Comments (0)A Real Pickle!
October 30, 2009The October 23 article “Knish And Tell” on David Sax’s book about Jewish delis brought back many memories of growing up in Northwest Baltimore in the 1940s and 50s.
Some of those memories include frequenting Jewish delis there where one could purchase a hot dog on a roll with a slice of bologna and a pickle for 15 cents, or a corned beef on rye for a quarter and a Coke for a dime!
These delis included: Ballows on W. North Ave. near Pulaski, Nate’s & Leon’s (the best banana cream pie) on W. North Ave. near Linden, Kessler’s on lower Park Heights Ave. near Keyworth, Cooper’s on lower Pimlico Road, Danny’s in the Park Lane Shopping Center on Reisterstown Road & Cold Spring Lane, Uptown Deli on Park Heights Ave. near Roger and Paul’s on Garrison Blvd. & Forest Park Ave. Also, there was Jake’s on Reisterstown Road near the Plaza, the infamous Mandell’s (best New York cheese cake) in the Hilltop Shopping Ctr. on Reisterstown Road & Rogers and Sid Mandell’s in the Woodmoor Shopping Ctr. on Liberty Road.
There were probably others, but these were the ones that I remember frequenting with the guys or after a movie date for a sandwich or some dessert. They are all gone now, and the days and years have passed by all too quickly!
Calvin Polansky
Las Vegas, Nev.