If you like devilled eggs, try the ones at Nielsen’s Delicatessen at 4500 Richmond. Mayo connoisseurs have been known to drive across town to get the famous house-made mayonnaise there. And that extra-rich, fresh-made mayonnaise is what makes the egg salad sandwich at Nielsen’s taste so good. At $6.60, the egg salad sandwich is a little too pricey for breakfast. So instead, I buy two devilled eggs at 75 cents each and a slice of buttered rye bread — it tastes just like a half an egg salad sandwich, if you ask me. And with tax, this awesome devilled egg breakfast comes to $1.86.
The mayonnaise sells for $6.25 a pint.
This article appears in Jul 16-22, 2009.