At Sammy's Roumanian down on Chrystie Street,

the iron-bellied gourmand can order steaks the size of

manhole covers, soak fried foods of every description

in chicken schmaltz, and wash the lot down with a tall

egg cream. Herewith, one of Sammy's soda sommeliers

reveals just how this New York classic is made.

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