Max's Delicatessen & Bakery

Always busy from the coffee counter to the knishes, Max’s is a multi-generational crossroads that’s worked its magic in several other locations. Customize a sandwich and add an asparagus or shrimp-and-pesto pasta salad, or treat yourself to entrées like salmon or veggie lasagna. The dessert case is like a tractor beam, so let yourself eat cake. Or cookies. Or fruit tarts. Yentas take note: some days the chat-up scene here is better than J-date.