NP - Frank Miller's Charlie Brown

[kelber at mindspring.com]

Adelman's on Kings Highway is still pretty good (also secretly owned by Italians).

LK

-----Original Message-----
>From: Lawrence Bryan <lebryan at speakeasy.net>

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>
>Ahhh, Cel-Ray. I haven't heard of that in years. I grew up in south  
>Florida and relished trips to Jewish deli's. Real sandwichs of corned  
>beef, two thin mustard covered slices of rye separated by three inches  
>of corn beef, a huge dill pickle on the side, a bowl of pickled beets  
>in the center like a relish. If I happened to go in for breakfast,  
>real bagels, hard and tough, not the soft bready Noah's we get here in  
>San Jose. Corn beef hash with real pieces of corned beef, not out a  
>can as I had in a deli in Brooklyn last time I was there. Blintzes! Oh  
>my deity. I almost forgot the blintzes. It's almost enough to make me  
>want to move back to little Havana. Drool. Laura, is it still possible  
>to get good Jewish food there? I was so disappointed when I was there  
>a few years ago.
>
>Lawrence
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>On Mar 19, 2009, at 3:07 PM, kelber at mindspring.com wrote:
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>> Katz's?  I guess it's possible.  Hope they don't tamper with the  
>> secret Cel-Ray Tonic (celery-flavored soda) formula.  Lots of  
>> pizzerias are run by Albanians, while the Chinese have a penchant  
>> for opening not-very-good taco joints.
>>
>> Laura
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Robin Landseadel <robinlandseadel at comcast.net>
>>> Sent: Mar 19, 2009 5:59 PM
>>> To: pynchon-l at waste.org
>>> Subject: Re: NP - Frank Miller's Charlie Brown
>>>
>>> Isn't the Lower East Side's most famous Jewish deli not-so-secretly
>>> owned by Puerto Ricans?
>>> On Mar 19, 2009, at 2:51 PM, kelber at mindspring.com wrote:
>>>
>>>> There are a couple of lousy kosher pizzerias which, I discovered,
>>>> are secretly owned by Italians.
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