On Thu 22 May 2008 06:56:39a, Andy told us...

> Margaret Suran said...
>
>> Andy wrote:
>>> Stan Horwitz said..o!
>>>>>
>>>>> I've never been to the 2nd Ave. Deli, either locations. Did the
recipe
>>>>> change from the old to the new place? Just out of curiosity.
>>>> All the recipes are the same as far as I know. What changed is that
the
>>>> new location is extremely cramped, whereas the 2nd Ave. Deli's
previous
>>>> location was reasonably spacious.
>>>
>>>
>>> Stan,
>>>
>>> Shame they had to relocate!
>>>
>>> Never been to either. I'd've (if I'd known) gone to the original 2nd
Ave
>>> Deli.
>>>
>>> Andy
>>>
>>> Margaret and I have a date, iirc. Be there when the time comes?
>>
>>
>> Andy, I am going to break our date.
>>
>> Sue, Marcel and I were there a couple of months ago and it was a
>> disaster. I believe Sue posted about our lunch, but she was too polite
>> to tell the whole story.
>>
>> The seating was so tight, I had a woman from the next table sitting
>> partially on my lap. Poor woman, she kept apologizing and swearing she
>> would never come back.
>>
>> The waiter made Marcel get out of his chair and move to another part of
>> the table, even though he has a lot of trouble getting up and we told
>> that to the waiter, just so they could squeeze another chair into a
>> space that did not exist, at another adjacent table.
>>
>> Sue could not eat the Pastrami in her sandwich. It was nothing like she
>> had eaten in the original Deli several times. It was fat, stringy and
>> bad.
>>
>> The service was miserable. Once we got our food, both a waiter and a
>> bus boy kept asking whether they could remove the dishes from which we
>> were still eating. Sure, they wanted to get rid of us and get another
>> party seated, but it sure was weird when they removed some stuff while
>> we were still eating our sandwiches.
>>
>> There were a couple of other annoyances, such a the entrance to the
>> toilets being blocked by a large stroller and no access to them, until
>> someone was found to remove it.
>>
>> I had promised someone to bring back some sliced tongue. The man behind
>> the deli counter showed me the tongue from which he would slice my
>> order, at $36.00 a pound. It was a beautiful tongue. He sliced and I
>> waited. Then a waitress called in an order for a tongue sandwich. The
>> slicer took MY tongue and made a sandwich with it. I didn't bother to
>> look what the new tongue he sliced looked like. The same thing happened
>> once more, whatever was being sliced for me, went into a sandwich for
>> another guest.
>>
>> I have to admit, that the tongue a brought to my friend, was really
good.
>>
>> So, Andy, instead of going to the new 2nd Avenue Deli, we will make
>> other arrangements for our date. )
>>
>> Hugs, M
>
>
> Does that mean we can't meet at Lincoln Center fountain for a glass or
two
> of wine? Take in an opera? I don't where to dine there, but I'll treat!??
>
> Plaza hotel can hold me over for the night.
>
> Andy
>

I didn't think the Plaza was a hotel anymore. I thought it had been
converted into luxury co-ops.

The Pierre is understated and quite nice. At least it used to be.

--
Wayne Boatwright
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