It's in Willyburg. It's a real down and dirty old style kosher delistaurant. It's run by Szatmerim, I believe, and it's right on the edge of the religious part of town. I highly recommend it. Great Hungarian classics. We're planning a trip out there next Sunday, I think.
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on May 31, 2004 12:09 PM
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Is this the same Gottlieb's deli that used to be in Ridgewood, Brooklyn, on Myrtle Avenue across from the Madison Theatre (near Wyckoff Avenue) and a few doors from Koletty's Ice Cream Parlor? (that entire sentence was quite a trip down memory lane for me - anyone else remember?)
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I don't really know, but my hunch is no. This place looks like it's been there for a long time.
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It's in Williamsburg and it has chicken soup just like my Bubby a"h, used to make.I tell people, and I must've mentioned it on this site before, that the mostly men that frequent the place are a pretty hefty bunch, all look like their wearing turtlenecks but it's
just the fat at the back of their necks! Halarious! The redhead guy behind the counter is a doll as is the Modern Orthodox waiter with the nice personality. Steer clear of the bathrooms, though. Great kosher wine & liquor store down the block called L'chaim. Ahh, the 'hood!
amy t.
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My husband (then my chasan) took me there for lunch the day after we were married. I have to admit that the separate seating sort of freaked me out, but my darling simply had me sit with him on the men's side.
My husband's yeshiva rebbe would take his shiur to Gottlieb's for a field trip once or twice a year. First the bochurim would dine at Ackerman's (milchig - pizza and parve cholent), then after seforim shopping, the boys would go to gottlieb's for fleishig cholent and a hot dog.
Yum.
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It's in Williamsburg and it has chicken soup just like my Bubby a"h, used to make.I tell people, and I must've mentioned it on this site before, that the mostly men that frequent the place are a pretty hefty bunch, all look like their wearing turtlenecks but it's
just the fat at the back of their necks! Halarious! The redhead guy behind the counter is a doll as is the Modern Orthodox waiter with the nice personality. Steer clear of the bathrooms, though. Great kosher wine & liquor store down the block called L'chaim. Ahh, the 'hood!
amy t.
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Just curious. Is this place worth a special trip to Williamsburg? Or is it just a decent place to eat if you happen to be in the neighborhood?
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Wouldn't think a special trip is warranted. It's just unique, cheap and interesting.
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I think it is worth a trip, but not if you live in Nebraska. :-)
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I used to go to Gottlieb's as a child. My parents always went there. The reason I entered Gottlieb's deli on Yahoo search engine was to find out if anyone had the chicken soup recipe from there. The best! Anyone know how to make their chicken soup?
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According to one of the last paragraphs at www.timesnewsweekly.com/common/%252Fa... (The online presence of the newspaper that used to be called the Ridgewood Times), Gottlieb’s relocated to Forest Hills, probably in the 1960s.
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Well it certainly was there when I worked on Franklin Avenue in the 80's and it was there when Matisyahu took the cover photos for his latest album which was released in the last few months.
Maybe you mean a different restaurant with a similar name.
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It's alive and well. My husband was there two nights ago, got a killer corn beef on rye. What he did not get was the sweetbreads I asked for. It seems they don't do it anymore. The quote was: "Times have changed." Well, the whole world is going to pot if they guy in Gottliebs could say that.
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Gottlieb's bring back a lot of great 'culinary' memories. 35 years ago I used to go there for cholent on Thursday nights. I remember their french fries were all greasy and delcious, along with their stuffed chicken. Well worth a trip to Williamsburgh.
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Yes, and now I can tell friends there's a place in NY with a "cholent bar." As someone else mentioned, they serve cholent on Thursday night and when I took a quick look it looked like there were about three versions on a salad-bar type setup. A cholent bar!
Is it worth a special trip? Yes, if you take in the other treats that (old) Williamsburgh offers. Here's a little walking tour that a yeshivish friend who lives in the Lower East Side wrote down for me. Since you'll eat so much there, you can stop for new clothing in W'burg, too. The list leaves out L'Chayim, a kosher liquor store. Every time the phone rings the chasidish proprieter answers it, "l'chayim!"
Cross Brooklyn Bridge, right on Roebling.
*Pen Station
Right on Division
*Glauber's Gourmet Things
Back to Roebling:
*Gottleib's Fleishig Restaurant (Chicken soup w/ matzo balls, grilled chicken, petcha, cholent)
Left on Lee:
*Flaum's (smoked fish, pickles)
Way down Lee, under BQE:
*Pizza (on left side of Lee)
*Feltly (great rugelach bakery,k on right side of Lee)
Pass Heyward, right on Rutledge, see on left side of Rutledge:
*Supermarket
*Big bookstore
*Toy store
Right on Bedford, down almost to BQE:
*Laundau's supermarket
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I used to go here with my grandfather and my father. The last time I went (just my father this time) was about two years ago. The place was so heimish I'm suprised we didn't bus our own tables.
You have to go on a Thursday, because the cholent, kugel, rebbishe kigel, p'tcha, and so forth is made l'kovod Shabbos kodesh only.
If you can't shlep all the way out to Williamsburg, Deli 52 in Boro Park is a reasonable facsimile, except they've washed the floors this year.
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