Chicago Blooms, NY Leftovers, BI Mazel
Brad Rubin at the 11 City Diner in Chicago
Lots of little things to talk about after the weekend.
First off, I got a very exicted call from Brad Rubin over at the 11 City Diner in Chicago. Apparently the city is on the cusp of a serious deli revivial. In the next year, 11 City Diner will open two more locations. One will be a large restaurant on the Magnificant Mile of Michigan Ave, with a smaller express location just blocks away. And rest assured that the original at Wabash and 11th isn’t going anywhere. As you’ll read in my post here on Chicago, 11 City is one of the best deli additions to the Chicago landscape in years. Rubin says he’s “Ready to Feed the People”. Bravo.
But wait, there’s more. Rubin has informed me that more Chicago delis are on the march. Max’s Delicatessen of Highland Park, will be expanding their brand by opening three more locations in the suburbs around the city.
But wait, it doesn’t end. Steve’s Deli of Bloomfield Hills, Michigan is going to be opening a Chicago location. The upscale deli, which has a takeout section to rival Dean and Deluca, is going to open accross from the ritzy East Bank Club at this location.
In addition, the diminuative Eppy’s Deli is going to be opening a second location supposedly near Randolph and Franklin.
Finally, the legendary Manny’s Coffee Shop and Deli will be extending their hours into dinner and will open on Sundays! Let’s just hope Danny and Ken Raskin and the legendary slicer Gino won’t loose too much sleep for this gift of extra hours.
So yes kids, the times may be tough for deli lovers, but Chicago’s turnaround offers us a glimmer of hope. Perhaps if it works in the Windy City, it can salvage the deli elsewhere….like New York. Check out two more articles on the deli talk that went down in New York two weeks back:
From Ed Levine’s Serious Eats
From Time Out
Also, the cause of saving the deli in New York is just a subset of saving historic New York in general. Check out Vanishing New York if you really love the Big Apple of yesterday and today…before they auction off parts of Central Park.
Finally, I want to wish a Mazel Tov to my good friends Erica Richler and Bryan Icyk, who got married this past sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Icyk are true deli fans. Brian’s father Henry eats at Centre Street Deli every single day and is their accountant. For his bachelor party we ate an inordinate amount of karnatzel and meats. So there was no surprise that they had carving tables of Montreal smoked meat, corned beef, and roasted salami at their reception. The lineups went around the synagogue, which is more than I can say for the sushi stand. Jewish food at a Jewish wedding…revolutionary! Mazel kids, you’ve blessed your union in nitrates and mustard. May the meats set you free.
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