Kenny & Ziggy's
Ziggy Gruber of Kenny & Ziggy's Delicatessen Restaurant at 2327 Post Oak Blvd. in Houston, Texas shows off a combination turkey and pastrami sandwich and strawberry cheesecake Monday afternoon May 31, 2004. -- (photograph by D. Fahleson, Staff Photojournalist for the Houston Chronicle newspaper). HOUCHRON CAPTION (06/13/2004): Ziggy Gruber, of Kenny & Ziggy's Delicatessen Restaurant, 2327 Post Oak Blvd., shows off a turkey and pastrami, and strawberry cheesecake. HOUCHRON CAPTION (01/02/2005) SECBIZ: GRUBER
The One in a Minyon Sandwich, a triple decker of Corned Beef, Turkey and Swiss cheese with Russian Dressing, at Kenny & Ziggy's New York Delicatessen Restaurant Friday, Aug. 27, 2010, in Houston.The restaurant prepares tons of special foods for take away for Rosh Hashana and other Jewish holidays. ( Michael Paulsen / Houston Chronicle )
Patrons enjoy their meals at Kenny & Ziggy's New York Delicatessen Restaurant Friday, Aug. 27, 2010, in Houston.The restaurant prepares tons of special foods for take away for Rosh Hashana and other Jewish holidays. ( Michael Paulsen / Houston Chronicle )
This is the famous Zellagabetsky sandwich from Kenny & Ziggy's. It is An eight-decker with layers of corned beef, pastrami, turkey, roast beef, salami, tongue, Swiss cheese, cole slaw, Russian dressing and red sweet peppers with numerous slices of rye bread. If one person can finish the entire sandwich on their own in one sitting at the restaurant, the rewards os a free slice of cheesecake. Cost: $38
The Hungarian Stuffed Cabbage (left), Steamed Vegetables and Cole Slaw at Kenny & Ziggy's New York Delicatessen Restaurant Friday, Aug. 27, 2010, in Houston.The restaurant prepares tons of special foods for take away for Rosh Hashana and other Jewish holidays. ( Michael Paulsen / Houston Chronicle )
The pickles at Kenny & Ziggy's New York Delicatessen Restaurant Friday, Aug. 27, 2010, in Houston.The restaurant prepares tons of special foods for take away for Rosh Hashana and other Jewish holidays. ( Michael Paulsen / Houston Chronicle )
At Kenny & Ziggy's: house-smoked pastrami sandwich.
The Gefilte Fish with Horseradish at Kenny & Ziggy's New York Delicatessen Restaurant Friday, Aug. 27, 2010, in Houston.The restaurant prepares tons of special foods for take away for Rosh Hashana and other Jewish holidays. ( Michael Paulsen / Houston Chronicle )
Kenny & Ziggy's Tongues of Fun sandwich (takeout): tongue, turkey, corned beef, slaw & Russian. credit: Alison Cook
The Hungarian Stuffed Cabbage and Steamed Vegetables at Kenny & Ziggy's New York Delicatessen Restaurant Friday, Aug. 27, 2010, in Houston.The restaurant prepares tons of special foods for take away for Rosh Hashana and other Jewish holidays. ( Michael Paulsen / Houston Chronicle )
A stack of pancakes is shown at Kenny & Ziggy's Deli Thursday, Jan. 28, 2010, Houston. Pancakes are becoming more popular as not just a breakfast food, but a for for any part of the day. ( Brett Coomer / Chronicle )
The Chicken Soup with Matzoh Ball at Kenny & Ziggy's New York Delicatessen Restaurant Friday, Aug. 27, 2010, in Houston.The restaurant prepares tons of special foods for take away for Rosh Hashana and other Jewish holidays. ( Michael Paulsen / Houston Chronicle )
The Noodle Kugel at Kenny & Ziggy's New York Delicatessen Restaurant Friday, Aug. 27, 2010, in Houston.The restaurant prepares tons of special foods for take away for Rosh Hashana and other Jewish holidays. ( Michael Paulsen / Houston Chronicle )
Ziggy Gruber, owner of Kenny & Ziggy's Deli, holds the Hungarian Stuffed Cabbage (left) and Gefilte Fish with Horseradish at his restaurant Kenny & Ziggy's New York Delicatessen Restaurant Friday, Aug. 27, 2010, in Houston.The restaurant prepares tons of special foods for take away for Rosh Hashana and other Jewish holidays. ( Michael Paulsen / Houston Chronicle )
The Hungarian Stuffed Cabbage and Steamed Vegetables at Kenny & Ziggy's New York Delicatessen Restaurant Friday, Aug. 27, 2010, in Houston.
The restaurant prepares tons of special foods for take away for Rosh Hashana and other Jewish holidays. ( Michael Paulsen / Houston Chronicle )
At Kenny & Ziggy's: the dining room.
At Kenny & Ziggy's: cheese blintzes
At Kenny & Ziggy's: the house-made pickles
Kenny & Ziggy's New York Delicatessen is asking customers to come up for a name for a new burger topped with corned beef, sauerkraut, Swiss cheese and Russian dressing.
David "Ziggy" Gruber heads up both Kenny & Ziggy's Deli in the Galleria area. Photo by R. Clayton McKee/For the Chronicle
70. Kenny & Ziggy’s
In Houston’s delicatessen desert, Kenny & Ziggy’s is an oasis. The simple chicken soup alone, shimmering with tiny golden dots of delicious fat, has life-giving properties with a bonus in the form of a high and downy matzoh ball. Towering triple-decker sandwiches tilt with stacks of lush, house-smoked pastrami or the cool softness of delicately gelatinous tongue. Smoked fish platters of Nova salmon and sable are nicely sourced. Even the pickles — sour or half-sour alike — are an event here. The home-style cookery is iffier, tilting hard toward the sweet. To compensate, you might want to order things like the New York cheesecake or cheese blintzes plain, without any sauce.
Cuisine: American, deli
Entree price range: $$
Where: 2327 Post Oak Blvd.
Phone: 713-871-8883
Web: kennyandziggys.com
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