Stage Deli

The Stage Deli, located on Seventh Avenue just two blocks from Carnegie Hall, is a well-known New York City delicatessen, patronized by numerous celebrities. It was first opened in 1937 by Russian immigrant Max Asnas. The deli is known for Broadway-themed dishes including the "Mamma Mia!" sandwich.Cite web|url=http://www.newsday.com/entertainment/stage/ny-e5575418feb17,0,2573165.story|title=A 'Spring Awakening' Sundae Treat|accessdate=2008-02-28|date=2008-02-14|author=Robert Kahn|work=Newsday] It has other menu items named for the celebrities who have dined there,Cite web|url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2006/06/01/national/a182049D14.DTL|title=NYC Closes Famed Deli That Served Celebs|accessdate=2008-02-28|date=2006-06-01|work=San Francisco Chronicle] including Sarah Ferguson, Adam Sandler, Dolly Parton,Cite web|url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2005/06/21/wfergie21.xml&sSheet=/news/2005/06/21/ixnewstop.html|title=A Few More Pounds for the Duchess of Deli|accessdate=2008-02-28|date=2005-06-21|author=Harry Mount|work=The Daily Telegraph] Martin Short,Cite web|url=http://www.broadway.com/Gen/Buzz_Photo_op.aspx?ci=536934|title=Martin Short Gets His Dish at the Stage Deli|accessdate=2008-02-28|publisher=Broadway.com|year=2006-09-18] , and Ron Blomberg. [http://www.jstandard.com/articles/4607/1/Why-Jews-love-baseball]

In addition to serving regular meals, Stage Deli holds special events including the "Matzoh Bowl" to determine the best matzoh ball soup. Cite web|url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=950DE4D7143FF936A35757C0A96F948260|title=Food N otes|accessdate=2008-02-28|year=1989-04-05|author=Florence Fabricant|work=The New York Times]

The Stage Deli has had a longstanding rivalry with the nearby Carnegie Deli. At one point, the rivals quarreled over which had the best pastrami, with the Stage Deli pointing out that the Carnegie Deli's pastrami was made with water from New Jersey, and the Carnegie Deli responding that although the Stage Deli's pastrami, while made with New York water, it was bought from a vendor instead of home-made. Thus, New Yorker's could get the same pastrami from any deli supplied by the same vendor. [ Milton Parker, Allyn Freeman, "How to Feed Friends and Influence People: The Carnegie Deli" (2005), p. 67-68.]

Yankees' teammates Mickey Mantle, Hank Bauer and Johnny Hopp shared an apartment above the deli in the early 1950s,Cite web| url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9405EED81339F934A35757C0A960958260|title=F.Y.I| accessdate=2008-02-28|date=1996-04-07|author=Kathryn Shattuck|work=The New York Times] and its baseball ties reach out of town to Pete Rose, who once complained of not having a sandwich in his honor.Cite web|url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,958546,00.html|title=Charlie Hustle's Final Play|accessdate=2008-02-28|date=1989-09-04|author=Margaret Carlson|work=Time]

Stage Deli has another branch in Manhattan, as well as one in Las Vegas, Nevada in the Forum Shops of Caesars PalaceCite web| url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9406E0DF1338F931A15756C0A9649C8B63&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss| title=Off the Menu|accessdate=2008-02-28|year=2002-05-22|author=Florence Fabricant|work=The New York Times] The Las Vegas store, which was one of the first eateries with roots elsewhere to open on the Strip, closed in June 2008.cite news|url=http://www.lvrj.com/news/22300394.html|title=Curtain Falling on Stage Deli|last=Clarke|first=Norm|date=2008-06-28|work=Las Vegas Review-Journal|accessdate=2008-06-30]

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External links

* [http://www.stagedeli.com Stage Deli official website]