New Deli's decidedly old-school deli character (old school despite its young age) is welcome in the Jerusalem scene. In the land where the pita reigns as undisputed king, it's comforting for some people to know they can still find a place that serves enormous stacks of deli meat on good, old-fashioned Western bread. And that's pretty much what you'll find at New Deli – a healthy selection of kosher meats in the glass case at the counter where you order, primed to satisfy carnivores and threaten vegetarians.

The restaurant is wildly popular with the American yeshiva crowd, noted consumers of large quantities of meat. And for those tourists and expats heartbroken by the often soggy, half-cooked, uninspiring nature of French fries in the Holy Land, New Deli serves up an excellent basket of home fries.