Local Deli Celebrates Football

May 12, 2021

Football and food lovers of all ages filed into Delicacies Gourmet of Roslyn during Customer Appreciation Day held earlier this month. Customers got autographs from NFL player Sean Landeta and ESPN’s NFL reporter Adam Schefter while enjoying free food.

Jimmy Zanfardino, Delicacies Gourmet of Roslyn owner, was pleased that everyone had a blast.

“We love our customers and the community. The day was meant to bring everyone together to enjoy great food, football and themselves,” said Zanfardino. “We are celebrating the opening of football season right, and I’m very happy that Adam and Sean were involved.

For more photos from Customer Appreciation Day, click here.

Residents were delighted to meet these NFL celebrities. Ross Barish of Roslyn was among the many who enjoyed Customer Appreciation Day with his family.

“It was a great family activity at one of our favorite places to eat. My kids really had a fun time, and they got to get an autograph souvenir,” Barish said.


Landeta of Manhasset was glad to bring smiles to the faces of community members at a deli that he likes to eat at. Landeta played almost half of his career for the New York Giants, where he won two championship rings in Superbowl XXI and XXV.


“It’s not by accident that they have the best deli in the area. I’ve known this deli for several years and the food and employees are wonderful,” said Landeta. “It’s nice to kick off the NFL season with the Roslyn community.”


Schefter joined ESPN as an NFL insider in 2009, and he appears on a variety of programs including NFL Live. He also was happy to be a part of the celebration.

“The deli wanted to kick off the NFL season in a grand style. I’m honored to be a part of this community event, to talk to people about football, sign autographs, and to help bring in the season,” he said.


Zanfardino hopes his customers enjoyed the event.


“We are proud of our loyal customers. I hope they enjoyed themselves,” he said.

Erin Zanfardino, an employee, said, “We had a blast, it was great to see everyone come out to celebrate.”

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Jim Zanfardino, owner of Roslyn Village Delicacies. He was one of six North Hempstead business and community leaders honored at the 37th annual Business Person of the Year and Legislative Breakfast Friday. (Photo courtesy of Roslyn Chamber of Commerce)
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While schools and businesses throughout the North Shore shuttered due to the snowstorm last Thursday, one deli in Roslyn made a point of keeping its doors open. “We pride ourselves on being open every day of the year, except for Christmas,” said Jim Zanfardino, the owner of Delicacies Gourmet on Old Northern Boulevard. “As long as we have electric, we make sure everyone in the neighborhood gets fed.” Zanfardino, of Syosset, said the store served approximately 200 walk-in customers and 300 delivery customers on Thursday, including corporate offices and cafeterias. “Everyone starts digging out their snow gear and sleds, and heads to Roslyn Pond Park,” he said. “Then they wander in here around noon.” Zanfardino said he equips his delivery people with four-wheel drive vehicles but one of them got stuck on Thursday. “The driver went to make a left and went up on part of the grass median,” Zanfardino said. “He kind of got welled in there. One of the trucks went with a chain and pulled him out. He had just delivered; he didn’t have food in the car.” Zanfardino said the store has remained open during every big storm since it started doing business in 1990. “Hurricane Sandy was crazy,” he said. “One side of the street, the electricity was out. The other had electricity. It went on for three days, and people came down here to get coffee, recharge laptops and phones — just to get some civilization.” “If that was an indication of what the zombie apocalypse will be, we better have a lot of coffee,” he added. He recalled past snowstorms that proved more challenging than Thursday’s. “Back in 2007 the whole front of the deli was covered with snow because of a drift,” he said. Delicacies Gourmet serves breakfast, lunch and dinner items ranging from muffins and omelettes to wraps and calzones. Zanfardino said “it’s always an adventure in a snowstorm” but he shied away from praise. “We’re not like the Red Cross,” he said. “Just want to make sure people get a bagel if they want.”
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