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East Coast Restaurant & Delicatessen ~ Colorado Springs, Colorado


Latest visit: Feb 2024

First visit: Nov 2023

Like with Mission BBQ, it was time to introduce Mrs. RJG to one of my favorite discoveries of last year. She loves the New York Deli Southside in Santa Fe, so she is certain to like East Coast Restaurant as well. And that theorem proved true. She had the Spanish Scrambler with sausage, chile, eggs, and potato. This time I went with the Syracuse sandwich, which includes pastrami, corned beef, and salami, along with Swiss cheese on rye. Stayed with the fries, and this time I did get the kosher pickle. I wonder if they just forgot last time? What kind of Jewish deli doesn't include a pickle? Oh, and it was excellent too. The sandwich was really stacked with meat this time. Much more so than when I just had the pastrami, and it was only a buck more. Imagine a Schlotzky's deluxe - with double that size! Holy Moly did I get stuffed. Service was extra friendly on this visit. In order to use a coupon we needed to buy something else, so we got a cookie. More poundage as the cookie is more like a giant round twinkie with white and chocolate frosting. We're both stuffed to the gills, but happy. We'll be back again, hopefully this year, but for sure next.

---original 11/12/23 review

I was near downtown on this beautiful Sunday and it's lunch time. Sunday's are the best time to be in downtown since parking is free before 1:00. I had heard about East Coast but had never been prior, so that seems like a good idea.

Walking in, it becomes clear this is a sit down restaurant. And once the waitress brought me the large menu, it cemented a comparison I had brewing in my mind: New York Deli Southside in Santa Fe! That's one of the regular stops for Mrs. RJG and I when we work and play in New Mexico's capital. You can read about our adventures there in this blog. 

They brag about their pastrami and corned beef. Well then, there's no way I'm going to miss out on that on this first visit. On rye? They have to ask. Of course. It was not too long of a wait, when a piled high meat sandwich shows up with a side of fries. I dig into the latter. Very hot, traditional fries - though not crispy. I thought they were good but not great. The sandwich was excellent of course, though Mrs. RJG probably would not have enjoyed the soft bread. They claim to import their meats from New York direct (the same as used by Katz and Stage), so there's a cost associated with that. I only added spicy mustard. Strange they don't offer a kosher pickle slice, that would have been nice. All the same, I enjoyed it immensely. Next time I'll bring Mrs. RJG and she can try the breakfast while I go for that corned beef... Adding East Coast to the RJG rotation.

11/12/23 (new entry); 2/25/24

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