asked Jack whether the original Yiddish lettered sign would hang above the new deli, he told me no. “Some things just can’t go in the new location.” New Yorkers and deli fans will eagerly await and see whether the 2nd Ave’s sequel can match the legendary status of the original.
Off to Chicago tomorrow just in time for superbowl madness. It’s minus a hell of a lot and blowing like crazy…looking forward to California.
DS
February 6th, 2007 at 9:14 pm
so happy the deli is coming back! btw, does anyone know what’s going to happen to the yiddish walk of fame that was installed in front of the former location???