delicatessen

Example Sentences

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The city’s appetizing stores, which first appeared in the late 19th century, are a type of delicatessen that only sells products such as smoked and cured fish, dairy and nuts due to kosher law.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 10, 2025

They gave me this fantastic send-off, with a pop-up delicatessen on the set, called Sam’s Delicatessen.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 22, 2024

From the pale, shredded stuff in the supermarket delicatessen to my own favorite homemade version that combines cabbage, kale and chard in a vaguely Asian dressing, it all works for me.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 19, 2023

Shumana Palit is a wine specialist and the owner of Ultracomida, a delicatessen and wine merchant with stores in Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, and Narberth in Pembrokeshire.

From BBC • Oct. 15, 2022

Margaret did not even know what ruggelach were until Grandpa Izzy took her to a kosher delicatessen and introduced her to them.

From "The View From Saturday" by E.L. Konigsburg