Earlier this year, the media (this writer included) was abuzz with reports of I Love New York Deli opening a third location on Capitol Hill. Owner Jon Jacobs had planned to open his location off Broadway, close to the Pike Pine corridor. However, he recently announced that his third location will instead be sited on First Hill, near the intersection of Madison and Boren. Jacobs told Hugo Kugiya of Crosscut that the First Hill location will be very different from the original stand at Pike Place Market and the Ravenna location.
First Hill's I Love New York Deli will be "a full-service, authentic, New York-style deli on First Hill, open 24 hours a day, seven days a week, helping fill the void in this city of around-the-clock dining . . . [This] third restaurant, near the corner of Boren and Madison, will be his largest by far at 6,300 square feet and will have its own bakery, the culmination of a long-held dream for Jacobs."