City Editor Kate here — it’s not an opinion to say my lunch yesterday was better than yours. It’s just a fact. I know my grilled Reuben sandwich — loaded with salty corned beef, melty Swiss, and crunchy sauerkraut on buttery rye bread — washed down with a crisp ginger ale and a creamy lemon bar put your PB&J to shame.
Where was I, you may ask? At Carshon’s Deli, of course, Fort Worth’s first kosher delicatessen that’s still going strong today.
In 1928, Jewish immigrants David and Ella Carshon teamed up with Chicotsky’s Meat Market to open a deli on Houston Street. The deli grew and soon moved to West Berry Street before settling on Cleburne Road in the early 1970s.
Now the little green restaurant is a community staple, serving classic cold cuts and customer favorites on checkered tablecloths. Stop in for a fresh bagel topped with cream cheese and lox, a signature sandwich, or a slice of Mary’s Famous Pie-of-the-Day. Don’t forget your appetite or your wallet at this cash-only eatery.
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