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| - One visit so far, but will be back. I had the Ceily's stack (brisket, potato pancakes, cheese, topped with brown gravy) and matzo ball soup. The Mrs. had a Reuben. We shared, of course.
Huge portions. Chicken matzo ball soup is perfection. Reuben was as good as it gets . . . and HUGE with plenty of meat. Lots of made-from-scratch stuff. It's the real deal. From what we observed at other tables and ate ourselves, it's quality food with generous portions. Large menu with a lot of choices. Great take-out and to-go counter, including chopped liver, kippered salmon, rice pudding, bagels, and pastries. Killer garlic bagels that simply reek of garlic! This joint took me back to my East Coast Jewish roots.
Only complaint was the coffee tasted like instant, and no non-dairy creamer was available. I would have deducted 1/2 a star for this if possible, but will let it slide for now. Given how many of us Jew-folk are lactose intolerant, you'd think they'd have non-dairy creamer available. I'd happily pay a little more for the coffee in order to get good coffee and Coffee-Mate with my breakfast.
Service was just fine and reasonably attentive. Waitstaff was friendly, helpful, and attentive. No complaints there at all.
Hopefully future visits will be as good. Looking forward to "testing" the benedicts.
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