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deli

[del-ee] / ˈdɛl i /






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Admittedly unfamiliar with Armenian food or basturma, Gaines compared the brisket sandwich to a pastrami-and-pickle sandwich at a Jewish deli.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 13, 2026

For people visiting New Jersey, deli shops have been a hot ticket.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 11, 2026

From there, it’s classic Green Goddess by way of the supermarket deli.

From Salon Jul. 7, 2026

But that connected me to the deli guy and I just walked out of there feeling like I belong to a place.

From Slate Jun. 20, 2026

"You mean spend the next thousand years running a deli?"

From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda

But Ottolenghi, who has 11 restaurants, cafes and delis, described the situation was "crippling" - not just for his own business, but for others running bakeries, cafes, and pubs.

From BBC May 29, 2026

The company changed its name to Restaurant Depot in the 1990s and started serving more food operators across the U.S. including caterers, pizzerias and delis.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 30, 2026

When we order from delis now, I ask them to separate the meat from the bread so I can control the amount of meat in between the two slices.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 23, 2024

And because delis have roots in Jewish culture, history and cuisine, it only made sense for OJM to adopt the trend into its clothes.

From Salon Oct. 8, 2023

Now I get mocked by these groceries, pizza places, ice-cream stores, delis, Chinese places, bakeries, sushi joints, McDonald’ses.

From "It’s Kind of a Funny Story" by Ned Vizzini




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