Steve Stein's Famous Deli closing ends Northeast Philly's Jewish deli era

Steve Stein's Famous Deli closing ends Northeast Philly's Jewish deli era

Photo: Anthony Rahayel / Pexels Northeast Philadelphia’s last traditional Jewish delicatessen will close this weekend, ending a food culture that for decades was woven into the fabric of the area’s daily life. Steve Stein’s Famous Deli, in Bustleton’s Grant Plaza, will shut its doors Sunday. The deli had outlasted a landscape once crowded with Jewish delis, bakeries, butchers and specialty shops. Its closing comes more than nine years after Jack…