Here's a little clip about Zabar's from Paul Bilsky in Sunday's Metropolitan Diary from The New York Times.
Dear Diary:
I was in Zabar’s
recently on my way home to Vermont. I always ask them to double-wrap
our smoked fish, since it is a four-hour ride home.
Next to me was a woman who asked with great concern, “Does the lox travel well?”
One of the old-time counter men said: “It depends, lady. How far are you traveling?”
“Brooklyn,” was her reply.
The slicers politely grinned and assured her that her lox would be fine. - Paul Bilsky