TRIBUTE David Sax at Hobby’s, one of two delis in Newark.
Posted on 10/07/2009 7:32:43 PM PDT by nickcarraway
HOBBY’S DELICATESSEN & RESTAURANT in downtown Newark may have lost much of its more traditional clientele over the years, but it has held on to tradition. The corned beef and the tongue are cured for 14 days in stainless steel bins in the basement. The salamis hanging on the wall look as if they’ve been drying there, their flavor intensifying, since the Brummer family bought the place in 1962.
Samuel Brummer and his sons, Michael and Marc, even make their own matzo ball soup and potato pancakes.
But in Newark, as in so many cities, holding on has been tough for delis.
“In 1945, there were 12 delis in Newark,” said Samuel Brummer, 86. “Now we are only two.”
Old customers moved on, but new ones keep them going.
“Our clientele used to be 10 percent black and 75 percent Jewish,” he said. “Now it is 50/50.”
David Sax, a 30-year-old freelance writer, listened and nodded. Many delis are seeing more African-American customers.
“In many ways, deli owners in places like Detroit or Chicago have told me, they are better deli clients than Jews,” Mr. Sax said referring to African-Americans. “They accept it as it is. Take a corned beef sandwich. A Jewish customer will say, ‘I want the corned beef lean, from the middle of the brisket,’ because their grandfathers did. It’s like Jews going to a Chinese restaurant. They love it for what it is and they are better clients because of it.”
Mr. Sax loves delis for what they are and mourns the loss of so many of them around the country. For the last two years he has been writing the blog Save the Deli celebrating great delis and chronicling their demise.
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TRIBUTE David Sax at Hobby’s, one of two delis in Newark.
How long will be allowed to eat Salami?
Schools now have been mandated by Obama -meatless Mondays!
Can you send me a black & white?
As a Catholic, would I be out of line making that request?
Probably vote Democrat and Dems turned NJ and Newark into a sewer.
You cannot beat a good deli...or a great corner pizza place...
Lakehurst New Jersey, 1978, Lakehurst Pizzaria. They made their own sauce and sausage, and a killer Sicilian pie that five of us Airdales couldn’t eat at one sitting....they made it on a standard sheet pan and the thing was humongous...
I had a very good friend (God Bless you Russ Kolens, where ever you are...) who used to take a few of us up to New York and do the town on long weekends. He took us to a deli in the heart of Brooklyn, and they would slice you a taste of anything you wanted, then build you a sandwich that had to weigh five pounds.
Sliced hot pastrami, piled about a foot high, with German potato salad, a huge kosher dill and a beer...life was great...
What a contrast as going to a ‘Subway’ where they measure out a measly slice of meat that gets lost in the bread and lettuce. As a youth in suburban Long Island, NY we had small deli’s where roast beef, chicken salads, salami’s and all the condiments were fresh and piled high on the hero.
Really miss those little deli’s from yesteryears gone by.
I keep meaning to stop by Langer’s for a GREAT pastrami sandwich. Absolute heaven!
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I was drooling over the Katz’s Deli footage on Travel Channel (or was it Food Channel...no matter). I can’t get a sandwich like that in Georgia. Corned beef brined for a month, and wood-smoked pastrami, hand-sliced, piled so high you can’t fit it into your mouth, with mustard or as a reuben. I want to Go There. They will airship all their meats, but it’s cost prohibitive.
No good Jewish Deli’s in KC. The old New York Deli on Troost is tired and about closed.
St. Louis Has Lester’s a sports bar and Jewish style deli in Ladue. Its quite good but the only thing Jewish is Lester.
As a Catholic, would I be out of line making that request?
You don't have to be *MOT
Most places will make it lean or fatty or in between....per your request
Lots of pastrami and corned beef connoisseurs want it on the fatty side because the fat is where most of the flavor is
*MOT= member of the tribe
He took us to a deli in the heart of Brooklyn........
That place may or may not exist anymore
Only on Fridays!...or has that changed too?
My brother used to take me to a Deli in Englewood, NJ, corned beef and tongue with Russian dressing, light rye. chicken soup with a matzo ball, and celery soda. If I lived in the area I would weigh 400#, Bobs brother try this or try that.
I love delis, but we just can’t afford them. Here in SoCal, we’re looking at $50 plus tip for two adults and three kids aged 5-11. If they cut their prices we’d go more often.
We hit Canter’s in L.A. Christmas morning on the way from one Grandma’s to the next. And that’s about it for the year.
Does the “Hat” still exist in Upland? Lordy, great pastrami
It does but I’ve never eaten there. (I haven’t eaten meat since 1991)
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