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Colorful and evocative, this detailed history offers an insider's glance at the eccentric owners and diverse characters that comprise the backstory of a notorious smoked meat emporium in Montreal. Mixing social history with humor, this delightful narrative chronicles the succession of employees from The Shadow to the father of steak spice, as well as the larger-than-life tourists, actors, comedians, politicians, and everyday customers that have cruised through the establishment's doors. With the eye of a social historian, Brownstein also documents and grapples with such issues as the smoked meat and pastrami debate, the food police, the perils of expansion, and language laws. Updated and expanded in a new format, the release of this narrative is scheduled to coincide with the Centaur Theatre’s world premiere of Schwartz’s: The Musical—coming to life onstage at the end of March 2011.



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"Breezy, humorous prose . . . a taut narrative full of eye-openers and local legend . . . a welcome addition to Montreal lore and a good, old-fashioned read." -- Montreal Gazette

Schwartz's Hebrew Delicatessen: The Story

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    A Paperback / softback by Bill Brownstein, Michel Rabagliatti

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      Publisher Vehicule Press
      Published 14 March 2011
      ISBN-13 9781550652963
      978-1550652963
      ISBN-10 1550652966
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      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Colorful and evocative, this detailed history offers an insider's glance at the eccentric owners and diverse characters that comprise the backstory of a notorious smoked meat emporium in Montreal. Mixing social history with humor, this delightful narrative chronicles the succession of employees from The Shadow to the father of steak spice, as well as the larger-than-life tourists, actors, comedians, politicians, and everyday customers that have cruised through the establishment's doors. With the eye of a social historian, Brownstein also documents and grapples with such issues as the smoked meat and pastrami debate, the food police, the perils of expansion, and language laws. Updated and expanded in a new format, the release of this narrative is scheduled to coincide with the Centaur Theatre’s world premiere of Schwartz’s: The Musical—coming to life onstage at the end of March 2011.



      Trade Review
      "Breezy, humorous prose . . . a taut narrative full of eye-openers and local legend . . . a welcome addition to Montreal lore and a good, old-fashioned read." -- Montreal Gazette

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