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"If this had happened then, I think we would have been kippered," he said.

Then, the store beside Kippered, a bar Clarke also owns, went on the market, about 500 feet from Grand Central.

Within the spectrum of smoked and cured salmon, you'll find at least half a dozen varieties including Nova, Western, Eastern, Lox, Gravlax, Kippered, and pastrami-style.

Smoked fish that requires refrigeration, such as lox, nova-style, kippered, or jerky, is considered precarious for those who are pregnant because, like deli meat, it could be contaminated with listeria.

For much of its nearly nine decades of operation, Canter’s delicatessen has been slinging pastrami sandwiches, fried kippered herring and other traditional deli fare in a converted theater on Fairfax Avenue complete with vinyl booths and 1950s decor, topped with a neon glow.