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Not for particular financial reasons. Just that the woman running it wants to retire the location seemingly. The Vegas and PA additions will stay open.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2016/09/30/carnegie-deli-new-york/91315262/

The Carnegie Deli in New York — an eccentric symbol of the city's capacity for everyman culinary appeal — will close at the end of 2016.

As New Year's Eves in New York go, this particular holiday will take on melancholic overtones for fans of the dining hotspot, whose flair for drama was perhaps eclipsed only by its pastrami, corned beef and cheesecake.

The Midtown Manhattan restaurant, which opened in 1937, will close on Dec. 31, restaurant spokeswoman Cristyne Nicholas confirmed.

The owner, Marian Harper Levine, whose family acquired the restaurant in 1976, told her employees this morning. The restaurant, described by USA TODAY in 2013 as "the world's most famous delicatessen," employs about 60 workers.

"It was very emotional for her," Nicholas said. "It’s just time in her life that she wants to move on."

Carnegie Deli will continue wholesale distribution of its products, licensing its brand and selling desserts online, she said. Other locations — one in Bethlehem, Pa., and one in Las Vegas — will remain open.

 

[CreepingFear]

Fuck, never got to go there.

 

[BronsonLee]

OH NO, WHATEVER WILL I D-*wanders over to Bethlehem instead*

 

[entremet]

I'm more of a Katz man, but still sad.

 

[thekonamicode]

End of an era.

 

[meltingparappa]

Legitimately sad to lose a New York landmark, but people should be going to Katz and Junior's regardless.

 

[HStallion]

May stop in with my parents before they close.

 

[Bruce Springsteen]

Legitimately sad to lose a New York landmark, but people should be going to Katz and Junior's regardless.

Katz is so overrated, one and done with that tourist trap

 

[phanphare]

sad that it's closing but now people will be forced to choose a better pastrami joint

Katz is so overrated, one and done with that tourist trap

bite your tongue sir

 

[Guevara]

No surprise!

I mean, have you seen their serving sizes?!

 

[Zabka]

Don't they charge $30 for sandwiches? It's for suckers.

 

[Vicetrailia]

So she can't teach someone the trade?

 

[-MD-]

No surprise!

I mean, have you seen their serving sizes?!

Dear lord, I need it.

 

[Lulubop]

I thought Katz was the most famous

 

[AlteredBeast]

Never been, but went to Hello Deli when I saw Letterman live a few years ago. Rupert was nice and snapped photos with us.

 

[fallengorn]

The Vegas and PA additions will stay open.

Wat. Ridiculous.

 

[DOWN]

I thought Katz was the most famous

Was Katz in a classic SNL parody song?

Didn't think so.

 

[LyleLanley]

Carnegie is overrated. Katz is much better, Stage was better when it was around.

 

[perfectchaos007]

No surprise!

I mean, have you seen their serving sizes?!

A ginormous slab of sliced meat between 2 small crackers. Also, why do they call this the "Carmelo Anthony"?

 

[Netherscourge]

I will remember fondly whenever Adam Sandler sings about Bowser from Sha-na-na & Arthur Fonzarelli eating at the Carnegie Deli in his Chanukah Song I.

 

[LyleLanley]

A ginormous slab of sliced meat between 2 small crackers. Also, why do they call this the "Carmelo Anthony"?

All the Carnegie sandwiches are named after famous people.

 

[ShOcKwAvE]

What's odd is that it just reopened a few months ago:

http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/manhattan/carnegie-deli-midtown-reopens-10-month-shutdown-article-1.2525461

 

[shira]

I'm more of a Katz man, but still sad.

+1 I really like Katz whenever I'm in NYC

 

[meltingparappa]

Protip: At Katz (and maybe Carnegie deli), they operate on some arcane 'ticket' system, where each person gets a ticket when you leave, and as you buy stuff they list your items on the ticket.

You're charged $50 if you lose the ticket, but you can game the system if you buy over $50 worth of pastrami in one sitting, then head directly to the hospital as soon as you get out.

 

[ColdPizza]

Don't they charge $30 for sandwiches? It's for suckers.

I think I paid $18 for the DeNiro

 

[ezekial45]

I'm planning a trip to NY this November, and I'm gonna try and hit this place up.

 

[PartlyCloudlike]

I went there my first trip to NYC. Trash tier.

 

[Atomic Playboy]

No surprise!

I mean, have you seen their serving sizes?!

That is not a sandwich. That is a pile of ingredients and an expectation that paying customers should be thankful for the opportunity to put their own food in the correct configuration.

 

[sphagnum]

Why not just let someone else take over...?

 

[Zen_Arcade]

No surprise!

I mean, have you seen their serving sizes?!

This looks terrible. The meat to bread ratio is totally uneven. You might as well just give people a plate of meat.

 

[Tatsumaki Senpuukyaku!]

So there's going to be a Carnegie Deli in Las Vegas but not NY? Feels like I'm in bizzaro zone

 

[timetokill]

Langer's is the best anyway, and it's on the best coast, so

 

[TarpitCarnivore]

Dear lord, I need it.

It's not that good

 

[xsarien]

Way, way past their prime. The only down side is now the tourists may find the *good* pastrami places in the city. :/

 

[StopMakingSense]

Langer's is the best anyway, and it's on the best coast, so

yoooooooooooo

this.

 

[wild wild rice]

Don't worry guys, a Subway will take its place! EAT FRESH

 

[Szu]

My wife and I got a chance to eat there this summer.

Ironically, we were there to watch Fiddler on the Roof, which also ends its run this Dec.

 

[Glix]

I'm more of a Katz man, but still sad.

My parents house was built by the fam that started Katzs' deli.

@Szu - Wasn't the coreography SICK??? I loved it! (I've seen multiple productions and was in a high school production of the show. Not my first Anatefka rodeo)

 

[FStop7]

Why close an institution that's been there for over 70 years and has 60 employees if it's not for financial reasons? Hire someone to run it for you or sell it. But just closing it because? Nah, there's more to it than that.

 

[TarpitCarnivore]

Why close an institution that's been there for over 70 years and has 60 employees if it's not for financial reasons? Hire someone to run it for you or sell it. But just closing it because? Nah, there's more to it than that.

There likely is, like high rent, but this was in the Gothamist (http://gothamist.com/2016/09/30/rip_carnegie_deli.php):

Though Levine owns the building that's housed the restaurant since 1937, it's likely financial burden from recent legal entanglements played a role in the shutter. Multiple lawsuits had been filed regarding wage theft, recipe theft, and ultimately a divorce from Levine's husband Sandy, who had allegedly been having an affair with a waitress at the restaurant.

 

[Jawbreaker]

No surprise!

I mean, have you seen their serving sizes?!

I thought I was going to die the first time I had one of these.

 

[derder]

I shall make a pilgrimage

 

[Clockwork]

Legitimately sad to lose a New York landmark, but people should be going to Katz and Junior's regardless.

I had both of these when visiting New York.

Super delicious.

 

[Laekon]

Why not just let someone else take over...?

I can't stand when that happens. You get places advertised as an original or oldest but it's now owned by some investment group that cares more about selling merchandise then food.

 

[Mikef2000]

Carnegie is overrated. Katz is much better, Stage was better when it was around.

Verified for truthiness.

 

[Frozenprince]

If there weren't already 8.4 Million Deli's in the New York Metro area I'd be more than just sad about the historical aspect of it.

 

[DOWN]

They close at the stroke of midnight tonight

 

[Sectorseven]

Weren't they stealing gas for like six months?

 

[maruchan]

Best pastrami is in la..

 

[appaws]

Carnegie is overrated. Katz is much better, Stage was better when it was around.

I punched out Joe Corson at Stage Delicatessen. A hundred horrified onlookers watched. Later, we squashed the beef with 5 dimes.