https://www.saltshaker.net/20050804/no-new-york-deli Casting a little flavor (and a few aspersions) on the world of food, drink, and life Tue, 29 Jul 2025 22:27:13 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1 https://www.saltshaker.net/20050804/no-new-york-deli#comment-253372 Sun, 11 Sep 2016 16:48:19 +0000 https://www.saltshaker.net/20050804/no-new-york-deli#comment-253372 […] When last we saw Martín Rebaudino he was captaining the ship at Oviedo, where I believe he was at the helm for going on 19 years. I’d heard earlier this year that he’d parted ways, amicably, with the owner, and I saw something about him having headed off to San Juan, Puerto Rico, though that was just grist in the rumor mill. Just a couple of weeks ago he resurfaced just around the corner from us with Roux, Peña 2300, corner of Azuénaga, taking over the recently dark space that held Santé for several years and prior to that, BN Café. […]

]]> https://www.saltshaker.net/20050804/no-new-york-deli#comment-189544 Sat, 22 Aug 2009 13:01:35 +0000 https://www.saltshaker.net/20050804/no-new-york-deli#comment-189544 […] my choice of bread. She also assured me that the bagel was a real, New York style bagel. Of course, I’ve been through this before… and have come to accept that the chances are slim. And, sure enough, this was pretty much a […]

]]> https://www.saltshaker.net/20050804/no-new-york-deli#comment-10679 Tue, 23 Jan 2007 18:51:42 +0000 https://www.saltshaker.net/20050804/no-new-york-deli#comment-10679 […] Buenos Aires – There used to be a nice little coffee shop at the corner of Peñ and Azcuenaga, called BN Cafe. I liked it, it was relaxed, comfortable, loungy, even if they did have bizarre ideas about what constituted a proper lox and cream cheese on a bagel. But it closed many moons ago, and was swiftly replaced by a place called Sante Bar, same address, Peña 2300, in Barrio Norte. It’s white. Stark white. Kind of like a dentist’s waiting room in a “B” movie. I just, simply, haven’t been able to bring myself to go in. But my friend Victor mentioned one day that he knew the owner of the place and we ought to check it out one day. Then we sort of back-burnered it, until yesterday when we decided maybe we ought to give it a shot. […]

]]> https://www.saltshaker.net/20050804/no-new-york-deli#comment-164 Thu, 02 Feb 2006 22:57:27 +0000 https://www.saltshaker.net/20050804/no-new-york-deli#comment-164 I’ve revisited BN Cafe several times. The affected or afflicted bagel aside, BN offers a selection of some really good sandwiches at lunchtime. They also have a wonderful fruit infused herbal iced tea that I’m game to stop in for anytime.

]]> https://www.saltshaker.net/20050804/no-new-york-deli#comment-35 Tue, 18 Oct 2005 13:07:13 +0000 https://www.saltshaker.net/20050804/no-new-york-deli#comment-35 […] New York City – It’s hard to believe that I’ve been in New York for a full week and haven’t gotten out for a bagel! Maybe I wasn’t missing them as much as I thought I was. But I found myself in the East Village this morning and decided to stop in at an old favorite bagel shop. It’s irrelevant which one, as it’s not the point of this brief post. In fact, there is little to say, other than posting the picture of my morning “everything” bagel with a generous amount of cream cheese, several slices each of lox, tomato, and onion. The way a real New Yorker would eat one. I only say that to compare and contrast to the version I was presented with in Buenos Aires several weeks ago, the picture of which is also included. That one consisted of, as I said in the review, white bread in a ring shape, a tablespoon or so of whipped cream cheese with a couple of pieces of chopped chives, one half of a cherry tomato, and one paper thin slice of smoked salmon. Not, as they claimed, the real thing. Photos pretty much tell the story. […]

]]> https://www.saltshaker.net/20050804/no-new-york-deli#comment-27 Tue, 18 Oct 2005 12:57:12 +0000 https://www.saltshaker.net/20050804/no-new-york-deli#comment-27 […] Buenos Aires – My friend Maureen arrived from California for a week or so’s visit. Had a quick breakfast of my favorite eggs with vinegar sauce and then she settled into her hotel for a short nap. As an introduction, we did a major walk along Santa Fe’s shopping district and then up through the Florida shopping district (she likes to shop), stopping off along the way to look at various protests and celebrations for the official date of Liberation Day (more was going on today than on Monday, which was really just an excuse for a long weekend). […]

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