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Rosen's Deli (23 E. 51st St)
Posted: 4:51 pm, June 10th, 2009 in Midtown Eating
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Good riddance. Saw them gutting the place today. Overpriced with crappy service. You can do better for pastrami.
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Suggestions? This place was convenient (only block away) and "kosher style" without being kosher - so I could get me sandwich with swiss cheese. Mendy's is ok and Eli's at the Citi Center Atrium is good - but both are strict kosher (no cheese!).
Where do you suggest as alternate?
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If you can stand the walk over to 7th avenue, go to stage deli or carnegie deli. It would even be worth it to take a cab. Those places are fantastic.
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Or you can go to Katz's. Best pastrami in the known universe.
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Stage could be worth the walk on a nice day, but Katz's definitely too far for "midtown lunch".
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There's another deli between 5th and 6th that did a credible pastrami on toasted rye for me. Clearly not kosher, too. The name escapes me but it's close to the Banco Popular. Red backlit menu above the counter.
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The Stage on 7th between 53rd and 54th. Nothing is Kosher anymore but it will do handsomely. Great pastrami, lots of options for sitting... a bar and tables as well as a take-out counter. Good knishes too. Carnegie is overpriced, a bit grimy and more often than not packed with tourists. The other "delis" like Ben Ash are purely for visitors. Try the Stage. I think you'll like it.
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Rosen's is becoming a "Toasties East" -- so, a chain deli? Maybe you'll get your pastrami back after all.
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Rosen's was never the same when they sold the place a few yrs back.
The Toasties on 48th btwn Mad & 5th has good corned beef and pastrami, but at lunch the place gets so crowded it borders on the claustrophobic. If they keep the old Rosens space, it should be a decent sized deli.
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Sarge's....Third Ave at about 35th....as good or better than Carnegie, not quite as overpriced.
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Isnt there already a toasties on 49th and 5th?
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Katz's is doable as a "subway" midtown lunch - you can get there on the F train from midtown in 10-15 minutes. Plenty of time to get food and get back again.
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I suppose there is also Junior's (in GCT and Times Square).
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Anyone have any idea what is going on with Rosen's Deli (23 E. 51st)? For years it has been my perfect midtown kosher style hot pastrami "fix". Appears to be closed for renovation, hopefully not changing into different restaurant all together?