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August 20, 2010

Have an Ice Cream Sundae at Benjies New York Deli

It's summer, and time for ICE CREAM!

Finally! Summer’s here, and it’s not messing around. It’s been HOT. And there’s nothing better to cool you down than some cold ice cream.

Don’t wait for the ice-cream truck to come down your street, especially if you’ve got a day job. They rarely stop by office buildings (but hey, what a great idea!), so why not come down to Benjies New York Deli at lunch for a special treat. Have something small for lunch, like some latkes, or healthy, like a salad, and splurge on dessert.

We’ve got a lot of ice-cream drinks to choose from, including old-fashioned milkshakes served in the metal shaker (like they should be!). We also serve ice-cream sodas in chocolate, strawberry, cherry or vanilla flavors and the old favorite: a root-beer float. You can choose root beer or Coca-Cola® with a big scoop of vanilla ice cream. Remember having an egg cream as a kid? Well, Benjies New York Deli still makes them by hand, with milk, chocolate syrup and seltzer–is your mouth watering yet? (more…)

May 14, 2010

Benjies Loves “Save the Deli”

David Sax of "Save the Deli"

It seems that the only person crazier about good Jewish deli products than us is David Sax—shown here, suavely navigating the busy streets of the New York metropolis as he balances a cell phone in one hand and a drippingly delicious pastrami on rye in the other. This guy is SERIOUS.

And guess who noticed? The folks at the James Beard Awards. His book called, unsurprisingly, Save the Deli took him across North America and Europe in search of great Jewish delis, prompted by the fact that many had fallen to the devilish trio of homogenization, assimilation and (eek!) health food concerns. In his exclusive letter to Amazon.com, Sax also unashamedly admits that he had fallen prey to generalizing: (more…)

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