"After more than 30 years in Northwest Portland, the city’s longest-standing Jewish deli, Kornblatt’s, will close at the end of March. It’s unclear why the deli’s ownership has decided to close the business. Kornblatt’s opened in 1991 on Northwest 23rd, serving an array of house bagels, cured fish, and sandwiches. Portland has long been a city with very few Jewish food businesses, so Kornblatt’s presence in Northwest Portland was a welcome one: It was one of the only true Jewish delis in the city, with vinyl seating, a case full of whitefish and nova lox, tall sandwiches stacked with pastrami, and bagels dotted with bubbles from the boil. In its three decades, the deli has accrued its fair share of praise, both locally and nationally. The New York Times once called Kornblatt’s “one of the truly great New York delis outside the five boroughs,” and the Oregonian said the deli had “the best pastrami sandwich in the vicinity.”" - Brooke Jackson-Glidden
