On 12/15/2014 9:19 AM, Steve Freides wrote:
> Nancy Young wrote:
>> On 12/15/2014 10:03 AM, Steve Freides wrote:
>>> Nancy Young wrote:
>>>> On 12/15/2014 8:55 AM, Steve Freides wrote:
>>>>> Anyone else ever eat here?
>>>>>
>>>>> http://www.haroldsfamousdeli.com/
>>>>
>>>> We go there a few times a year. Not for breakfast. You go for
>>>> the huge deli sandwiches (that feed 3 or 4) and the pickle bar.
>>>> We also order an egg cream, which is also giant.
>>>
>>> OK, good to know. Sounds sort of Carnegie Deli-ish, which isn't a
>>> bad thing!
>>
>> Exactly! I knew you'd get what I was describing.
>>
>> Funny, the first time I went to Carnegie? Stage? with Ron,
>> I said Do you want to split a sandwich? I got a look like
>> Are you insane? (laugh) Then the sandwiches came.
>>
>> Harold used to work at Carnegie Deli, so you get the
>> connection.
>>
>> Did you see the desserts? I've never ordered one. A slice
>> of cake is like a whole normal cake. All different types
>> of desserts, all enormous. Can't say as I've ever seen
>> anyone order.
>>
>> nancy
>
> We looked at the cakes on our way out - gigantic, as tall or taller than
> they were wide. Because we were having breakfast, we didn't try a
> dessert.
>
> The night before, we went to Cheesecake Factory in the Menlo Park Mall
> (5 or 10 minutes by car from Harold's). I have to say that I don't
> think I've ever had a bad meal at a Cheesecake Factory restaurant, and
> most of what we had we more than just satisfactory, it was really good.
>
> -S-
>
>

Sigh. So many of my old "haunts" I remember Menlo Park Mall before
they put the roof on it. I moved to the Menlo Park area (Parkwood
Gardens behind Roosevelt Park) in 1996 right after I married husband #1.
Harold's and Cheesecake Factory didn't exist. We had the Menlo Coach Diner.

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