Deli Food News

Parsippany's PURE Restaurant and Lounge is the second for brothers Woody and Ojas "Jay" Patel who celebrated the grand opening June 12. The Patels, who opened the first in Princeton in 2011, renovated the restaurant adjacent to the Holiday Inn hotel, where Harold's New York Deli Restaurant once served up Jewish and European specialties.

Many grocers during the past two decades have added takeaway food and salad bars.

Jewish Dinner Theater--Millie and the Mentshn perform Heavy Mettle: From Shtetl to Tin Pan Alley, with a buffet dinner followed by Klezmer music and dancing.

Michigan's Bread Basket Deli chain sells some 20,000 pounds of corned beef every week in sandwiches like this Reuben, piled with warm sauerkraut and melted Swiss cheese on grilled rye.

P.I.E. Bake Shoppe in downtown Charleston offers the “Best Deli Sandwich in America,” according to Restaurant Hospitality Magazine.

Eleven City Diner , the popular nostalgic diner concept in the South Loop, is getting ready to cut the ribbon on their expansion with some new wrinkles for the Lincoln Park clientele.

Baltimore's Attman's Delicatessen hopes to open its planned Potomac store by the end of June, BethesdaNow.com reports.

In an effort to always bring you The Best , we rounded up a few eats and drinks from around town that are mostly new for the season, starting with a summer classic: Ceviche.

The Deli at Pecan Square boasts a generous menu and a large, inviting dining area in a casual setting.

A local bagel store is taking a new twist on the traditional bagel. When Elliott Marko took over Bagel Loft, at 359 Bloomfield Ave., about seven months ago just after Hurricane Sandy hit, he began offering a specialty bagel that few if any other bagel shops in the area have: the French toast bagel.

Zingerman's began as a small deli and has become a culinary empire that includes a bustling mail order business, a creamery, a bake house, a coffee shop, and a full-service "roadhouse" .

With a plastic cup in his hand, Kevin Stanton stands in a Camden lot, waiting for the people to come to him.

Anthony's East Side Deli only opened in April, but it feels like it's been in the East Arlington neighborhood for a century.

Arkansas isn't exactly known for our Sicilian population, so finding decent cannoli in these parts is something I'd marked up there with seeing a golden unicorn prancing down University Avenue.

But turn them into pastrami-topped poutine for something magical Price: Double Burger Stack , $8.75; The Burger , $14; fries, $4; poutine, $6; w/pastrami, +$5 It may sound like the set-up for a groaner of a punch line, but the laugh's on you if you discount the burgers at The General Muir based solely on its more traditional and expected menu ... (more)

He cannot yet say which one, but Hygrade Deli owner Stuart Litt confirmed Tuesday that a national food channel is coming to his Southwest Detroit restaurant next week to film a feature on its grilled Reuben sandwich.

Jacques Bruna is a man of many hats. A musician, a lyricist, a friend, a family man.

The Village Cheese House in Palo Alto is a venerable sandwich shop that is still drawing crowds of sandwich lovers.

Last week I let you in on my "Reubenesque" theme menu for Thursday's big surprise birthday bash for my cousin Reuben.

Neighborhood association officials are organizing a music festival June 22 that would raise funds to allow neighborhood officials to start a program that would bring those foods to markets in the neighborhood.