Word: delicatessens
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...hardest hit were businesses that depend on phone orders. "I might have to go under," said Ralph Annunziata, manager of a delicatessen that accounts for half of its sales with phoned orders. Florists cut off from Florists' Transworld Delivery complained that they could no longer say it with flowers; with their phones dead, funeral parlors in the area reported that business was "dying." Pharmacist Sanford Eidinger also had to contend with "people who come in off the street with prescriptions for all kinds of things." Apparently, addicts with stolen or forged prescription blanks were quick to take advantage...
Director Ronald Neame (Tunes of Glory, The Poseidon Adventure) has his Nazis parading about like villains in old World War II propaganda melodrama, with delicatessen accents and eyes like hooked fish. Anyone could blow the whistle on Nazis like this. ∎Jay Cocks
There are very few convenient places you can go and find real delicatessen--real pastrami (some eateries go so far as to spell it pastromi), real nasherai. Fortunately, however, one of the best places to go in the Boston area is right around the corner, at Underdog...
Elsie's, 71a Mount Auburn St. If one of your parents went to Harvard or Radcliffe then you've probably heard about Elsie's. The menu is again basically standard but leans toward the delicatessen side and at mealtimes it's SRO. It's really the classic of its type in the Square and for some reason seems to have a special place in the memories of alumni. The food is good and the prices are "competitive" if you don't mind standing...
...Midget (up near Radcliffe) is best at preparing the kind of food usually available from delicatessens. Although this Jewish-style deli is not in the same league as Katz's Delicatessen on New York's lower east side (and it is not Kosher), in the Harvard Square area the Midget is probably the closest you'll come to a decent corned-beef-on-rye with a side order of kishka. The triple decker "College Sandwiches" are well worth their prices, and bagels with cream cheese and lox are available (a rarity in this town). The adjoining maxi bar and lounge...