The Washington Post Magazine - USA (2022-05-15)

30 May 15 , 2022

candor. “We’re not trying to be top of
the line, but we’re not the bottom,
either,” he says. His aim at Parkway is
consistency and value. The reliability is
spurred by a head chef, Rene Santos, 52,
who started 28 years ago.
The pandemic forced Gurewitz to
raise prices recently, a task he delegated
to his managers because, “I can’t justify
charging $8 for a grilled cheese.” Still,
the custom sandwiches hover around
$10, no dinner costs more than $19
and leftovers are almost a given. The
best of the pastry case is a moist slab of
warm-spiced carrot cake with the heft of
a brick that can easily satisfy three forks.
Don’t just take my word. The owner
says he sells 20 of the 13-pounders a
week.
Such comfort and abundance explain
the cross-section of patrons on any given
day. “We get all kinds of people,” says
the owner. “Old, young, all ethnicities,” a
reality confirmed during all my visits. In
its early years, he says, Parkway was
frequented predominantly by Jews
nearby; for a long time now, says
Gurewitz, the clientele has been a
“cornucopia.”
Parkway might not be the deli and
restaurant of your dreams. Your mileage
depends on knowing the kitchen’s
strengths. Then again, the price is right,
there always seems to be parking, it’s
open three meals seven days a week, and
Gurewitz thinks he might bring back the
pickle bar sometime soon.

1. No rug


2. Missing bolt


3. Smaller plaque


4. Blue collar


5. Close-up


6. Deeper cup


7. Bigger light


8. No logo


9. Different gadget


10. Seeing triple


11. No blue cup


12. Solid red

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Solution to puzzle

“THEMELESS NO. 19,” May 8

Key to the previous Second Glance
May 8

photo: Deb Lindsey; original second glance photo: Washington Post reader Ernie Eldredge

The carrot cake at

Parkway arrives at

the table looking like

a monument to the

art of dessert.