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Zaftig's Makes a Home in Natick
A Brookline institution brings a new twist to former Joan and Ed's Deli in Natick's Christmas Tree Plaza.
St. Patrick's Day may have been last week, but you can still grab some of the best corned beef in MetroWest at — beleive it or not — Zaftig's Jewish Deli, which recently opened a second location at Natick's Christmas Tree Mall (Sherwood Plaza) to join its longtime restaurant on Brookline's Harvard Street. In 1997, Zaftig's filled the empty space in Coolidge Corner's stomachs after the 1971 closing, about a block away, of Jack and Marion's. (One reason customers said Jack and Marion's had panache: Some dishes on its gigantic menu carried a star with the note, "A good profit item for Jack & Marion's. Please order.") Now Zaftig's has replaced Joan and Ed's in Natick. (Joan and Ed's started out across the highway in Framingham at the old …
