Carnegie Deli Returns to Seventh Avenue After a Decade

Carnegie Deli, one of New York’s most famous delicatessens, reopens on September 15 at 834 Seventh Avenue, just blocks from where it first opened in 1937. The new address, the former home of longtime rival Stage Deli, continues a decades long deli tradition on Seventh Avenue.

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Milton Parker and his partners took over the business in 1976 and built it into a New York institution known for towering sandwiches, award winning cheesecake and a Wall of Fame covered in photos of the celebrities who ate there. Today the brand is owned by Parker’s granddaughter, Sarri Harper, the company’s third generation CEO, who said the return to Seventh Avenue felt like the right next chapter after the former Stage Deli space became available.

Sarri Harper Courtest of Evan Sung

The pastrami and corned beef that made Carnegie Deli famous are back, prepared with the deli’s family recipes over a process that takes roughly two weeks from start to finish before the meats are hand trimmed and sliced fresh behind the counter. Sandwiches are piled high on old fashioned rye with Dusseldorf mustard and half sour and sour pickles, including returning favorites like the Reuben and the pastrami and corned beef combination known as the Broadway Danny Rose, along with a new addition called the Carnegie Deli Colossus. The menu also brings back matzo ball soup, chopped liver, tongue, latkes, knishes and the deli’s all beef footlong hot dog, alongside appetizing staples such as smoked fish, bagels and a Carnegie Deli omelette, plus new additions including Babka French Toast and fried deli pickle chips. The classic New York cheesecake, served on its signature cookie crust since 1937, returns alongside fresh strawberry and black and white versions.

Designed by Garrett Singer Architecture + Design, the roughly 2,500 square foot, 110 seat restaurant restores the intimacy of the original, with wood paneled walls, closely set tables, a front facing dessert case and a bustling deli counter, along with an illuminated Carnegie Deli sign outside and the giant pickle inside. The legendary Wall of Fame returns as well, featuring original photographs and frames from the former restaurant with generations of famous guests, including Mel Brooks, Robin Williams, Stevie Wonder, Sarah Jessica Parker, Adam Sandler, Jerry Seinfeld and a young Venus Williams. Carnegie Deli is open daily from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. For a deli that has been part of New York’s story since 1937, the Seventh Avenue reopening is a chance for longtime regulars and a new generation of guests to pull up a seat under the Wall of Fame together.

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