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| - It wouldn't be fair to compare to Katz's, Carnegie or Stage deli in NYC....but for Surprise AZ, the corned beef and pastrami are pretty good.
I ordered Corned beef and Pastrami at the counter to take home. Service was soooo painfully slow, and waiting for the ticket to pay was even more painful. I had to ask for Challah and half sour pickles, because I didn't see any at the counter...I was told they were in the back. Hmmmm? If you want to sell something, people have to know you have it to sell.
With that being said, the meats were good. Sliced thin, very fresh and moist. Liked the pastrami better than the corned beef, but both were tasty.
Coleslaw was very good, and I piled that on my challah bread, to make a sandwich. Challah was delish. Very eggy, soft and light on the inside. They sliced it for me, a bit thick, next time I will ask for it sliced thinner.
Potato knish, I have to say, was good too....A little different outside than I am used to, but tasty as well. Filled with lots of onion and creamy potatoes. They also have meat and veggie knish's.
My favorite, the half sour pickle. Hard to come by around here, and you have to ask for them, because they are not in the deli case. As a pickle aficionado, I can attest to this being a very good half sour!
For tomorrow morning, I got a small amount of nova lox cream cheese for my bagel ( which I buy elsewhere), and gotta tell you, that is one heck of a good cream cheese.
The restaurant is good sized and they have a nice shaded patio dining area too. I don't know what the old place looked like, but this place is clean, large, lots of parking and was pretty crowded at lunch time on a Tuesday afternoon.
Next time I go, I'm trying the potato salad and picking up some chive cream cheese....maybe a blintz or two.
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