Chutzpah

"Known as Eggs Benedict Chutzpah Style, where the English muffins are replaced with crispy potato latkes."
Cliff Strutz






"The Reuben defies neat-and-tidy eating. Halfway through the mighty sandwich, piles of sauerkraut had spilled out along with a good portion of the corned beef. By the end, my plate was nothing more than an assortment of sandwich ingredients, and a joy to pick and pluck."
Michael Stern



"The matzoh ball is large, tender and tasty; the shreds and hunks of chicken are rich with flavor; the vegetables still have a bit of al dente crunch, and noodles down below add ballast. All these ingredients are suspended in a salubrious chicken stock, the very perfume of which induces serenity."
Michael Stern



"Meals at Chutzpah begin with a bowl of crunchy cole slaw and snapping-crisp pickles."
Michael Stern



"Dr. Brown's brand soda is the traditional New York deli drink. Here is a tall diet black cherry, which I ordered as a balance to my multi-thousand calorie Reuben sandwich. Jane got a celery-flavored Cel Ray, which fascinated our waitress, who had never tried one. We offered her a sip. "I'm not that brave!" she said, but we twisted her arm and she wound up liking it."
Michael Stern



"Jane got her wiener schnitzel with a potato pancake on the side. That's apple sauce in the cup to the rear of the plate."
Michael Stern



"While Chutzpah is in many ways a true New York style deli, its location is something else: at the far end of a sprawling suburban mall. "
Michael Stern