Tom Sietsema discovers in this week's First Bites column that a New York deli in Bethesda isn't exactly New York. The critic likes the pastrami and friendly service at Bubby's, which opened in February, but says the deli misses an important mark: "Where are the smells of meat and fat? Those signatures of a Big Apple deli are absent in the air." He also takes some issue with the interior design. Beatles on the wall? [WaPo]
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