On 12/15/2014 12:09 PM, Janet Wilder wrote:
> 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.
>

OOPs. That should have been 1966

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