The Brad investigates deli food at Zinsky’s on Preston-Royal in Dallas

by The Brad of The Brad's Adventures in Food

Zinsky's Deli's matzo ball soup

DALLAS — Feh with all the kibitz ... I like it.

You can find lively debate on deli authenticity, recipes, purveyors, etc. on the local intertubes. Zinsky's Deli is what it is. Stylish, clean, welcoming, and satisfying. Enjoy some snaps from a couple recent visits:

Liz and Jim Baron (Blue Mesa) and Mark Brezinski (Bengal Coast) were bold enough to do a deli their way, and I am happier for it. But I'm easy: They provide condiments in squeeze bottles and excellent pickles, table-side.

Zinsky's Deli provides Russian dressing "on tap," with both yellow and deli mustards.

In varied dining circumstances, often the "food" at hand is merely a delivery mechanism for my true love -- condiments. So ... nice. We will need fries, and things with bread.

Zinsky's Deli's "the P.R.S.C. Special"

The P.R.S.C. Special had corned beef, salami, and Muenster cheese with Russian dressing downstairs, and chopped liver and shaved red onion upstairs on Pumpernickel.

Zinsky's Deli's "The Big Ben"

The Big Ben had corned beef, pastrami, and Swiss cheese downstairs, and roasted turkey and cole slaw upstairs, with Russian dressing on rye ... and more Russian Dressing, thank you very much. And some more for the fries.

"The Zinsky."

The Zinsky is a sandwich for a cause. Described as "a triple-decker lollapalooza with three breads, roast beef, pastrami, and turkey, Muenster, American cheese and Pepper Jack, cole slaw, and our special dressing. $2 of every Zinsky sold is donated to Jewish Family Service of Dallas."

I'm not sure if you can grasp the scale here, but it's about a foot long. Any "foodie" (hate that term) oughta try it for fun, and the cause ... at least once. I will hit the rest of the menu, then get back to this one.

The debate rages on. View these pics, and I defy sammich lovers not to cave to temptation.

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markzero, says:

Now I know where I'm eating for lunch later today. Seriously. Up Preston are both Deli News and Ed's Deli, so they've got some healthy competition to keep them on their toes. Will probably have to make a diagram to figure out who's best at which items, but that's part of the fun.

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Worzel_Gummidge, says:

How did the food taste?

The big debate at DallasFood.org (and other food blogs) is over the flavor of mass-sourced vs. artisanally-made ingredients.

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Mike Orren, says:

markzero, I believe Ed's has been closed for some time.

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twinwillow, says:

Ed's is gone for almost 6 months at least. Replaced by "Roasters" out of Miami. I've heard it's very much overpriced and not really that good.

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twinwillow, says:

As I've posted in other blogs, Zinsky's is good. Not, NYC good but, good enough for Dallas. Although my personal favorite is still Deli-News, I loved the matzoh ball soup. Despite the fact that one of my matzoh balls was raw and hard in the center. The chicken soup on it's own would make any Jewish bubbie (grandmother) jealous. The pastrami sandwich was, just OK. Not bad but, again, good enough for Dallas. What I didn't like about the sandwich was the bread. It was soggy wet. From what? I didn't order a "French dip"! The welcoming service was wonderful. Helpful and friendly but not, patronizing. I'll return for the matzoh ball soup. Hopefully, this time the matzoh balls will be cooked through.