midtown manhattan restaurant information established 1937 current owner s the parker family food type delicatessen dress code casual street address 854 7th avenue city manhattan state new york postal code zip 10019 country united states coordinates 40 45 51 n 73 58 53 w 40.7641 n 73.9813 w 40.7641 ; 73.9813 coordinates 40 45 51 n 73 58 53 w 40.7641 n 73.9813 w 40.7641 ; 73.9813 website www.carnegiedeli.com the carnegie deli is a restaurant located at 854 7th avenue between 54th and 55th streets in midtown manhattan . it was opened in 1937 adjacent to carnegie hall . the parker family s delicatessen is now in its third generation of owners . usa today has called the restaurant the most famous deli in the united states . 1 it is operated today by second generation owner marian harper levine . the restaurant offers pastrami corned beef and other sandwiches containing at least 1 pound 0.45 kg of meat as well as traditional jewish fare such as matzoh ball soup potato pancakes chopped chicken livers and lox . the restaurant also offers other non jewish or at least non kosher food such as ham sausage and bacon . available for order are cheesecake portions of over a pound per serving . 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 known for its surly waiters who allegedly try to impart some of the stereotypical gruffness of new york to visitors . the owner announced that it is going to close on december 31 2016 . contents 1 history 2 branch locations 3 closure 4 reviews 5 gallery 6 see also 7 references 8 external links history edit carnegie deli leo steiner c. 1939 december 31 1987 was a jewish american restaurateur who was co owner of the carnegie deli located at 55th street and seventh avenue near carnegie hall in the new york city borough of manhattan . while his partner milton parker mostly worked behind the scenes steiner worked the crowd with his jewish humor in the restaurant which became a destination for both celebrities and tourists in the theater district . steiner was born in newark new jersey . he worked in his parents grocery store in nearby elizabeth new jersey where he grew up . the one time owner of pastrami & things a delicatessen located at third avenue and 23rd street he joined milton parker and fred klein in 1976 purchasing the carnegie deli from the trio of bernie gross max hudas and thomas north . klein who had not been actively involved in running the business dropped out shortly thereafter . under the management of parker and steiner the deli became known nationwide attracting celebrities such as woody allen jackie mason and henny youngman and opened branch locations in atlantic city new jersey ; secaucus new jersey ; and tysons corner virginia . steiner became the public face of jewish food appearing in a television commercial for rye bread . he created a 60 pound statue of liverty carved from chopped liver complete with a torch fashioned from a turkey wing for the united states bicentennial and was asked to prepare corned beef and pastrami for visiting heads of state attending the g7 economic summit meeting held in 1983 in williamsburg virginia . portions of woody allen s 1984 movie broadway danny rose were filmed in the restaurant . the deli s corned beef and pastrami celebrated by smoked meat connoisseurs nationwide were cured in the store s cellar using steiner s own recipe in a two week long curing process . the carnegie deli used a half ton of brisket to prepare a week s supply of corned beef by the time of his death . steiner admitted you could eat it after seven days but if you wait until the 13th you re in heaven . the carnegie deli was the favorite hangout of comedian henny youngman and adam sandler included a reference to the deli in the chanukah song in 1996 . steiner was eulogized by comedian henny youngman as the deli lama . the walls of the deli are nearly completely covered with autographed pictures of celebrities who have eaten there . menu items have been named after famous patrons including a corned beef and pastrami sandwich named after 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 after the musical no no nanette and the egg and oy the egg and i . there are also some humorous items in the menu like the famous liver sandwich named 50 ways to love your liver after the paul simon song 50 ways to leave your lover . it is a place many reporters in the city frequent including staffers from black rock aka the cbs building like bob simon . owner milton parker who died in 2009 had written a book with allyn freeman called how to feed friends and influence people the carnegie deli providing the history of the family s ownership . the book is sold at the cashier s station . in march 2012 the deli introduced a sandwich dedicated to newly arrived new york jets quarterback tim tebow . the sandwich named the jetbow is priced at 22.22 weighs in at 3.5 lbs and consists of corned beef pastrami roast beef american cheese lettuce and tomato on white bread . 2 on april 24 2015 the main midtown manhattan branch of carnegie deli was closed temporarily due to the discovery of an illegal gas line in the restaurant . con edison was investigating the restaurant . 3 on july 28 2015 carnegie deli was subsequently closed for upgrades to its energy lines after the discovery of improperly siphoning off natural gas for the previous six years . 4 time out magazine reported it reopened on february 9 2016 . branch locations edit inside the carnegie deli the deli opened several branch locations in the 1980s including two new jersey branches in secaucus and atlantic city and one in the washington d.c. suburbs in tysons corner . 5 however most of these branches have since closed and are no longer in operation . one in beverly hills california was financed by oil billionaire marvin davis and designed by restaurant designer pat kuleto at a cost of 4 million to be the best deli in the world in response to davis complaint that the delis in california were not as good as those in new york . 6 currently the deli operates a second location on the las vegas strip which opened at the mirage in 2005 . a third location opened in 2006 at the six flags great adventure in new jersey and serves as the healthy choice restaurant at the park ; however the menu is smaller and only has the restaurant s most popular items . a fourth deli limited to corned beef and pastrami sandwiches is at foxwoods resort casino . the fifth location is at the sands casino resort in bethlehem pennsylvania and opened november 22 2009 . in addition to the retail operation the restaurant sells cheesecakes and merchandise such as t shirts and baseball caps online . closure edit on september 30 2016 it was announced that the deli would close by the end of the year . 7 reviews edit in 2013 zagat gave it a food rating of 23 and rated it the 8th best deli in new york city . 8 gallery edit interior of restaurant a pastrami sandwich from the carnegi deli a reuben sandwich from the carnegie deli a corned beef sandwich from the carnegie deli a slice of strawberry cheesecake from the carnegie deli see also edit food portal list of delicatessens references edit notes brown seth 2005 01 30 . deli owner has recipe for success . usa today . retrieved 2015 09 08 . nyc deli creates tim tebow inspired jetbow sandwich . fox news . retrieved 2012 10 13 . burke kerry ; smith greg 24 april 2015 . nyc s famed carnegie deli closed for illegal gas connection . new york daily news . retrieved 26 april 2015 . novellino teresa 28 july 2015 . after 3 pastrami less months carnegie deli plans to reopen asap . new york business journals . retrieved 30 july 2015 . johnston david . washington talk suburbia ; pastrami with glitz and politesse the new york times 1987 10 09 . retrieved on 2009 04 20 . david margolick november 16 1994 . pastrami on rye hold the west coast . new york times . cuozzo steve . carnegie deli will close at end of 2016 . the new york post . new york post . retrieved 30 september 2016 . carnegie deli manhattan . zagat.com . sources parker milton ; freeman allyn 2004 . how to feed friends and influence people the carnegie deli . isbn 0 471 68056 7 . external links edit wikimedia commons has media related to carnegie deli . official new york website las vegas website pennsylvania website nthword magazine the nthword guys hit the road issue 7 august 2010 retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title carnegie deli & oldid 743062930 categories jewish delicatessensjews and judaism in manhattanlandmarks in manhattanmidtown manhattanrestaurants established in 1937restaurants in manhattanhidden categories coordinates on wikidatacommons category with local link same as on wikidata navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version in other projects wikimedia commons languages edit links this page was last modified on 7 october 2016 at 15 30 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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