Kenny & Ziggy’s

Triple decker BLT with crisp bacon, lettuce, and tomato, served on white toast. (Photo: Paula Murphy)

Kenny & Ziggy’s is a wood-panelled delicatessen plastered with movie posters, memorabilia and anything else that might invoke Broadway. Homesick New Yorkers line up for pickled herring, bagels, lox, potato pancakes, and pastrami and corned-beef sandwiches, which owner Ziggy Gruber stacks with hand-sliced, triple-smoked beef. While packed for lunch, breakfast draws a much smaller crowd. But hearty morning fare is Kenny & Ziggy’s best-kept secret. The two eggs any style are a bargain at $7.95 and with enough food to share with your best friend. Huge servings are the standard here. Even so, the Texas-size bowls of homemade matzo ball soup empty quickly. These tender orbs have won competitions all over town. - Dai Huynh

Burger from a deli? That was my question, but Kenny & Ziggy’s answered my question with undoubtedly one of the best burgers I have ever devoured. Made from Pat LaFrieda Meat (ground chuck and short rib) flown in from New Jersey, the Boulevard Big Boy is topped with layers of crumbled beef bacon, fried onion strings, gouda cheese and hickory sauce on a homemade challah sesame seed bun. - Russell Weil