The Jewish delicatessen, once a staple on Long Island, are slowly disappearing!
Growing up on Long Island there was nothing like a trip with my parents to the local kosher deli for a hot pastrami on rye with spicy mustard. It was as we say a taste sensation that would only get to be experienced once in a while.
Later on, when I was working as a bellhop in college on weekends and over the summer at the now defunct Grossinger’s Hotel in the Catskills (except for the golf course), my enjoyment of these kosher deli foods continued.
Unfortunately, however, time marches on and while most of us who are over 45-years of age will have some memory of what the Catskills, also known as the Borscht Belt, was like during its heyday anyone younger likely will not.
This loss left us with only the staple kosher delis scattered around Long Island and New York City that could always be counted on for the hot dog or occasional chicken-in-the-pot. But now these are slowly going away as well.
With the December closing of the 60-year old restaurant Andel’s in Roslyn and others before it, a variety of factors are making the true kosher deli harder and harder to find.
In an article from LIBN titled ‘Jewish delis on LI dying‘ an explanation for this slow end to a piece of history and tradition is provided:
Read the rest at The Hallmark Abstract Sentinel here.
