As the Irish say: “May your worries be less, and your blessings be more, and nothing but [Ben’s] corned beef come through your door!” At least that’s the St. Patrick’s Day motto for each of Ben’s Kosher Delicatessen Restaurant & Caterers seven locations, which are gearing up for the company’s annual March corned beef celebration. With combos including sandwiches and traditional corned beef, cabbage and potato platters, it’s really Ben’s proprietary corned beef curing process that truly sets the company apart for this celebration.

“Unlike many other restaurants, we use only fresh, Kosher USDA choice briskets,” says Ben’s founder/owner Ronnie Dragoon. “We pickle the briskets in each store using an exclusive Ben’s pickling blend and an old-fashioned two-week curing process.” Once curing is complete, Ben’s highly skilled chefs cook the corned beef daily as needed, ensuring a fresh and delicious experience for Ben’s guests.

Initially chosen as a more affordable substitute for bacon, corned beef and cabbage became a tradition among Irish-American immigrants. Its connection to St. Patrick’s Day is the result of Irish-Americans having commonly served the meal during various family and holiday celebrations. Interestingly, what Americans today know as traditional corned beef actually stems from Jewish culture, as Irish immigrants once primarily purchased their meat from Kosher butchers.

It is that traditional eastern European style that Ben’s aims to emulate in its cooking process. “Yes, we cure our own corned beef,” Dragoon adds, “but, don’t forget, our chicken soup cures everything else!” While Ben’s Corned Beef Celebration Specials run from March 1 through St. Patrick’s Day, its tasty store-cured, freshly-prepared corned beef is available all year long. In addition to sandwiches and platters, guests can enjoy fresh corned beef in salads, omelets or sliced by the pound to take home.

Ben’s Kosher Delicatessen Restaurant & Caterers has locations in Bayside, Manhattan, Carle Place, Greenvale, Scarsdale and Woodbury, New York, and Boca Raton, Florida. For more information regarding Ben’s, visit www.bensdeli.net.

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About Ben’s Delicatessen Restaurant & Caterers

Ben’s is a family-owned and operated delicatessen/restaurant company that has been serving up the finest authentic New York Kosher delicatessen products and eastern European comfort foods for more than 43 years. All of Ben’s sandwiches, soups and dinners are freshly prepared. Ben’s has seven convenient locations: three on Long Island in Carle Place, Greenvale and Woodbury, and one each in Midtown Manhattan; Bayside, Queens; Scarsdale in Westchester County; and Boca Raton, Florida with free delivery service available to many communities around the stores. For more information, visit www.BensDeli.net or call Ben’s Catering Hotline at 1-800-344-BENS.

“In anticipation of yesterday’s “A Day Without Immigrants,” Ben’s Kosher Delicatessen Restaurant & Caterers,  posted a formal statement to its Greenvale employees on Wednesday, February 15, expressing support for their human rights and requesting that they fill their shift as scheduled on Thursday, February 16.

While some employees opted to participate in the walkout, several others chose to work and, as a result, the leaders of the protest put pressure on the others to walk out, even threatening physical harm to colleagues choosing to work their shifts.

As it is Ben’s mission to provide a safe and welcoming work environment for all employees, company owner Ronnie Dragoon found this to be a cause for immediate dismissal of the employees who made the threats. All other employees involved with the walkout were, and still are, invited to return to their positions with the company.” — John Zaher, Company Spokesperson

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About Ben’s Delicatessen Restaurant & Caterers

Ben’s is a family-owned and operated delicatessen/restaurant company that has been serving up the finest authentic New York Kosher delicatessen products and eastern European comfort foods for more than 44 years. All of Ben’s sandwiches, soups and dinners are freshly prepared. Ben’s has seven convenient locations: three on Long Island in Carle Place, Greenvale and Woodbury, and one each in Midtown Manhattan; Bayside, Queens; Scarsdale in Westchester County; and Boca Raton, Florida with free delivery service available to many communities around the stores. For more information, visit www.BensDeli.net or call Ben’s Catering Hotline at 1-800-344-BENS.

Love is in the air, and, as they say, there is no sincerer love than the love of food. Oh, and your significant other of course. With Valentine’s Day on the horizon, it’s easy enough to make a reservation at some over-the-top romantic restaurant, but if you prefer not to deal with the crowds, the insane prices and the possible disappointment of good intentions gone awry… then maybe the answer is a hot corned beef on rye. Ben’s Kosher Delicatessen Restaurant & Caterers has you covered. Cozy up to a warm pastrami sandwich, or add some sizzle to your evening with a juicy rib eye steak. No candles, no crowds, no crazies! Just a delicious, relaxing meal with that special someone.

On Valentine’s Day, customers at all Ben’s locations will enjoy a free dessert with any sandwich or entrée. Desserts include, but are not limited to, chocolate babka, rich seven-layer cake, delectable rugalach in chocolate or raspberry flavors and more.

All Ben’s locations have a variety of beer and wine available, while both the Scarsdale and Manhattan locations feature a full bar. A Baron Herzog Cabernet Sauvignon paired with Ben’s grilled-to-order rib-eye steak or a cold beer with a hot, store-cured corned beef sandwich may be just the remedy for all the Valentine’s Day hype.

So cozy up to that warm pastrami at Ben’s on Valentine’s Day, enjoy a free dessert and then hit that romantic hot spot in a week or two after the prices return to earth, the crowds clear out, and you can truly enjoy a relaxing, romantic evening together.

Ben’s Kosher Delicatessen Restaurant & Caterers has locations in Bayside, Manhattan, Carle Place, Greenvale, Scarsdale and Woodbury, New York, and Boca Raton, Florida. For more information regarding Ben’s, visit www.bensdeli.net.

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About Ben’s Delicatessen Restaurant & Caterers

Ben’s is a family-owned and operated delicatessen/restaurant company that has been serving up the finest authentic New York Kosher delicatessen products and eastern European comfort foods for more than 44 years. All of Ben’s sandwiches, soups and dinners are freshly prepared. Ben’s has seven convenient locations: three on Long Island in Carle Place, Greenvale and Woodbury, and one each in Midtown Manhattan; Bayside, Queens; Scarsdale in Westchester County; and Boca Raton, Florida with free delivery service available to many communities around the stores. For more information, visit www.BensDeli.net or call Ben’s Catering Hotline at 1-800-344-BENS.

NEW YORK, NEW YORK — The closing of Carnegie Deli has pastrami-lovers mourning all over Manhattan. Truth is, delicious Jewish-style food is just hard to come by these days. But, lucky for New York, and all its inhabitants, Carnegie doesn’t really have “the last pastrami.” Standing in the heart of Midtown since 1996, Ben’s Kosher Delicatessen Restaurant & Caterers is a traditional kosher deli that prides itself on its homemade food, coleslaw, pickles, and, of course — pastrami.

Located at 209 W 38th Street, Ben’s of Manhattan is within walking distance to Penn Station, Broadway, the Empire State Building and Times Square. The appeal of Ben’s pastrami is the process that goes into getting it to the customer’s plates. According to Ben’s founder/owner, Ronnie Dragoon, “the key to great pastrami is the cut of meat.” For Ben’s, this means only the navel portion of a kosher steer, supplied by Hebrew National.

“Traditionally, any cut of meat from virtually any animal could be made into pastrami,” explains Dragoon. “But, the belly area is rich and moist, while other cuts tend to be drier or tougher. Navels are typically softer and more flavorful when handled properly.”

After the is meat coated with a rub, smoked and, finally, chilled and packaged for later use, the company’s chefs use a double-steaming process to provide the most tender and succulent pastrami, sliced to order. A dish best served warm, Ben’s Pastrami is most commonly found served on authentic seeded rye and complemented by Ben’s delicatessen mustard and pickles.

“We mourn the demise of any of our brethren delicatessens,” adds Dragoon. “And, while Carnegie Deli has been a stiff competition over the years, it has always been a New York institution, and it will be missed. Now, Ben’s on 38th Street remains one of the few midtown outposts for this traditional and beloved fare. What’s great about that is that Ben’s sandwiches are overstuffed, mouthwatering and satisfying at any, and I mean any, time of the day.”

In addition to its Midtown store, Ben’s Kosher Delicatessen Restaurant & Caterers is located in Bayside, Carle Place, Greenvale, Scarsdale and Woodbury, New York, and in Boca Raton, Florida. For more information regarding Ben’s, visit www.bensdeli.net.

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About Ben’s Delicatessen Restaurant & Caterers

Ben’s is a family-owned and operated delicatessen/restaurant company that has been serving up the finest authentic New York Kosher delicatessen products and eastern European comfort foods for more than 43 years. All of Ben’s sandwiches, soups and dinners are freshly prepared. Ben’s has seven convenient locations: three on Long Island in Carle Place, Greenvale and Woodbury, and one each in Midtown Manhattan; Bayside, Queens; Scarsdale in Westchester County; and Boca Raton, Florida with free delivery service available to many communities around the stores. For more information, visit www.BensDeli.net or call Ben’s Catering Hotline at 1-800-344-BENS.

GREENVALE, NY—No, it’s not a trick. Ben’s Kosher Delicatessen Restaurant & Caterers is offering kids meals for $2.99 all of February. All Ben’s locations, from Manhattan all the way to Boca Raton, Florida, will be participating in this promotion. Ben’s goal is to provide customers with delicious, convenient and affordable meals.

“Ben’s Deli has always family owned and run so we recognize the importance that comes with the quality time spent with family. We recognize this season is busier than ever so we are providing an inexpensive dinner experience that will allow for the whole family to relax, recharge, laugh and catch up with one another,” said Ronnie Dragoon, Owner, Ben’s Kosher Delicatessen Restaurant & Caterers.

Typically $7.99, kids meals range from options such as “screwball pasta” to Hebrew National’s famous beef franks. Meals also include one bottomless fountain drink and one small dessert.

For more information, visit www.bensdeli.net.

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About Ben’s Delicatessen Restaurant & Caterers

Ben’s is a family-owned and operated delicatessen/restaurant company that has been serving up the finest authentic New York Kosher delicatessen products and eastern European comfort foods for more than 44 years. All of Ben’s sandwiches, soups and dinners are freshly prepared. Ben’s has seven convenient locations: three on Long Island in Carle Place, Greenvale and Woodbury, and one each in Midtown Manhattan; Bayside, Queens; Scarsdale in Westchester County; and Boca Raton, Florida with delivery service available to many communities around the stores. For more information, visit www.BensDeli.net or call Ben’s Catering Hotline at 1-800-344-BENS.

Ben’s Kosher Delicatessen Restaurant & Caterers’ “Lotsa Latkes” celebration allows people, Jewish or not, to connect to the miraculous story of Hanukkah. Hanukkah celebrates the miracle of the oil that burned for eight days when the Maccabees rededicated the holy Temple in Jerusalem after their victory over the Syrian-Greeks. Fried foods like potato pancakes are traditional Hanukkah treats because they are cooked in oil and remind us of the miracle of the holiday.

As part of Ben’s “Lotsa Latkes” celebration, any customer that purchases three-dozen latkes will receive one-dozen free, as well as 25 percent off each additional dozen. Available in four mouth-watering flavors — plain potato, sweet potato, zucchini and spinach, Ben’s latkes are great for school-functions, family gatherings, office luncheons, and more. This discount offer is available from December 19, 2016 to January 1, 2017. Flavored options will be available in-stores starting December 23, but can be made upon request with advance orders.

Additionally, for many families, busy schedules can often get in the way of the celebration during get-togethers like Hanukkah. Ben’s catering options allow families to enjoy a delicious Hanukkah meal without the time or hassle of food preparation.

This holiday, Ben’s is offering its Catered Hanukkah Dinner for 6 guests. The catering package is ideal for patrons who are seeking to preserve the tradition of a Hanukkah gathering, but do not have the time to purchase raw ingredients and prepare a meal for the get-together. Today, with more and more families struggling to find time to spend with loved ones, Ben’s Kosher Deli is helping keep the tradition alive with simple and worry-free options.

Ben’s takeout counter is also ideal for picking up last-minute holiday items, with a variety of options for everything from the main course to soups, side dishes, salads or desserts. Phone orders of $100 or more are requested to be placed at least 24 hours in advance. Walk-ins are always welcome.

For more information, visit www.bensdeli.net.

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About Ben’s Delicatessen Restaurant & Caterers

Ben’s is a family-owned and operated delicatessen/restaurant company that has been serving up the finest authentic New York Kosher delicatessen products and eastern European comfort foods for more than 44 years. All of Ben’s sandwiches, soups and dinners are freshly prepared. Ben’s has seven convenient locations: three on Long Island in Carle Place, Greenvale and Woodbury, and one each in Midtown Manhattan; Bayside, Queens; Scarsdale in Westchester County; and Boca Raton, Florida with delivery service available to many communities around the stores. For more information, visit www.BensDeli.net or call Ben’s Catering Hotline at 1-800-344-BENS.

For many families, busy schedules can often get in the way of the celebration during get-togethers like Hanukkah. Catering options from Ben’s Kosher Delicatessen Restaurant & Caterers allow families to enjoy a delicious Hanukkah meal without the time or hassle of food preparation.

This holiday, Ben’s is offering its Catered Hanukkah Dinner for 6 guests. The catering package is ideal for patrons who are seeking to preserve the tradition of a Hanukkah gathering, but do not have the time to purchase raw ingredients and prepare a meal for the get-together. Today, with more and more families struggling to find time to spend with loved ones, Ben’s Kosher is helping keep the tradition alive with simple and worry-free options.

For the price of $129.99, Ben’s Catered Hanukkah Dinner comes with two quarts of Chicken Noodle soup, served with six Matzo Balls. Included in the price are three Whole Chickens with stuffing, or, for $10 extra, customers can opt for 2.5 pounds of Brisket. Guests may also choose between one-quart of Ben’s famous coleslaw, health or cucumber salad. All orders include one-pound of rye bread, two-dozen mini latkes with applesauce and a small relish tray.

Ben’s takeout counter is also ideal for picking up last-minute holiday items, with a variety of options for everything from the main course to soups, side dishes, salads or desserts. Phone orders of $100 or more are accepted at least 24 hours in advance. Walk-ins are always welcome.

For more information, visit www.bensdeli.net.

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About Ben’s Delicatessen Restaurant & Caterers

Ben’s is a family-owned and operated delicatessen/restaurant company that has been serving up the finest authentic New York Kosher delicatessen products and eastern European comfort foods for more than 44 years. All of Ben’s sandwiches, soups and dinners are freshly prepared. Ben’s has seven convenient locations: three on Long Island in Carle Place, Greenvale and Woodbury, and one each in Midtown Manhattan; Bayside, Queens; Scarsdale in Westchester County; and Boca Raton, Florida with delivery service available to many communities around the stores. For more information, visit www.BensDeli.net or call Ben’s Catering Hotline at 1-800-344-BENS.