The Stage Deli has closed

[Fat Guy]

I was walking through Midtown yesterday (not pleasant) and noticed that the Stage Deli has closed. This article confirms:

http://www.myfoxny.com/story/20231162/nycs-famous-stage-deli-closes

Not that it was ever my favorite, but it is a lost piece of deli history.

[gfweb]

Tourists deserve a place like that. They can find it easily without a schlep. Its where they are. It has history.

What a shame.

[rotuts]

Ive eaten there. not the best pastrami Ive ever had ( its in Montreal ) but it was very entertaining. the Menu and the Tourists.

[patrickamory]

Not mourned by me anyway.

[Fat Guy]

I had some fine experiences at the Stage Deli. I don't think it was ever the best for any one thing, however the sandwich combinations named for celebrities were often brilliant. I wonder if the one in Vegas is still in operation.

[rotuts]

Exactly ! ( and the watching the Tourists )

Edited December 3, 2012 by rotuts (log)

[Slamdunkpro]

The Stage in Caesar's closed in 2010. Carnegie's in The Mirage crushed them.

[David Ross]

There is a deli at the MGM Grand named the "Stage" Deli-but I doubt it has any relationship to the New York store. It's been there for years and was once a pretty good place to get a decent corned beef sandwich. Now it's turned into basically a fast-food shop serving unpassable stuff that they pawn off as original.

[Slamdunkpro]

There is a deli at the MGM Grand named the "Stage" Deli-but I doubt it has any relationship to the New York store. It's been there for years and was once a pretty good place to get a decent corned beef sandwich. Now it's turned into basically a fast-food shop serving unpassable stuff that they pawn off as original.

Not related to The Stage Deli from NYC - They had two satellites - one in The Taj Mahal in Atlantic City and the one in the Ceasar's Forum shops. The AC one is long dead and the Vegas one closed down some time in late 2009 / early 2010.

[annabelle]

It sounds like they were hemmoraging cash. Poor management strikes again.

[weinoo]

David Sax wrote a nice piece for the Jewish Daily Forward...

For a deli world already used to deaths and disappearances, having seen thousands of landmarks wiped clean from our palate over the past decades, the end of the Stage plunges deep into the heart of deli lovers. The magnitude of its loss is incalculable. The significance is simply staggering.

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[babern38]

I think the Stage Deli was probably the first place my parents took me to when visiting new york for the first time at age 8. I remember the sandwich as big as my head. Now I live in the city and its sad to see it go. Wish I ha known it was closing so I could have gone one more time and paid my respects.