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| - Finally getting around to updating one of my first dozen reviews that I wrote six years ago, it's time to repeat everything I said. Dropping the "Katz" from the name to disassociate themselves from the original Katz Deli in New York, this is now just "New York Deli". Yes, they have every right to the name as the previous owner was Katz, but this just eliminates any confusion.
This is a proper New York deli with sandwiches that are more meat than bread which includes pastrami and corned beef, knishes, potato pancakes, smoked salmon and whitefish, the usual black & white cookies and of course, rugaleh pastries. There's nothing else like this in the Queen City.
Depending on mood, I might have their smoked fish platter or their Reuben. The Reuben is a ton of food and has won "Best of Charlotte" a couple of times. But today, it was the "Smokey Joe" which is a toasted everything bagel, cream cheese onions, tomato and whitefish salad with a solid portion of hand-sliced Nova salmon. A great portion of very fresh food.
The New York Deli isn't easy to find and it looks closed when you drive up to it. But they're open, buried in the very back of the plaza at the southeast corner of Providence and Pineville-Matthews.
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