{"id":19967,"date":"2018-04-12T23:24:22","date_gmt":"2018-04-13T06:24:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/?p=19967"},"modified":"2018-04-18T10:52:00","modified_gmt":"2018-04-18T17:52:00","slug":"jewish-deli","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/beautiful-places\/jewish-deli\/","title":{"rendered":"Jewish Deli"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Used to have a &#8220;starving artist&#8221; of a friend trying to make it in this big city living in East Village area so I sort of know East Village area having stayed there (bless her soul) but &#8230;staying in Upper West side is first time for me &#8230; Opened in 1908, apparently this place is an institution&#8230;\u00a0 Seinfeld has been spotted and maybe that explains, wow, so expensive &#8211; $17 for just a sandwich?\u00a0 as I in shock pull out a 20 over a chaotic counter where the cash register sits with mess of checks covering the surface in disarray.\u00a0 It&#8217;s charming &#8230;how the waiter yells with that New York accent for a change to a guy who sits at the cash register &#8230; In some ways, this scene (without the yelling) reminded me of a Soba shop in Tokyo where an old lady, the 4-5th generation owner&#8217;s mom basically is entrusted with handling of money &#8211; sits there like a fixture.\u00a0 Rumor has it that she&#8217;s in her 90&#8217;s but quite spry and full of vitality:)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-19965 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/img_2326.jpg\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1536\" srcset=\"http:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/img_2326.jpg 2048w, http:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/img_2326-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/img_2326-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/img_2326-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/img_2326-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-19962\" src=\"http:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/img_2325.jpg\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1536\" srcset=\"http:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/img_2325.jpg 2048w, http:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/img_2325-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/img_2325-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/img_2325-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/img_2325-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-19963 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/img_2324.jpg\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1536\" srcset=\"http:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/img_2324.jpg 2048w, http:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/img_2324-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/img_2324-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/img_2324-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/img_2324-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-19964\" src=\"http:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/img_2323.jpg\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1536\" srcset=\"http:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/img_2323.jpg 2048w, http:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/img_2323-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/img_2323-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/img_2323-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/img_2323-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-19966\" src=\"http:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/img_2322.jpg\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1536\" srcset=\"http:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/img_2322.jpg 2048w, http:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/img_2322-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/img_2322-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/img_2322-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/img_2322-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This place is packed &#8211; it&#8217;s Sunday morning &#8230;<\/p>\n<p>I realized I was doing this wrong as I saw the dishes on the patrons&#8217; tables &#8211; best to order several deli items a la carte and have toasted bagels to spread them on &#8211; share with a friend or two for best assortment while you save some money &#8230;<\/p>\n<p>As always, sharing is the best way to go &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Used to have a &#8220;starving artist&#8221; of a friend trying to make it in this big city living in East Village area so I sort of know East Village area having stayed there (bless her soul) but &#8230;staying in Upper West side is first time for me &#8230; Opened in 1908, apparently this place is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":""},"categories":[11,7,9],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19967"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19967"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19967\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20017,"href":"http:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19967\/revisions\/20017"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19967"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19967"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19967"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}