The hotly anticipated reopening of the Carnegie Deli now finally has an official date and time — Sept. 15 at 11 a.m. In addition, the reborn restaurant has released its menu, featuring a slew of classic favorites, plus some tantalizing new additions.
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Homemade chicken soup with matzoh balls will be available at the newly reopened Carnegie Deli in Midtown Manhattan. (Photo by Evan Sung)
Founded in 1937, the legendary NYC eatery closed 10 years ago. But now, to the delight of delicatessen fans, it’s returning to a new spot, just a block from its former home, on Seventh Ave. at W. 54th St. The space formerly housed the Stage Deli — Carnegie Deli’s gustatory rival during New York’s “pastrami wars” — and more recently Roxy Delicatessen.
“We always knew the timing and the opportunity had to be right,” said Sarri Harper, the business’s third-generation CEO. “When the former Stage Deli space became available, it felt incredibly fitting. There’s so much New York deli history in this space, and the opportunity to continue that legacy on Seventh Avenue made this feel like the right next chapter for Carnegie Deli.”
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Appetizing with the Sarri combination fish platter, latkes and more will be available at the newly reopened Carnegie Deli in Midtown Manhattan. (Photo by Evan Sung)
The revived restaurant will boast an extensive menu. Naturally, there will be the classics, including piled-high pastrami and corned-beef sandwiches on rye with Düsseldorf mustard and half-sour and sour pickles, along with matzo ball soup, knishes and all-beef footlong franks.
A new temptation is the Carnegie Deli Colossus, “the tallest stack on the menu,” heaped with pastrami, corned beef, turkey, Swiss cheese, coleslaw and Russian dressing on rye.
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Carnegie Deli third generation and CEO Sarri Harper at the upcoming Carnegie Deli in Midtown Manhattan. (Evan Sung)
There will also be a breakfast menu, including omelettes — with a choice of pastrami, corned beef, salami or turkey — plus corned beef or pastrami hash, bagels and lox and latkes, or fried potato pancakes.
Other new tantalizers include babka French toast, fried deli pickle chips, which the menu describes as “crispy, briny, impossible to stop eating,” and the Full Lee Loaded Reuben Fries, “a mountain of fries buried under pastrami, melted Swiss, sauerkraut, and Russian dressing.”
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The Full Lee Loaded Reuben Fries will be available at the newly reopened Carnegie Deli in Midtown Manhattan. (Photo by Evan Sung)
Topping it all off will be Carnegie Deli’s award-winning classic New York cheesecake, sporting its signature cookie crust, along with fresh strawberry cheesecake, black-and-white cheesecake and classic black-and-white cookies.
Much of the menu will be available all day, with lunch and dinner featuring additional dishes.
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The Broadway Danny Rose will be available at the newly reopened Carnegie Deli in Midtown Manhattan. (Photo by Evan Sung)
Seating will be walk-in only, with waiter service, and there will be a deli counter. Beer and wine will be available. Hours will be 11 a.m. to 10 p.m., seven days a week.
The 110-seat space has restored the look of the original, complete with Carnegie Deli’s legendary Wall of Fame. The photos of famous former guests include Sarah Jessica Parker, Adam Sandler, Jerry Seinfeld, Mel Brooks, Stevie Wonder, Conan O’Brien, Taylor Swift, the Jonas Brothers and a young Venus Williams holding her own signature sandwich in 1998. New VIP guests’ photos will be added over time “as a living record of people who pass through Carnegie Deli’s doors.”
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The new Carnegie Deli in Midtown Manhattan. (Photo by Evan Sung)
“Carnegie Deli has always been about more than the food — it’s about the memories people have here,” Harper said. “We want the people who grew up with Carnegie Deli to walk in and immediately recognize it, while giving a whole new generation the chance to make those same memories of their own.”
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