2nd Ave Deli

Sitting in a Starbucks on 2nd Ave at 11th St. I knew this place was here cause I used to stop in after eating at the 2nd Ave Deli, which used to be a block away.


What's there now? A Chase branch. The kind with no people in it.


Not saying anyone did anything wrong, just thinking about how the universe allocates real estate, and how it's changing. I know the 2nd Ave Deli re-opened uptown, on 33rd betw Lex and 3rd. Not on 2nd Ave. It's a Jewish soul food restaurant, very much about people. Chase? Who knows what that is anymore. A subsidiary of JP Morgan? A bailed out government agency with the name of an old bank. Where was the government when the matzoh ball soup and pastrami needed bailing out?


PS: According to Google Maps there used to be a restaurant named Pastel here before the Chase branch. Looks pretty fru-fru to me. Good to know the universe rejected a fancy restaurant in place of the 2nd Ave Deli.


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