"While The Woody Allen is incredibly delicious I foolishly thought I could tackle this whole sandwich single-handedly at the table. Woody had me beat early on in the game."
Bill Homan
"A bevy of cured meat sandwiches waiting to be devoured by eager aficionados."
Bill Homan
"Given its astronomical price, the Carnegie's pastrami sandwich ought to be tall. But this is ridiculous. There is enough meat here for three sandwiches. In fact, it is possible to get extra bread, but the management will charge extra if you share a sandwich with your tablemate. Price and logistics aside, this is one great pastrami sandwich."
Michael Stern
"The Carnegie's good corned beef and pastrami goes into the mixed deli omelet. We wish the bagels were better, though."
Bruce Bilmes and Susan Boyle
"Soup is served the traditional deli way. A bowl is set down, then the waiter decants the soup from a silver pitcher into the bowl. This is the best matzoh ball soup we've ever had in a restaurant: robust, salty broth and matzoh balls as tender as a sigh."
Michael Stern
"Blintzes are available filled with cheese, strawberry, blueberry, or cherry. These are plain cheese, served with sour cream. Apple sauce is the other available condiment."
Michael Stern
"Served pancake-style, the kosher salami is nicely-browned before getting mixed with the eggs. The potatoes on the side are actually pretty good, too."
Bruce Bilmes and Susan Boyle
"Pastrami piled high on rye - extra bread is a must for this sandwich."
Jack Barry
"Nova, eggs, and onions is a brilliant combination of sweet, salty, and mellow, and is commonly found on Jewish-style deli/smoked fish menus."
Bruce Bilmes and Susan Boyle
"A curtain of drying salamis hangs in front of the deli counter. If you've never tried a sandwich made from dried Kosher salami, we highly recommend that you try one. Very different from Italian-style Genoa and hard salamis."
Bruce Bilmes and Susan Boyle
"Sour pickles in the foreground, half-sours in the back."
Jack Barry
"74 years and still going."
Bill Homan
"No matter where you sit in the Carnegie Deli, you will be surrounded by pictures of celebrities. Above our table, NBC's Al Roker was looking down with a big smile."
Michael Stern
"A sea of people and who's who pictures on the walls in the back room."
Bill Homan
"There are many delis in this neighborhood, but the Carnegie is the daddy of 'em all."
Michael Stern
