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One has to distinguish between a grocery-store deli and "a deli". The latter is strictly a type of restaurant (or walk-up food counter, if you want to distingui
by unanswered 6y ago
One has to distinguish between a grocery-store deli and "a deli". The latter is strictly a type of restaurant (or walk-up food counter, if you want to distinguish that from a restaurant). Some of them might sell meats and cheeses and such but you wouldn't expect a random deli to do so.
As for a delicatessen shop, there are surely some not actually attached to grocery stores, but, for example, I'm unable to convince google maps to show me any in a region of 2MM+ people (in the [US] South) no matter which term I use containing "deli". If I needed to find one I'd probably search for "butcher", "grocer", or "market", and Google Maps confirms this is a good start for finding the right kind of store.
- OJFord 6y agoIn the UK some supermarkets (as in, some branches of some chains) do have what you might call 'a deli counter', but that isn't what I mean. Stand-alone delicatessens here tend to be only barely 'a restaurant' (even then more 'only barely a café', really) with one or two tables for two. They sell cheeses, biscuits, olives, other antipasti, pickles, perhaps some select nice sandwiches or bruschetta, etc. Some sell probably higher margin items like boxed teas, coffees, and biscuits, related merchandise like cafetières, cotton bags, and tea strainers. They are decidedly not 'diner' type venues, the place linked on Google Maps would be called a café in the UK. (To be clear I'm not saying anything's right or wrong, just that it's interesting, terminology, and something that's very loosely the same but also really different.)