***** Stephen’s Restaurant & New York Style Deli. 1000 East 16th Street, Hialeah, Florida 33010, (305) 877-8863.

A recent Jeff Eats’ reader e-mail.

Jeff,
I was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York.
Lived there from 1946 to 1975 when I moved to Marlboro, New Jersey. Lasted there until I moved to North Miami after my divorce in 1987.
I went to Midwood H.S. I graduated from Brooklyn College in 1968.
From your blog I got a really good feeling that your food tastes are a whole lot like mine.
I love diners, delis and all kinds of dives.
What’s one of your best calls on a really nostalgic looking/tasting joint right out of our younger days in Brooklyn?
Love the blog,
Joe Kramer

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Joe Kramer:

Got the perfect joint for you…

Thanks for reading.
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Stephen’s Restaurant & New York Style Deli (Hialeah)
Posted on July 27th, 2010 · American Breakfast Delicatessen Hialeah

***** Stephen’s Restaurant & New York Style Deli. 1000 East 16th Street, Hialeah, Florida 33010, (305) 877-8863.

Let me make this one short and simple…

Stephen’s with its formica tables–and formica counter seating has been around for something like 60 years. Sort of like entering a timewarp…NYC diner/NYC deli circa 1950’s-60’s.

Stephen’s which is open Monday-Friday 7am-3:30pm has the full gamut of breakfast dishes, sandwiches, burgers, deli meats-plates, “blue plate specials” like meatloaf–but only on Tuesdays.

I recently did lunch “trying” pastrami on rye, corned beef on rye, brisket with potato pancakes…and I gotta tell you, if I squint my eyes, I’m at… Sam’s Candy Store & Deli, Cortelyou Road & East 7th Street, Brooklyn, New York— 1957. I absolutely loved the food and “the place.”

I don’t know about you, but joints like Stephen’s hold a special place in old Jeff’s heart (now I’m going all sentimental on you)…