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  • 020 8954 9998
  • 11 Buckingham Parade, The Broadway, HA7 4EB (streetmap) (osm) (gmap) (bingmap) (streetview)
  • noon-3pm, 5:30pm-10pm Mon-Sun

Cafe/restaurant just along the road from Stanmore Station, specialising in Jewish food. They also offer a full takeaway service, including "assorted platters of cold meats" and "hot falafel". Note though that according to the Jay Rayner review linked below, they're not actually kosher - and despite the name, they're not actually a delicatessen.

The interior is smart and modern, with a brushed-steel bar, pale polished floorboards, muted grey tables, and a high ceiling with a row of lamps dangling from it on long supports.

Kake visited on a Tuesday afternoon in October 2008. I got there a little after 2:30pm, but although they were due to close at 3pm there was no rush to get me out of there; indeed, they were happy to bring me a second cup of tea at 5 to, and just after they'd done that they gave dessert menus to another party. They did turn the "open" sign over to "closed" bang on time, though.

I had a reuben sandwich (£6.50) photo and a couple of cups of tea (£1.50/cup). Of the two bread options offered (white or rye), I chose rye. The sandwich included a generous quantity of decent salt beef (neither too salty nor too fatty), along with the requisite sauerkraut and Swiss cheese. Mustard, which was good and hot as advertised, came on the side. Bread was fairly thin-cut, and the underside of the second half of the sandwich was soggy by the time I got to it, but it all held together well enough.

They don't just do sandwiches; there's a range of starters, mains, and desserts as well. I'd happily come back if I happened to be in the area.

Accessibility: Small ramp to get in, and step-free once you're in.

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Last visited by Kake, 28 October 2008. Opening hours taken from a 2005 Time Out article, but they look similar to the ones I glimpsed on the door on that visit.
OS X co-ord: 517000 OS Y co-ord: 192358 (Latitude: 51.617401 Longitude: -0.309867)
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