How to Use delicatessen in a Sentence

delicatessen

plural noun
  • Police caught up with him and spoke to him at a local delicatessen.
    Jeff Piorkowski/special To Cleveland.com, cleveland.com, 28 Apr. 2018
  • April There is something to be said for a great delicatessen.
    cleveland, 31 Dec. 2022
  • He was raised by his mother and stepfather, both of whom ran a delicatessen.
    Washington Post, 31 Mar. 2021
  • Cecil already knew a thing or two about the delicatessen business.
    Nancy Ngo, Twin Cities, 27 June 2019
  • The shop is also a delicatessen serving up lunchtime classics.
    Tanasia Kenney, Charlotte Observer, 1 July 2026
  • His father worked at the counter in a delicatessen, and his mother was a homemaker.
    Emily Langer, Washington Post, 13 Oct. 2022
  • That’s what a pastrami sandwich from a true Jewish delicatessen can do to a person.
    John Mariani, Forbes, 27 Oct. 2021
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • The word ‘delicatessen’ is so New York, and so evocative of cinema and a time period.
    Kristen Bateman, ELLE, 17 Nov. 2022
  • 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
  • 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 brothers went on to open Hymie’s delicatessen (named after their father) in Philadelphia.
    The Economist, 16 Apr. 2020
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Unlike a traditional Jewish delicatessen, which serves smoked and cured meats like pastrami and corned beef, appetizing stores sell fresh fish and dairy.
    Suzanne Nuyen, NPR, 8 Sep. 2025
  • The same logic applies to hefty reubens from an uptown Jewish delicatessen, or bánh mì Vietnamese counter in Sunset Park.
    Megan Spurrell, Condé Nast Traveler, 26 Jan. 2026
  • Walking into the space is like stepping from North Carolina right into a Parisienne delicatessen.
    Nicole Letts, Southern Living, 14 Apr. 2026
  • 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
  • Bureaucracy, along with economic depression and the absence of bank credit led her this year to shut down her delicatessen with products from the Peloponnese.
    Nektaria Stamouli, WSJ, 21 Aug. 2018
  • 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
  • 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
  • Having lived in Europe for years, Njari and her horologist partner Dan run the micro cafe inspired by the delicatessens of Europe.
    Adam H. Graham, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Dec. 2023
  • Mazzarella is wanted in connection with a 2000 fatal shooting at a delicatessen in central Naples.
    CBS News, 6 Apr. 2026
  • Mazzarella is wanted in connection with a 2000 fatal shooting at a delicatessen in central Naples.
    ABC News, 4 Apr. 2026
  • 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
  • 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

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