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Miami Herald
04-04-2025
- General
- Miami Herald
Where have all the delis gone? Take a look at these old Miami favorites
Looking for a good place to get some corned beef today? In the Miami area, it probably won't be at a deli. In the last two decades, South Florida has lost most of its major delis — the places where the pastramis were spiced and brined and cut at the counter, where waitresses snapped 'Sweetheart' as they tossed down buckets of dill pickles and prune danish. Demographics had a lot to do with the death of the Jewish deli. (Although these places served it all, including corned beef and cabbage for St. Patrick's Day). So did the quest for a healthier diet. Fatty meat and sky-high sodium levels just don't cut it anymore. Listing the death toll of delis is enough to make us cry (and make us hungry, too). Corky's. Pumpernik's. Rascal House. Wolfie's. Yes, there are still places to get a big corned beef sandwich (on rye with mustard, thank you). Mom-and-pop bagel shops such as Moe's in Aventura do their best to fill the void. Chains such as TooJay's and Roasters & Toasters give a nod to the New York-style food popular with Eastern European immigrants and their children. And there a bagel places dotting the South Florida landscape that serve deli food. But if you're looking for the South Florida originals, they are long gone. Wolfie's, a Miami Beach landmark for a half-century, served a slew of famous — and infamous — patrons. Meyer Lansky, Muhammad Ali, Deion Sanders and Liza Minnelli enjoyed the overstuffed pastrami sandwiches and giant slices of 'world famous' cheesecake. Restarateur Wolfie Cohen also opened Rascal House in 1954. A dining staple at Collins Avenue and 172nd Street — which outlived legendary delis like Pumpernik's, Wolfie's and Corky's — it closed in 2008. Here is a look at some of the delis that thrived in South Florida through the years. Rascal House Wolfie's Pumpernik's Corky's
Los Angeles Times
17-03-2025
- Los Angeles Times
Video captures a burglary that went bust and a getaway gone bad
A failed heist was followed by a flawed getaway for burglars who recently broke into an Upland chain restaurant, authorities say. The group was interrupted mid-theft. Then, as they were being pursued by officers, they drove into a dead end and got their stolen car stuck, according to police. In a tongue-in-cheek video and statement posted on X by Upland police, three people are seen breaking into the Corky's Homestyle Kitchen and Bakery near 7th Street and Mountain Avenue around 3:30 a.m. Thursday. Police added 'It's Tricky' by Run-DMC as a soundtrack to security and body-camera video of the burglars smashing in a restaurant's glass patio door with a sledgehammer, then using drills and a crowbar to wedge out a safe inside. The safe, which the people in the video seem to struggle to move, appears to be abandoned as sirens are heard outside. Police approached the stolen black Dodge Challenger parked outside the restaurant about six minutes after the initial break-in, according to the video's time stamps. After a failed PIT maneuver to immobilize the car in the parking lot, the burglars fled, purposely hitting a police vehicle to get away, police said. The getaway driver, who police said was an adult male from Southgate on probation for burglary, drove down nearby South Linda Way — a dead end — before getting stuck between two parked cars. Several suspects fled on foot, police said. Two were arrested, a 16-year-old from Los Angeles and the driver. Two others escaped. Police did not identify any of them. The stolen Challenger had another plate inside connected to a different vehicle associated with other burglaries, police said. Management at Corky's declined to comment Sunday when asked about the burglary.
