Studio Deli

I hope I have the right deli!
We were just in New York over the Thanksgiving break and stayed at The Greenwich Hotel. The deli across the street with the blue awning (I believe this is the place!) was awesome! While others in our party were ordering room service my family of four was repeatedly sneaking over to the deli! The sandwich’s were SO fresh and… while I hate to admit this (hey I was on vacation)…I ate THREE pieces of carrot cake within a five day stay in New York! LoL On the way out heading to the airport I made one final run over for multiple desserts for us to all indulge in on the flight.
We randomly ate at other deli’s throughout the city while doing our touristy thing, but nothing compared to the neighborhood, homey, more of an authentic feel, of this one across the street from out hotel.

Tribeca Studio Deli has a bevy of cheaply-​framed autographed photos on the wall above its refrigerated drinks. My favorites are of actor Michael Rapaport (whose pissed facial expression doesn’t quite match his enthusiastic «Thanks!») and Playboy’s Miss April of 1993, the aptly-​named Nicole Wood. (Every example of Warhol’s «15 minutes of fame» theory is strangely touching.) They’ve also got Sharon Stone, The Sopranos’ Frank Vincent and film director Sydney Pollack. Not too shabby. My FAVORITE favorites though are the UNSIGNED shots of Steven Seagal and Fred «Re-​Run» Berry of the TV classic «What’s Happening!!» (and yes, the show’s official title had two exclamation points instead of a question mark).
What the-​? Why would you-​? Those two? Unsigned?
You have to love that kooky vibe. And that’s why I love TSD. The kookiness. And of course the excellent lunchtime line management, the high-​ceilinged spaciousness and the feng shui of its neat symmetrical tables. Oh yeah, the food’s good too! You can’t go wrong with their Italian Specialty Hero, with ham, capicola, sopressata, genoa salami and provolone (unless you’re not in the mood to drop the $ 8.50). Sorry guys, gotta deduct a star for the high prices.
Hunger in the belly? Go to the deli.