--- title: Carnegie Deli: New York City Institution Set to Close description: The Carnegie Deli is closing on Friday after 79 years of dishing out slabs of cured meat on rye and knishes canonical: https://time.com/4619824/carnegie-deli-new-york-city/ author: Sam Frizell article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-12-30T14:45:41.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:39:46.980Z og:title: New York City's Iconic Carnegie Deli Closes at Midnight og:description: The tourists' pitstop will serve its last sandwich on Friday og:url: https://time.com/4619824/carnegie-deli-new-york-city/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4c9c29b0e5d7a9b4/6988b4302dce01a0f99ebd12/carnegie-del-closing.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2560 og:image:height: 1440 og:image:alt: Carnegie Deli og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: New York City's Iconic Carnegie Deli Closes at Midnight twitter:description: The tourists' pitstop will serve its last sandwich on Friday twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4c9c29b0e5d7a9b4/6988b4302dce01a0f99ebd12/carnegie-del-closing.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # New York City's Iconic Carnegie Deli Closes at Midnight > Sponsored content. 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After 79 years of serving up heaps of cured meat, the Carnegie slices its last ridiculously oversized sandwich Friday. Seth Wenig—AP by [Sam Frizell](https://time.com/author/sam-frizell/) ## Sam Frizell Dec 30, 2016 2:45 PM UTC The [Carnegie Deli](http://carnegiedeli.com/menus/sandwiches-deli-classics/) is closing on Friday after 79 years of dishing out slabs of cured meat on rye and knishes for tourists and pleasure-seeking New Yorkers. The Midtown Manhattan deli, which featured photos of the celebrities who had eaten there and earned its time on the silver screen in Woody Allen’s 1984 _Broadway Danny Rose_, was a pitstop for tourists looking for knishes, cheesecake, chopped liver, or a $20 pastrami sandwich. Owner Marian Harper said she was closing Carnegie Deli in order to take personal time. The restaurant also was forced to pay $2.6 million in backpay to employees in a labor dispute and was closed for nearly a year after an investigation into a possible illegal gas hookup. 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