The Carnegie Deli is located in midtown Manhattan on 7th Avenue between 54th and 55th Streets and was opened in 1937 adjacent to Carnegie Hall. Now in the third generation of owners, the Levine family's delicatessen is among the most visited restaurants of its type in the city according to the New York Convention & Visitors Bureau. USA Today has called the restaurant the "most famous" deli in the United States.[1] The Borough of Manhattan, highlighted in yellow, lies between the East River and the Hudson River. ... Seventh Avenue is a thoroughfare on the West Side of the borough of Manhattan in New York City. ... 1937 (MCMXXXVII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... Carnegie Hall Carnegie Hall is a concert venue in New York City located at 57th Street and 7th Avenue. ... The word delicatessen designates a kind of food store. ... The Big Apple - Manhattan viewed from atop the World Trade Center For the swing dance, see Big Apple (dance) The Big Apple is a nickname or alternate toponym for New York City. ... USA Today is a national American newspaper published by the Gannett Corporation. ...

The restaurant offers pastrami, corned beef and other sandwiches with at least one pound (0.45 kg) of meat, as well as traditional Jewish fare such as matzoh ball soup, potato pancakes, chopped chicken livers, and smoked salmon. Available for order are cheesecakes of over a pound per serving. For an additional plate to share, there is a $3.00 charge and a minimum charge of $12.50 per person. The restaurant's motto is: "if you can finish your meal, we’ve done something wrong." In addition to the large servings, the restaurant is also know for its surly waiters who allegedly try to impart some of the gruffness of New York to visitors. Pastrami is a popular deli meat made from beef (a form of corned beef). ... Corned beef is beef that is first pickled in brine and then cooked by simmering, like braising without browning. ... The pound is the name of a number of units of mass, all in the range of 300 to 600 grams. ... The international prototype, made of platinum-iridium, which is kept at the BIPM under conditions specified by the 1st CGPM in 1889. ... The word Jew ( Hebrew: יהודי) is used in a wide number of ways, but generally refers to a follower of the Jewish faith, a child of a Jewish mother, or someone of Jewish descent with a connection to Jewish culture or ethnicity and often a combination of these attributes. ... Matzah balls (also matza balls, matzo balls, or matzoh balls) are a traditional Jewish food made from matzah, the unleavened bread used during the Passover holiday. ... Potato pancakes or latkes (sometimes spelled latkas) are a dish made predominantly of grated potatoes fried in oil. ... Binomial name Gallus gallus A chicken (Gallus gallus) is a type of domesticated bird which is often raised as a type of poultry. ... The liver is one of the largest internal organs of the human body. ... Smoked salmon is salmon, typically a filet that has been cured using salt and generally sugar and then hot or cold smoked. ... Polish Cheesecake A cheesecake is a dessert which is either made of, or has a soft topping of, ricotta cheese, quark, twaróg, or more usually cream cheese, sugar and sometimes other ingredients such as eggs, cream and fruit, on a cookie or graham cracker crumb crust. ... The United States dollar is the official currency of the United States. ... A motto is a phrase or a short list of words meant to formally describe the general motivation or intention of a social group or organization. ... A waiter in a resort setting A waiter is a person who waits on tables, often at a restaurant or a bar. ...

The Carnegie Deli was the favorite hangout of comedian Henny Youngman, and Adam Sandler includes a reference to the deli in The Chanukah Song in the mid-1990s. Many of the menu items reflect the celebrities who have visited, including a corned beef and pastrami sandwich named ater frequent patron Woody Allen after the deli served as a filming location for Broadway Danny Rose. A number of items on the menu feature Broadway themes and Yiddish vocabulary, including dishes like "nosh, nosh, Nanette" and "the egg and oy." A comedian, or comic, is an entertainer who amuses an audience by making them laugh. ... Henny Youngman performing at the Jerry Lewis MDA Telethon Henny Youngman (Henry Youngman, March 16, 1906 - February 24, 1998) was a comedian and violinist famous for one-liners, short simple jokes usually delivered rapid-fire. ... Sandler at Cannes 2002 Adam Richard Sandler (born September 9, 1966 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American actor, comedian, producer, and musician. ... The Chanukah Song is actually a series of songs written and performed by Adam Sandler. ... The 1990s decade refers to the years from 1990 to 1999, inclusive. ... For the 1998 movie, see Celebrity (1998 movie). ... Woody Allen. ... For other uses see film (disambiguation) Film refers to the celluliod media on which movies are printed Film — also called movies, the cinema, the silver screen, moving pictures, photoplays, picture shows, flicks, or motion pictures, — is a field that encompasses motion pictures as an art form or as part of... Broadway Danny Rose is a 1984 film written, directed by and starring Woody Allen. ... Broadway theatre is often considered the highest professional form of theatre in the United States. ... Yiddish (ייִדיש, Jiddisch) is a Germanic language spoken by about four million Jews throughout the world. ... Nosh is a slang term for food, typically snack food. ... A carton of free-range chicken eggs Ostrich egg Bird eggs are a common food source. ...

Co-owner Milton Parker has written a book called How to Feed Friends and Influence People: The Carnegie Deli, providing the history of the family's ownership and detailing the success of its operation.

The deli opened a second location in Las Vegas, Nevada at the The Mirage in 2005. Nickname: The Entertainment Capital of the World Official website: http://www. ... The Mirage is a 3,049 room hotel and casino resort located on the Las Vegas Strip in Las Vegas, Nevada. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

In addition to the retail operation, the restaurant sells cheesecakes and other products on-line.

References

Parker, Milton (2004). How to Feed Friends and Influence People: The Carnegie Deli. ISBN 0471680567.

External links

• New York homepage
• Online photo tour
• Carnegie Deli cheesecakes
• New York Times review
• Las Vegas homepage
• New York Convention and Visitors Bureau