274558 Fri Mar 24 12:03:18 -0800 2006 4 28 Kosher 0 1445111 Will any kosher restaurant ever come close to the greatness of Bernsteins on Essex? Fri Mar 24 12:03:18 -0800 2006 0 yanki 1 1445113 the original is always the best Fri Mar 24 12:54:25 -0800 2006 1445111 0 berel 2 1445115 no, and the only slightly comparable Glatt places are soooooo expensive. Fri Mar 24 14:27:14 -0800 2006 1445113 0 Judy 3 1445134 Never happen. I've eaten a lot of food in many places since Shmulk's closed and have never tasted pastrami or fung wang gai that even approaches that memorable taste. Of course, there's no place that has the atmosphere and sense of gathering that Shmulk's had. Those of us of a certain can only continue to long for those days. Mon Mar 27 17:39:03 -0800 2006 1445115 0 Pastrami Prince 4 1445168 I'm too young to have had the pleasure, but I can recall my mom and dad pining over their meals there as we sit at dingy tables in Essex or Dougie's (shudder). Sounds like something that will never be recreated Wed Mar 29 16:08:28 -0800 2006 1445134 0 Marc