WISH
To have a sandwich named after me at Katz’s for a week
Wisher Jeff Bauml, 55; commodities broker
The inspiration
“I made up this combination 30 years ago,” says Bauml. “I happened to like chopped liver and corned beef, and you have to have the raw onion with the liver and the slaw with the beef. So I just put it all together. Back then, the guys at the deli I ordered it from were nauseated by it. This is my chance to have my wish fulfilled without looking like a lunatic.”
The location
“When I was 18, I’d load up on corned beef, sauerkraut and rye bread from Katz’s and make lunch for the week,” says Bauml. “I even rented the place out for my 50th birthday party. It’s the prototypical New York deli, which is very difficult to find.” Katz’s Delicatessen
The response
“Sales are brisk,” says Katz’s executive chef Kenny Kohn. “People see the sign and want to try it for lunch. Would I choose it? Nah, but that’s what makes the world go round: different tastes.”
THE results
“It’s delicious—just like I remember from 30 years ago,” says Bauml. “It’s ethnic comfort food. I’m a New York Jew—what else would I have grown up eating? My mother will be so happy.”
The sandwich
The Bauml Bomb
Raw onion, chopped liver, coleslaw, club roll, and corned beef
Price: $15.90
DREAM ON
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…get a job at Time Out.
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I am SO with the person who wanted to have the New Order dance party at Grand Central---wish I submitted that! Brilliant!
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