Duke Ellington Gourmet Deli — Restaurant in New York

Duke Ellington is truly a large, well-stocked deli, certainly a step above the typical bodega-class spot. A wide variety of cooked food, salad bar, obviously cold cuts and salads like chicken and shrimp for sandwiches or bulk purchase. The salad bar is fresh and good. There are literally every possible type of soft drinks even Stewart's and organic brands and beer and suchlike. Paper products, cereal, cookies and ice cream, too. Fast delivery is also available. Here's the rub, as Hamlet said: this spot is very very expensive. It's super convenient and stocked with everything and you def pay for it! Check your prices before you check out, too. They've been known to 'round up to the next dollar'. Watch it. Otherwise, no complaints and...

Buzzed my delivery person in but was finishing up getting ready for bed in the bathroom. Delivery instructions were to leave at door. When he arrived I yelled to just leave it. Wasn’t wearing pants and he kept knocking and then pounded on my door while asking him to just leave the food. Woke up half my floor and when I put on pants to open door he threw my food at me. Bag of food was half ruined. Called store and they said they would look into it and get back to me. Never heard back. Tried to reach them because employ their own drivers and tried to follow up to no avail.

Food is good but they employ the worst...

Used to be solid. Now they’re overpricing everything and giving different prices for different colored people just to see who they can get over on. I literally paid $2.50 for an avocado here a couple weeks ago and today they told my pale skinned partner it’s $4 even after they argued the price gauging. They have no shame. Ordering online is even worse. It seems like they simply let the person at the register run their pricing. To say nothing of the fact that they let their deli ingredients sit there for 2-3 days before they change them out. Go up the same block to 105 and Columbus for a much fairly priced and...