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On 12/1/2012 10:26 AM, Brooklyn1 wrote:
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Know what bothers me about this article?

"The deli sat dark Friday evening, with its familiar white and red neon
sign gone black and the front door locked *in the hours* after workers
learned their sad fate.

Jose Robles, manager of longtime competitor Carnegie Deli, said he heard
from his Stage counterpart that the owners broke the bad news around 7
a.m. Friday."

Way to give your employees notice, assholes! Sorry for the loss of a
"landmark" but they could have given these folks more notice so they
could look for other jobs. Sheesh.

Jill

On 12/1/2012 8:37 AM, jmcquown wrote:
> On 12/1/2012 10:26 AM, Brooklyn1 wrote:
>> Gone:
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>
> Know what bothers me about this article?
>
> "The deli sat dark Friday evening, with its familiar white and red neon
> sign gone black and the front door locked *in the hours* after workers
> learned their sad fate.
>
> Jose Robles, manager of longtime competitor Carnegie Deli, said he heard
> from his Stage counterpart that the owners broke the bad news around 7
> a.m. Friday."
>
> Way to give your employees notice, assholes! Sorry for the loss of a
> "landmark" but they could have given these folks more notice so they
> could look for other jobs. Sheesh.
>
> Jill



It's very possible that the owners hadn't made the final decision more
than a few hours before.

gloria p

On 12/1/2012 12:41 PM, gloria p wrote:
> On 12/1/2012 8:37 AM, jmcquown wrote:
>> On 12/1/2012 10:26 AM, Brooklyn1 wrote:
>>> Gone:
>>> http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/...sEnabled=false
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>> Know what bothers me about this article?
>>
>> "The deli sat dark Friday evening, with its familiar white and red neon
>> sign gone black and the front door locked *in the hours* after workers
>> learned their sad fate.
>>
>>
>> Jill
>
>
>
> It's very possible that the owners hadn't made the final decision more
> than a few hours before.
>
> gloria p

I'm fairly confident they knew the place was in trouble more than 12
hours before shutting down.

Jill

On 2012-12-01 21:05:57 +0000, jmcquown said:

> I'm fairly confident they knew the place was in trouble more than 12
> hours before shutting down.

What--you know some of the owners?

I think your confidence is misplaced. There's any number of good
reasons to assume they were fighting to find investors, silent partners
and such up until the last minute. It's a pretty old institution. I
assume the last few weeks were filled with endless jockeying.

On 12/1/2012 8:49 PM, gtr wrote:
> On 2012-12-01 21:05:57 +0000, jmcquown said:
>
>> I'm fairly confident they knew the place was in trouble more than 12
>> hours before shutting down.
>
> What--you know some of the owners?
>
> I think your confidence is misplaced. There's any number of good
> reasons to assume they were fighting to find investors, silent partners
> and such up until the last minute. It's a pretty old institution. I
> assume the last few weeks were filled with endless jockeying.
>
I'll agree with all that, but surely the employees knew something was
up? If not, they should have been warned. I place like that, some of
those folks probably worked there for years. Now they're all out on
their asses. Hopefully they had something else lined up.

Jill

On Sat, 01 Dec 2012 10:37:16 -0500, jmcquown >
wrote:

>On 12/1/2012 10:26 AM, Brooklyn1 wrote:
>> Gone:
>> http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/...sEnabled=false
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>
>Know what bothers me about this article?
>
>"The deli sat dark Friday evening, with its familiar white and red neon
>sign gone black and the front door locked *in the hours* after workers
>learned their sad fate.
>
>Jose Robles, manager of longtime competitor Carnegie Deli, said he heard
>from his Stage counterpart that the owners broke the bad news around 7
>a.m. Friday."
>
>Way to give your employees notice, assholes! Sorry for the loss of a
>"landmark" but they could have given these folks more notice so they
>could look for other jobs. Sheesh.
>
>Jill


But we don't know what, if anything, they did for the employees. Maybe
they got huge severance packages.

It is also best to cut a place quick to prevent problems. You don't
want a disgruntled, soon to be unemployed, cook or server getting
revenge and end up with a hundred sick customers.

On 12/1/2012 9:26 AM, Brooklyn1 wrote:
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Now some nit-picking, anal-retentive nutcase can ask if they are gone or
"truly gone".... and what the difference would be.

George L

On Sat, 01 Dec 2012 13:46:24 -0500, Andy > wrote:

>I went there once. The place was packed. My pastrami on rye
>was huge and delicious. Two weeks later they were closed by
>the health department for code violations.
>
>I'd bet many of the staff had been there for decades. Sad!
>Hope they get unused vacation pay!
>
>I wonder if the Stage Deli in the Taj Mahal in Atlantic City
>also closed..

That would be interesting, check it out and report back, Andy.

Kosher delis are disappering, they go out of business because the
foods have become too pricy for most folk's pocket and the health
departments crack down on their prep methods, which still require they
use the old methods in order to produce the same products that people
are used to.. much of that food prep requires fermentation at
temperatures above what modern health codes dictate. Most of the food
prep methods are not written anywhere so when the old owners pass on
they take their secrets with them.

On 2012-12-01 18:46:24 +0000, Andy said:

> I went there once. The place was packed. My pastrami on rye
> was huge and delicious. Two weeks later they were closed by
> the health department for code violations.

It's easy to check the local health departments violations in OC. I do
it for grins every few months. My favorite places have been shut down
on occasion, but not for anything really egregious.

> I'd bet many of the staff had been there for decades. Sad!
> Hope they get unused vacation pay!

I hope they all get 3 months of severence.

> I wonder if the Stage Deli in the Taj Mahal in Atlantic City
> also closed..

"Brooklyn1" <Gravesend1> wrote in message
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A sad day,

Times they are a changing, for the worse I'm afraid.

:-)

Dimitri

On Sat, 1 Dec 2012 13:00:10 -0800, "Dimitri" >
wrote:

> "Brooklyn1" <Gravesend1> wrote in message
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> A sad day,
>
> Times they are a changing, for the worse I'm afraid.
>

If the 2nd Ave Deli could reopen on 33rd, anything is possible.

--
Food is an important part of a balanced diet.