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| - A good deli is a good thing. Caplanskis is a bad deli. I hoped our first visit was a one off, food was slow and massively overpriced, mustard bar is a nice touch (hence the second star), but this place has failed the basic tests after two visits. Bread wasn't fresh, meat was poorly seasoned, menu is inflexible. The portions are tiny, especially at their ridiculous price point (they're in the same price range as the excellent plates of pasta around it in Yorkville). I figured the 20 minute wait could be excused on my first visit during lunch rush, when I waited 25 mins and was the only person in the restaurant I figured it was more systemic.
I imagined that they had appeared on Dragon's Den, NOT as a last ditch effort, but for exposure. Turns out this place barely functions as a business, the staff is shamelessly unhelpful and the food is bad.
This place tries to be iconic, selling swag and memorabilia, they haven't even proven they can function in a basic way. It irks me that they try to be like Schwartz' in that regard without doing the basics competently.
If you have a hankering for smoked meat in this area, go to New York Deli on Bay.
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