New York Meeting!! All Welcome

[rover]

Joe, I fully expect to hear the old neighborhood in your voice when I meet you. I figure it will take just a few days to get you back to speaking NYC. And really, how different can NYC and Edmonton be?

 

[ray_g]

Yeah right, Joe working at B&H... that's suicide by GAS. 😉

 

[Scarpia]

I vote that we all just line up behind Kurt and follow him around all day. We may get a few strange looks, even in New York, but I am sure we will anyway. 🙂

I picked up two train schedules yesterday. The Metro North web site is pretty good, but not like having the paper in your hand.

Unless we look like a group of abominable snowmen I can assure you we will not get strange looks wherever we go in the city.
Kurt M. :angel:

 

[rover]

Snowman, Edmonton Joe...

I think we have problems. 😀

 

[back alley]

Snowman, Edmonton Joe...

I think we have problems. 😀

lmao!

you've seen my profile eh?

joe

 

[rbiemer]

OK, I am SO ready for this trip! I have the week off from work, picking up train ticket this week, arranging lodging with my brother in NJ, deciding what to pack--
>FED 5(the Zorkis are off to repairland), J-12,and my Agat 18.
>Money
>Some film(for the ride down)
>Oh,yeah, I guess I'll bring clothes also. 🙄
Packing done.
Shopping list:
I need an actual camera bag and I can't do that mail order so that's first.
Some filters(ND and yellowgreen. Maybe an IR if not too pricey)
FILM
Some other small things.
And if I can find one: Poppy Seed Streudel.
I am not worried about itinerary what ever the group opts for sounds like fun to me.
I will be counting down the days...As will the knuckleheads I work with. I haven't been much fun at work lately-the moronic things they do over and over that I usually laugh off are bugging the $##@ out of me-I need this trip!
Rob

 

[Scarpia]

Poppy seed streudel. I need to do some research. This used to be an easy item to find, but things have been changing.
Kurt M.

 

[rbiemer]

Poppy seed streudel. I need to do some research. This used to be an easy item to find, but things have been changing.
Kurt M.

Way back when, I lived in Rochester and worked in a Kosher deli there. The Dr. Brown's soda I can still get but the struedel I haven't seen since. I don't remember the brand we sold but it was made in NYC.
In Binghamton(where my parents live now) there is a good german bakery but they don't make it any more. The baker that used to make it for them passed away and no one there knows his secret recipie.
Rob

 

[Scarpia]

I'm sure there is somewhere in NYC you can get it but I am also sure it is well off the beaten path. The profile of ethnic bakeries has changed drastically in NYC in the last 30 years.
Kurt M.

 

[kbg32]

Eisenberg's which is near my internist is not a deli, but an old fashioned lunchionette famous (so they claim) for their tuna fish salad sandwich. I tried it and was dissapointed. They don't have pastrami on a steam table, but heat it in a microwave (I believe). If we want to visit MOMA, the Carnegie Deli is not too far away. They are expensive, crowded with tourists, but are said to have the best pastrami in the city. I have not tried it, however.
As for camera stores there are surprisingly few compared to 20 years ago. B&H are not too far away, Photo Village and Tamarkin's are fairly close together and Adorama is several blocks to the west.
One can buy an all day transit card for about six or seven dollars and ride busses and subways all day so long as the trips are 18 minutes or more apart. Manhattan has pretty good bus service.
Please keep making suggestions.
Kurt M.

Their pastrami is heated in a steam tray. It is not micro waved. Taste - to each their own.

Cheers,

Keith

 

[kbg32]

Way back when, I lived in Rochester and worked in a Kosher deli there. The Dr. Brown's soda I can still get but the struedel I haven't seen since. I don't remember the brand we sold but it was made in NYC.
In Binghamton(where my parents live now) there is a good german bakery but they don't make it any more. The baker that used to make it for them passed away and no one there knows his secret recipie.
Rob

There are a few Hungarian bakeries on the upper east side off of 1st and 2nd avenues - 70' - 80's, that have struedal. This area was once heavily populated by Germans and Hugarians.

Keith

 

[kbg32]

I think you mean a Dr. Browns celery soda, known as celery tonic to my generation. The cream is good too.
The place to go is Katz's on Delancey St. Most kosher delis dissappeared with the cholesterol scare. Add a portion of stuffed derma (kishka) to the pastrami sandwich and you might have to return to Canada in a box. You would deffinitely be in heaven, however. :angel:
Expect to see you on June 28.
Kurt M.
P.S. you can recognize me by my avatar. It was taken in 1961, but I look in the mirror every day and have noticed no changes.

Katz's Deli is on 205 East Houston Street, on the corner of Ludlow, one block east of Orchard Street. Most of the deli-men are Hispanic.

Cheers,

Keith

 

[kbg32]

Sadly, its true. After my last post a friend of my wife who is a maven (expert) recommended the 10th St. Deli on 10th and 2nd Ave. also a bit out of the way, but according to her very good; believe me most of them are gone, even Pastrami King across from the county offices and courts in Queens which had excellent pastrami (they made it themselves) and an ideal location. I always tried to pull jury duty there because of them, but they have been gone for about ten years.
Celery soda may sound awful but it is actually very good and goes great with pastrami because it is not as sweet as other sodas. It doesn't taste like a stalk of celery, believe me.
Kurt M.
P.S. How are you feeling?

Sorry Kurt, the deli is the famous Second Avenue Deli on the south east corner of 10th Street and 2nd Avenue, across from St. Marks Church.

Cheers,

Keith

 

[kbg32]

I'll settle for a good Coney Island knish at that deli. Too bad you can't get them deep fried any more. That also went out with greater awareness of cholesterol problems. See you there!

Cheers,
Huck

Huck,

Almost all of the knishes sold on the street by the hot dog vendors are fried. They are heated as they are sold. The best knishes are not far from Katz's - Yonah Shimmel's, also on Houston Street - 137 East Houston. Highly recommended. They have been in the same location for 95 years.

http://www.newyorkcityfood.com/knishes.html

Cheers,

Keith

 

[kbg32]

Poppy seed streudel. I need to do some research. This used to be an easy item to find, but things have been changing.
Kurt M.

Kurt,

Some of the best poppy seed struedel can be found at Moishe's Bakery, on Second Avenue near 7th Street. There are a few smaller Ukranian/Polish bakeries in the area that sell it as well.

Keith

 

[kbg32]

Sorry Kurt, I don't mean to contradict you, but I have lived on the Lower East Side for close to 30 years. My hometown neighborhood.

Cheers,

Keith

 

[Scarpia]

Oy vey! I am familiar with Yona Shimmels. Thanks for the corrections. Perhaps we should consider a trip to the lower east side as so much of what we are seeking is located so close together there. Now if there was a good camera shop nearby that would be a blessing (sigh).
Kurt M.

 

[back alley]

well, maybe some camera shop shopping, then a cab ride to the lower east side for lunch and then off to the friedlander exhibit and then a snack...😉


and does anyone know where harry met sally? my dad took me to that deli and for the life of me i can't remember where it is or the name.
joe

 

[Scarpia]

With kbg's guidence and a little help from me and anyone else familiar with the city; sounds good to me. Lets hope the weather holds up.
Kurt M.

 

[akalai]

Man, it doesn't help that I haven't had lunch today but reading all these great tips for Delis has my mouth watering..... really wish I could meet up with you guys in search of New York's finest pastrami....and I'd bee keen to try that celery soda, sounds interesting.

Very jealous and slightly hungry in Sydney 😀 .... AKALAI