Save the Pastrami!
Another Lower East Side institution has been forced to close its doors.
The owner of the 2nd Avenue Deli said he closed the restaurant Sunday after a lease dispute with the building's new owners.
"My current rent is $24,000 a month for 2,800 square feet,'' Jack Lebewohl told The New York Times. "They want $33,000. I can't afford that.''
Jossip's tongue-in-cheek-on-rye obit here.
And sign the petition to save the 2nd Avenue Deli!
Posted by harry at January 9, 2006 05:32 PM
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