How to Use delicatessen in a Sentence

delicatessen

plural noun

• The $100 million delicatessen is the talk of Wall Street.
  — Charley Grant, WSJ, 16 Apr. 2021
• April There is something to be said for a great delicatessen.
  — cleveland, 31 Dec. 2022
• Police caught up with him and spoke to him at a local delicatessen.
  — Jeff Piorkowski/special To Cleveland.com, cleveland.com, 28 Apr. 2018
• His father worked at the counter in a delicatessen, and his mother was a homemaker.
  — Emily Langer, Washington Post, 13 Oct. 2022
• He was raised by his mother and stepfather, both of whom ran a delicatessen.
  — Washington Post, 31 Mar. 2021
• The family behind it will open a bagel shop and Jewish delicatessen at 1000 Clegg Court in Petaluma, in the coming months.
  — Elena Kadvany, San Francisco Chronicle, 10 Mar. 2022
• His father and his uncle ran a delicatessen called Hymie’s.
  — John Leland, BostonGlobe.com, 9 Apr. 2020
• At the back of the store, a blue tarp concealed the delicatessen and the seafood department, closed in stop-orders issued by state inspectors.
  — Doreen Christensen, sun-sentinel.com, 18 Sep. 2019
• So was the ready wit that had flickered back after getting clean, living in a sober house near Baron and working in a delicatessen.
  — Kevin Fagan, SFChronicle.com, 22 Sep. 2019
• The word ‘delicatessen’ is so New York, and so evocative of cinema and a time period.
  — Kristen Bateman, ELLE, 17 Nov. 2022
• Cecil already knew a thing or two about the delicatessen business.
  — Nancy Ngo, Twin Cities, 27 June 2019
• My dad took over from his father, built a delicatessen across from our current location, kind of right next to Smith Bros.
  — Kristine M. Kierzek, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 6 Apr. 2021
• On the wholesale side, a large part of the business at Star Bakery, Buckfire said, was their bread was sold to many metro Detroit restaurants and delicatessens.
  — Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 20 June 2023
• Neophytes should approach the counter with reverence, having learned to distinguish between the delicatessen and the appetizing store, the lox and the gravlax, the cured and the smoked.
  — New York Times, 17 Dec. 2021
• The roadside and lakeside bar and delicatessen is charming but unassuming, with tables set out by the water beneath the shade of a tree.
  — Rebecca Ann Hughes, Forbes, 14 Sep. 2021
• That’s what a pastrami sandwich from a true Jewish delicatessen can do to a person.
  — John Mariani, Forbes, 27 Oct. 2021
• Chip Meeker grew up about 40 miles outside New York City, where towns were defined by the delicatessen and a life spent in the absence of its signature sandwich was not worth living.
  — Ben Crandell, sun-sentinel.com, 14 July 2021
• Other ideas included a no-cook dinner that only involved a trip to the delicatessen, or bringing the party to the kitchen so everyone pitched in on the cooking.
  — Katlyn Moncada, Better Homes & Gardens, 30 Aug. 2022
• The brothers went on to open Hymie’s delicatessen (named after their father) in Philadelphia.
  — The Economist, 16 Apr. 2020
• The delicatessen originated in Germany in 1700 as a shop that sold exotic items, like bananas, mangos and plums.
  — Rachel Román, sun-sentinel.com, 22 Sep. 2021
• At the delicatessen, Ms. Paliszewska said Mr. Skripal seemed like any other customer, calm and polite.
  — Wiktor Szary, WSJ, 11 Mar. 2018
• In 1987 he was arrested at a delicatessen in Closter, N.J., and charged with conspiracy to distribute a kilogram of heroin.
  — New York Times, 14 Aug. 2019
• The humble origins of the Jewish delicatessen in America are traced via photographs, menus, neon signage, etc., in this tasty exhibit on view through Sept. 5.
  — Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2022
• But with a cataloging of his business interests—a delicatessen, fox farm, slaughterhouse, and meat-processing plant—his fate seems all but sealed.
  — Rachel Riederer, The New Republic, 10 Oct. 2019
• The latest line-up of tenants also includes a wine bar, a Latin American skewer shop, a Cuban sandwich place, an empanada restaurant and a delicatessen.
  — Alexandria Burris, The Indianapolis Star, 12 Feb. 2022
• Joudeh said her mother was reluctant to seek out medical treatment following the attack and returned to work at the delicatessen on Tuesday in spite of her injuries.
  — Nora Mishanec, San Francisco Chronicle, 29 June 2021
• Before the pandemic, Hasid was planning to open a delicatessen that would be located in an adjacent storefront.
  — Lydia Denworth, Scientific American, 8 June 2020
• Before the pandemic, Hasid was planning to open a delicatessen that would be located in an adjacent storefront.
  — Lydia Denworth, Scientific American, 1 July 2020
• The humble origins of the Jewish delicatessen in America are traced via photographs, menus, neon signage, etc., in this special exhibit on view through Sept. 5.
  — Los Angeles Times, 14 Apr. 2022
• As well as a new lifestyle, home and garden shop, there’s also a delicatessen, wine cellar and florist, all curated by the Boglione family who took over the original nurseries at the turn of the millennium.
  — Charlotte Owen, A-LIST, 4 Aug. 2017

Last Updated: 21 Sep 2024