Flushing, NY Trivia: Do You Remember This?

The best pizza I ever had was at Mama Lucy's on Main Street. It's been 30 years but I can still taste that pizza and can still see the two guys who used to work there flipping dough over their heads.

Anyone remember their names?
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One of my favourite places was the deli on Vleigh Place. Keeping myself supplied with Italian ices, wacky packages and gum used up most of my spending money as a child!

Any fans of the deli here? Do you remember the names of the two guys who ran it? They were there for years and years.
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Permalink Reply by Ellen Lane on January 21, 2009 at 10:33am

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Chris, Please send me your new address. Hope the new year is treating you well. xo cousin Ellen

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Permalink Reply by Michele (Marder) Kennedy on February 21, 2008 at 5:57pm

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Angelo's is still there, in case you were wondering - I do long for Mama Lucy's. 2 slices and a small drink for $1 - what could be better.

I have to drive from Boston to Queens for pizza and bagels from the Kosher bagel store near Campbell JHS a few time a year to satisfy my urge.

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Permalink Reply by Judy Berk Schancupp on March 7, 2008 at 8:36am

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I fly from Atlanta occasionally for pizza and bagels on Main Street.

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Permalink Reply by CINDY ADAMS on June 16, 2008 at 7:31pm

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Hi Michele....and it is worth the trip---Listen, seriously, I am going up to Cape Cod on June 27....if you can meet me somewhere up there...I will bring you some bagels...and the bagel store is gone by Queens College.....sorry....take care., CINDY

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Permalink Reply by Daniel Meltzer on September 27, 2008 at 12:27am

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Hey, Andy. I remember around the corner from the Main St. theatre was a podiatrist's office...Dr. Spencer Dubov. By the 5 & 10 , there was a deli. We always called it the "German Delicatessen", as opposed to the Jewish delis. Dorsey Drugs at 72nd Ave. and Main St.

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Permalink Reply by Maxine Pinkas Smith on March 15, 2009 at 5:48pm

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We used to call it the German Delicatessen too! I remember I was always fascinated by the celery in their chicken salad. Each piece of celery was exactly the same size as each other and I always wondered how they did that! I am in Virginia now and all that Main Street food does not exist here. The closest is Baltimore, which is two hours away.

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Permalink Reply by Janet R. Perlmutter/Schwartz on February 15, 2008 at 10:25pm

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Yes. I believe you are right! Julio is the other guy. I thought it was Lou. Well, they sound a little similar, no? Nick and Julio. Two nice guys who made great pizza!

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Permalink Reply by Susan Wilkins Galante on February 20, 2008 at 11:36pm

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The woman who owned the five and dime name was Ruth My Mother and Grandmother used to talk to her all the time. I don't remember the husbands name. But he wasn't as friendly as her. I think he used to tell kids don't touch this and that.

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Permalink Reply by Howard Goldman on February 21, 2008 at 8:04am

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Hey Susan.

Someone already named Ruth's husband: Eli. They were unquestionably the epitome of a 'Mom & Pop' small business although, I always felt Ruth was a phony and her sincerity and affability was exaggerated by the immeasurable irritability of Eli, a/k/a Oscar-The-Grouch.
~H

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Permalink Reply by Janet R. Perlmutter/Schwartz on February 15, 2008 at 8:06pm

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Yes! 35 cents for pizza! And 5 cents for Bazooka gum. And the movie theatre, a short distance from Mama Lucy's, charged $1.00 for a movie. I miss Gafni's toy store, too. They had the best selection of stuff. Who needs Toys R Us?! The best part of having Main St., 2 blocks from my house, was that I could walk there whenever I wanted, BY MYSELF. What a tremendous freedom to have, as a child. I am too scared to give my own kids the freedom that I had, back in the 1970's. It's a different world, today.

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Permalink Reply by Howard Goldman on February 15, 2008 at 9:02pm

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While we revisit our past, let's not forget the (German) Deli. I remember its full name was Two Johns & Tom Delicatessen. Why do I remember this so easily? Our damn little leage (QVAA) made us into walking billboards our first few years. I was cursed with wearing the deli name on my back and then my parents questioned why I wore a jacket in July?! Oh, but how good was their food? About ten years ago, I found myslef driving back to the city during lunch and stopping at the German Deli for a roast beef with Russian on a roll with their amazing macaroni salad. I loved that place.
Also on that block: Nibs (the men's store doubling as a walk-in humidor; yech, the foul stench of cigars); Jerry's Boys Town (clothes for boys, not wayward young men); the shoe store (don't remember the name). To the North, was Gafni's and believe a block further, Green's?
Let's not forget Baskin Robbins where several of us worked.

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Permalink Reply by Patricia Weppler on February 15, 2008 at 10:28pm

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I remember a store called Deb (Teen?) and there was an A&P there as well. I remember Nibs! My mom would take me there to buy a tie for my dad or my uncle. Baskin Robbins was on the corner, wasn't it? 31 flavors?

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