Isle of Palms Magazine Summer 2017

18 www.IsleOfPalmsMagazine.com | www.ILoveIOP.com | www.IOPmag.com S ome chicken soup and maybe a knish could have saved John Lennon’s life. According to the Daily Mail (U.K.) Yoko Ono wanted to go to the Stage Delicatessen for a late night supper, but John opted to go home instead. Fifteen minutes later, he was fatally gunned down outside The Dakota on Manhattan’s Upper West Side. For 75 years, that iconic New York Jewish deli was a BY BILL FARLEY PHOTOS COURTESY OF STEVE AUERBACH The rich and the famous were drawn to the Stage Deli, including President Bill Clinton. gourmand’s delight, where the rich and famous would sit side-by-side with the tourist couple from Kalamazoo, all attacking the Stage’s overstuffed sandwiches and, maybe on Valentine’s Day, a festive heart-shaped chunk of chopped liver. OWNER OF FAMED DELI MOVES SOUTH Beachfront, PEOPLE Sandwiches M A D E T H E MA D E T H E