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Perhaps it depends where you are, Oxford English Dictionary only mentions the shop meaning.

• TuringTest 9y ago
  Weird! :-O This is what I get: 1: ready-to-eat food products (as cooked meats and prepared salads) 2: sing, pl delicatessens [delicatessen (store)] : a store where delicatessen are sold
  • roywiggins 9y ago
    It's fine as a modifier ("it's a delicatessen salad") but not on its own ("it's a delicatessen")
    • mrkgnao 9y ago
      Delicatessen is also plural in German if you use it to mean "delicacy", instead of an adjective ("chai tea"-style).
    • psyc 9y ago
      False. It's fine as a noun if you leave off the article, which OP did.