The Celebrity Delly

06/21/2026

Why is a sandwich suddenly $20?

Find out the answer to this and other restaurant industry puzzlers on The Celebrity Delly's new blog.

Find the story in comments below. 👇

Stephanie Collins Kanowitz

06/11/2026

Can you be a Regular on an App?
or…Why Nobody Knows Your Order Anymore

When's the last time you went to your "spot", or even had one? Has modern conveniences taken away something so integral in our society? Read more below...

or…Why Nobody Knows Your Order AnymoreSocial media can be great...we all know it. We connect, learn, find entertainment, be productive...it's why we use it almost every single day. But a question recently has be rising in my mind. Can you be a regular on an app?At first, the answer feels obvious. ...

06/08/2026

A wonderful article written by the lovely Stephanie Kanowitz. Check out what she had to write about us.

Celebrity Delly owner's candid posts marinate on how to stay fresh while continuing to honor the eatery's matzo ball roots.

06/01/2026

New Behind the Slicer.

Food Is Memory

(or… We Accidentally Spent 2,000 Words Thinking About Soup)

We started writing about matzoh ball soup, and well...uh, somehow ended up writing about memory, family, and the people who leave pieces of themselves behind through food.

Not exactly where we expected this one to go.

Why is food so personal?I was talking with a writer friend recently and she asked me a question that I haven’t quite been able to shake.Why is food so personal?At first, I gave what felt like a perfectly reasonable answer.Family.Tradition.Culture.The sort of answer you give when somebody asks a th...

05/28/2026

NEW BEHIND THE SLICER:
***BONUS HOLIDAY EDTION***

“The Great Cheesesteak Lie”
or…
“An Education on Cheesesteaks No One Ever Asked For”

This one started as a conversation about Whiz, Cooper Sharp, and Philly cheesesteaks…

Somehow turned into a full blown existential discussion about authenticity, bread architecture, food obsession, and why a bad roll turns a cheesesteak into beef soup wearing a bread hat.

Normal deli behavior around here.

New post live now.

Everybody argues about the cheese.Whiz. Cooper Sharp. American. Provolone. Fried onions. No onions. Ketchup, if your goal is to make somebody from Philadelphia physically ill.The internet has turned the cheesesteak into a bizarre form of food cosplay where people obsess over finding the one magical....