SLIDE SHOW: Why I Want to Save the Deli

David Sax visits delis across the United States, as he explains why he wants to save the deli.

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The Satmar Hasidic delicatessen Gottlieb's, in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, N.Y.


David Sax visits delis across the United States, as he explains


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Canter's Delicatessen , Los Angeles, Calif.

David Sax visits delis across the United States, as he explains


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Michael Weiss with his fresh baked challah. Weiss Bakery and Delicatessen, Henderson, Nev.

David Sax visits delis across the United States, as he explains


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Anat Goldman and a mushroom knish. Goldman's Delicatessen, Scottsdale, Ariz.

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Morty and Mel Krupin. Morty's , Washington, D.C.


David Sax visits delis across the United States, as he explains


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Ziggy "Deli Maven" Gruber. Kenny and Ziggy's , Houston, Tex.

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Arnie London, former owner of Arnie and Richie's, two years before his son sold the deli to the Roaster's and Toaster's chain. Miami Beach, Fla.

David Sax visits delis across the United States, as he explains


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Florida's Rascal House, a year before it closed. Sunny Isles, Fla.

David Sax visits delis across the United States, as he explains


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Rose Guttman, former Detroit deli owner and now part-time cook, with her matzo ball. Tony's Embers Deli, Orchard Lake, Mich.


David Sax visits delis across the United States, as he explains


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Brad Rubin outside his Eleven City Diner , Chicago, Ill.


David Sax visits delis across the United States, as he explains


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Herb Fingerhut, fourth generation baker, with a bounty. Kaufman's Bakery and Deli , Skokie, Ill.

David Sax visits delis across the United States, as he explains


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Jarret "Jimmy" Eggers with a side of his own smoked salmon. Jimmy and Drew's 28th Street Delicatessen , Boulder, Col.

David Sax visits delis across the United States, as he explains


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Owner Robby Morgenstein and a bowl of his matzo ball soup, at Miller's East Coast West Delicatessen , San Francisco, Calif.

David Sax visits delis across the United States, as he explains


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Danny the bartender, pouring drinks in the Kibitz Room , part of Canter's Delicatessen, Los Angeles, Calif.

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Jeremy Lebewohl, handing out chopped liver, in front of his 2nd Ave Deli , New York, N.Y. Learn more here .

David Sax visits delis across the United States, as he explains


David Sax is an author, blogger, and works as a freelance journalist in New York.