‘Why are there no great delis in Kansas City?’
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Napoleon Bakery makes a nice Reuben panini, but it’s no deli |
Here’s a question I get a lot, usually from people who have moved to Kansas City from one of the coasts: Why isn’t there a decent Jewish delicatessen in the metro?
It’s a good question. There used to be: In the 1940s, the Kansas City City Directory listed 67 delicatessens operating in the metro, including the Milwaukee Deli, the Chicago Deli, the Cincinnati Deli and the New York Bakery and Delicatessen, which outlasted all of its rivals until it closed, somewhat uncermoniously, last year. It’s now a flea market.
