Word: delis
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Jewish deli, which opened last May, closed late in December. The restaurant may be sold, may relocate outside of Harvard Square or the owners may hire new management, Dershowitz said...
...have been losing money on every sandwich we sell," said Dershowitz. Dershowitz said the partners of the deli had anticipated that Maven's would lose money shortly after opening, but they had not expected the restaurant to remain in the red for as long...
Maven's co-owner Marcus S. Weiss, a Cambridge lawyer, said the partners were "still great believers in the Maven's concept" of providing kosher deli food, but he added that the owners were having trouble finding experienced deli operators...
Unfortunately, the truth is that given Mavens' high operating costs in its Harvard Square location, unless the deli substantially increased its gross revenues and hence its profits, its doors would have closed in just a few more weeks. Notwithstanding its great popularity and healthy crowds, Mavens operated at a substantial deficit from the day it opened until the day it changed its orthodox kosher policy and decided to open on Friday nights and Saturdays. The change was made not to increase profits, but to eliminate the substantial losses that threatened to deprive Cambridge residents and Harvard students of the city...
Mavens does, however, plan to open a strictly orthodox, Sabbath-observant kosher deli in another, lower-overhead location sometime next year. Mavens regrets that its experiment seeking to serve the entire Harvard Square area Jewish community did not succeed, but it is delighted that it is still able to bring authentic New York-style kosher deli to the very large portion of the Jewish community for whom the Sabbath operating policy does not constitute a bar. Harvey A. Silverglate L'67, Vice President, Kosher Deli Management, Inc., Operators of Mavens Kosher Court