We'd add
Our runner-upSquare Potato Knish (fried)
A knish, mashed potato in a thin dough, fried into a square. The side we'd split beside the pastrami.
- Fried, in a square
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Our dish — the plate we'd order here firstHot Pastrami
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Pastrami, beef cured with peppercorns and smoked, sliced hot and piled high on rye. One sandwich feeds most people, so split it beside a knish.
Also on our table
- The pickles on the table
2nd Ave Deli
Jewish deli · Kosher · pastrami · Murray Hill, New York
162 East 33rd Street, New York, NY 10016
A kosher Jewish deli that Abe Lebewohl opened in the fifties, now on East 33rd Street. The pastrami is cured and smoked by the deli itself.
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