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      • Menu
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      • Specials
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      • Jobs
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      Our Menu

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      Once Upon Favorites

      Bagel or Bialy
      $3.25

      with cream cheese, tomato, onion & cucumbers.

      Bagel or Bialy
      $3.95

      with lox cream cheese, tomato, onion & cucumbers.

      Bagel or Bialy with Lox
      $12.95

      Sliced lox, cream cheese and tomato, onion & cucumbers.

      Lox Lettuce Wrap
      $12.95

      with cream cheese, cucumber, avocado.

      Lox Plate
      $12.95

      with sliced lox, cream cheese, tomato, onion, & olive capers.

      Once Upon A Bagel Breakfast Sandwich
      $8.95
      Pizza Bagel or Bialy
      $3.95

      Homemade Soups & Chili

      Soup of the Day Bowl

      Bowl $6.69 | Super Bowl $12.98

      Chicken Soup

      Bowl $5.69 | Super Bowl $10.98 • With choice of rice, noodles, matzo ball or kreplack.

      Chicken Combo

      Bowl $6.69 | Super Bowl $12.98 • Kreplack or matzo ball with rice or noodles.

      Chicken Mish Mosh

      Super Bowl $12.98 • All items in soup.

      Mighty Fine Chili

      Bowl $6.69 | Super Bowl $12.98

      On The Side

      Bagel or Bailey
      $2.25

      Butter or margarine.

      Potato Pancake
      $3.95
      Veggie Pancake
      $3.95
      Cole Slow
      $3.50
      Potato Salad
      $3.50
      Pasta Salad
      $3.95
      Cucumber Salad
      $3.95

      Grilled Boats

      Fresh bialy loaf with melted cheese.

      Tuna Salad
      $10.95
      Corned Beef or Reuben
      $12.95
      Turkey or Reuben
      $11.95
      Turkey Pastrami
      $11.95
      Beef Pastrami
      $11.95
      Salami
      $11.95
      Ham
      $11.95
      Philly Cheese
      $11.95

      Just Sandwiches

      Roast Brisket
      $10.95
      Corned Beef
      $11.95
      Reuben
      $12.95
      Beef Pastrami
      $10.95
      Roast Beef
      $10.95
      Turkey Breast
      $10.95
      Turkey Pastrami
      $10.95
      Turkey Club
      $11.95
      Hard Salami
      $11.95
      Soft Salami
      $10.95
      Chopped Liver
      $10.95
      Bologna
      $10.95
      Baked Ham
      $10.95
      BLT
      $8.95

      From the Grill

      Hamburger
      $9.50
      Veggie Burger
      $7.95
      Hot Dog
      $4.95
      Grill Cheese
      $5.50

      Salads Selections

      Shana's Salad
      $13.95
      Garden Salad
      $9.95
      Chef's Salad
      $13.95
      Chicken Supreme
      $13.95
      Veggie Supreme
      $9.95
      Tuna Salad Plate
      $13.95
      Tossed Caesar Salad
      $9.95
      Tossed Caesar Salad with Grilled Chicken
      $13.95
      Chinese Tossed Salad
      $9.95
      Chinese Tossed Salad with Grilled Chicken
      $13.95
      Make Your Own Salad
      $13.95

      Salad Sandwiches

      Egg Salad
      $8.95
      Egg White Egg Salad
      $9.95
      Poultry Salad
      $9.95
      Original Tuna Salad
      $9.95
      Grandma's Tuna Salad
      $9.95
      Lucky's Tuna Salad
      $9.95
      California Tuna Salad
      $9.95
      Salmon Salad
      $9.95
      Whitefish Salad
      $10.95

      Tortilla Rollups

      Grilled Chicken Rollup
      $10.95
      Turkey Rollup
      $10.95
      Veggie Rollup
      $7.95
      Tuna Salad
      $10.95

      Specialty Sandwiches

      New York Style... That bigger sandwich, all served with coleslaw or potato salad and pickle on your choice of bread.

      Hot Corned Beef
      $16.95

      Prepared New York style.

      Hot Pastrami
      $15.95

      Prepared in New York style.

      Reuben
      $18.25

      Our corned beef or pastrami with Swiss cheese, sauerkraut and Russian dressing.

      Bagels & Bialys

      Mini Bagels
      $0.75
      Bagel Balls
      $0.85
      Skinny Bagels
      $1.29
      Bagels
      $1.29
      Bakers Dozen
      $15.48

      Salads

      Original Tuna
      $7.45

      Per LB - $14.89

      Grandma's Tuna
      $7.45

      Per LB - $14.89

      California Tuna
      $7.45

      Per LB - $14.89

      Lucky's Tuna
      $7.45

      Per LB - $14.89

      Poultry
      $6.95

      Per LB - $13.89

      Salmon
      $6.95

      Per LB - $13.89

      Whitefish
      $7.75

      Per LB - $15.49

      Egg
      $5.95

      Per LB - $11.89

      Egg White
      $6.45

      Per LB - $12.89

      Creamy Cole Slaw
      $2.49

      Per LB - $4.98

      Potato
      $2.49

      Per LB - $4.98

      Pasta
      $3.99

      Per LB - $7.98

      Cucumber
      $3.99

      Per LB - $7.98

      Meats

      Roast Brisket
      $9.99/each

      Per LB - $19.98

      Corned Beef
      $10.99/each

      Per LB - $22.98

      Corned Beef (Lean)
      $12.99/each

      Per LB - $24.98

      Beef Pastrami
      $9.99/each

      Per LB - $19.98

      Roast Beef
      $9.49/each

      Per LB - $18.98

      Turkey Breast
      $7.99/each

      Per LB - $15.98

      Turkey Pastrami
      $7.99/each

      Per LB - $15.98

      Hard Salami
      $12.99/each

      Per LB - $25.98

      Soft Salami
      $9.49/each

      Per LB - $18.98

      Baked Ham
      $5.49/each

      Per LB - $10.98

      Bologna
      $9.49/each

      Per LB - $18.98

      Chopped Liver
      $5.49/each

      Per LB - $10.98

      Hot Dogs & Jumbo Hot Dogs
      $4.49/each

      Per LB - $8.98

      Salami Stix
      $1.50/each

      Cheese

      American Cheese

      Half Pound - $4.49 | Per LB - $8.99

      Swiss Cheese

      Half Pound - $4.49 | Per LB - $8.99

      Muenster Cheese

      Half Pound - $4.49 | Per LB - $8.99

      Cheddar Cheese

      Half Pound - $4.99 | Per LB - $9.99

      Provolone Cheese

      Half Pound - $4.49 | Per LB - $8.99

      Mozzarella Cheese

      Half Pound - $4.99 | Per LB - $9.99

      Pepper Jack Cheese

      Half Pound - $4.49 | Per LB - $8.99

      Homemade Cream Cheese

      Homemade Cream Cheese Plain
      $7.99/Per Lb.
      Homemade Cream Cheese Chive
      $8.59/Per Lb.
      Homemade Cream Cheese Cucumber Olive
      $8.59/Per Lb.
      Homemade Cream Cheese Vegetable
      $8.59/Per Lb.
      Homemade Cream Cheese Lox Spread
      $9.49/Per Lb.
      Homemade Cream Cheese Jalapeno
      $8.59/Per Lb.
      Homemade Cream Cheese Strawberry
      $8.59/Per Lb.
      Homemade Cream Cheese Walnut Raisin
      $8.59/Per Lb.

      Fish

      Nova or Regular Lox

      Half Pound - $17.99 | Per LB - $35.95

      BBQ Salmon

      Half Pound - $14.98 | Per LB - $29.95

      Whitefish Chunks

      Half Pound - $9.98 | Per LB - $19.95

      Creamed Herring

      Half Pound - $5.65 | Per LB - $11.29

      Wine Herring

      Half Pound - $5.65 | Per LB - $11.29

      Catering

      Mini Sandwich Tray
      $7.95
      Sandwich or Rollup Tray
      $11.95

      Any combination of the following.

      Fish Tray
      $17.95

      Hand-cut nova or regular lox, cream cheese (plain, chive, or vegetable), three salads of your choice, including Munster & Swiss cheese, sliced tomatoes, onions, cucumbers & olives. Two rolls per person.

      Meat Tray
      $17.95

      Corned beef, roast beef, turkey, salami, and chopped liver. Munster, Swiss, and American cheese. Coleslaw, potato salad, or pasta salad. Lettuce, tomatoes, pickles, mayo & mustard. Rolls & rye bread.

      Salad Tray with Sliced Bagels & Bialys
      $118.95

      2 dozen sliced bagels, three containers of salad, sliced tomatoes, lettuce, & pickles.

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