Truck hits meat market, injured man sues owner and truck driver
06.01.10
When an intoxicated driver plowed his truck into a popular deli, debris and equipment struck the patrons inside. An Orange County man who lost an eye when a meat slicer fell on his head has filed a suit against the store owner and the driver of the truck.
Russell January, and his wife, Lillie, filed a lawsuit Dec. 29 in Jefferson County District Court against Gonzuela Williams, doing business as Durham's Meat Market, and Rodney Eddie.
Russell January was eating at Durham's Meat Market on Gillam Circle in Port Arthur on Nov. 14 at about 5:30 p.m. when Eddie drove his Chevrolet pick-up truck into the store. The truck broke through the wall and struck several fixtures.
"Fixtures fell and a meat slicer struck Russell January on the head, causing severe head injury, including fractured skull, fractured jaw, loss of an eye and damage to the soft tissue of the brain and damage to the brain," the suit states.
Because of the incident, January incurred medical
Source: Southeast Texas Record
Sandwiches: Wagshal's brisket is a cut above
06.01.10
When Bill Fuchs bought the deli from Ben Wagshal in 1990, he worried about messing with a family business that had been operating for more than 60 years.
"Some of the customers had been coming here for three and four generations and wanted things to stay as they were," said Fuchs, 60. He gained their trust by innovating in ways that sandwich enthusiasts in particular noticed and appreciated. The smoked brisket is a prime example: literally, because Fuchs uses only USDA prime beef for it and for his house-made corned and roast beef. The sandwich is nothing more than meat, bread and mustard, but the beef alone is so packed with intense, complex flavor that the result is one of the best sandwiches I've tasted recently.
Fuchs, a trained butcher, formulated his brisket recipe to approximate Montreal smoked meat, which he discovered while living in Canada in the 1970s. The specialty, popularized by Lester's Delicatessen and Schwartz's , derives from a secret recipe that, as Fuchs puts it, combines the best elements of corned beef and pastrami. Fuchs's goal was to duplicate it.
Source: Washington Post