# search for a specific Manhattan deli

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/search-for-a-specific-manhattan-deli/801720>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [November 15, 2017, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/search-for-a-specific-manhattan-deli/801720 "2017-11-15T21:25:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![adhemar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@adhemar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adhemar)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2017, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/search-for-a-specific-manhattan-deli/801720/1 "2017-11-15T21:25:15Z")

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I was in New York several years ago and will be back again next month. I went to a deli that was a couple of blocks south of Central park. the name was something like 56th street deli or 5645 deli…

I tried googling but did not find it. It was sort of buffet style with a lot of great salads like caprese salad you bought by the ounce.

Does anyone have a clue what the name is based on this vague information?

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**Author:** ![cardinal\_fang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardinal_fang/32/15316_2.png) [@cardinal\_fang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cardinal_fang)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2017, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/search-for-a-specific-manhattan-deli/801720/2 "2017-11-15T22:02:11Z")

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[53rd Street Gourmet Deli](https://goo.gl/maps/uHdHv6Jcfgw)?

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**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2017, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/search-for-a-specific-manhattan-deli/801720/3 "2017-11-15T22:21:23Z")

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What you might do is search on Google Maps for New York: deli and zoom into until you reach the streets just south of Central Park and see if any names jump out at you. You might also recognize the name of neighboring stores.

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**Author:** ![adhemar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@adhemar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adhemar)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2017, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/search-for-a-specific-manhattan-deli/801720/4 "2017-11-15T22:42:33Z")

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Oooh I think cardinal was right! Thanks!

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**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2017, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/search-for-a-specific-manhattan-deli/801720/5 "2017-11-16T00:22:01Z")

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Could it be this one on 34 W 56th St, New York, NY 10019? Look at it on google street view, and here’s a yelp review page

> **[D & S Market Place - New York, NY](https://www.yelp.com/biz/d-and-s-market-place-new-york)**
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> Delivery & Pickup Options - 146 reviews of D & S Market Place - CLOSED "When I was working in midtown at 56th Street, I liked going to D & S Market Place for their buffet spread by weight, everything's always so yummy and the people working there...

Oops, I see that the yelp review says that it’s closed. But it’s possible that a place with a different name has reopened here; every other block in midtown near 5th and 6th Aves has a buffet-style deli like this.