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Mount Pleasant Deli R.I.P.

Posted by Jason Cherkis on Apr. 22, 2009, at 9:50 am

I hope you made it to corner-store heaven. You always served me well for my convenience needs. Except your store aisles seemed a little too empty. Only one choice of garbage bags. A few loaves of white bread. A grill behind the front counter that I never saw used. An extremely limited selection of ice cream even if you count blue raspberry pops as ice cream.

But you did carry a version of the King Kone which was a huge plus. And beer. And despite your dealing with an ATM machine that seemed to break down a lot and, well, your imminent doom, you didn't take it out on the customer. We never saw you worry or freak out.

You were always friendly.

You were a few feet from my apartment. You will be missed.

Tags: closing businesses, Mount Pleasant Deli, Mount Pleasant Street

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1. UPSET THE SETUP April 22nd, 2009
   10:00 am
   #1

   that deli was my kitchen in 1997

2. Dave Jamieson April 22nd, 2009
   10:47 am
   #2

   I once bought a turkey sandwich there. That was a mistake.

3. Dave McKenna April 22nd, 2009
   11:25 am
   #3

   Related Awesome Local Rock Trivia: a co-owner of the deli, back when she worked at the Argyle Convenient (!) store up the street, once told me she was Jim Morrison's probation officer after the flashing or no-flashing incident in Miami in 1969. I made her talk about jim morrison every time I went in there.

4. dcrat April 22nd, 2009
   12:19 pm
   #4

   I used to go there a lot b/c I live around the corner on Hobart, but their selection fell off that I just stopped.

5. Mike DeBonis April 22nd, 2009
   1:50 pm
   #5

   Man, and after they invested in that sweet new sign!

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