Brooklyn Pickle is like "coming home for Thanksgiving"

Right off Interstate 690 East lies one of the Syracuse community’s favorite sandwich joints. A green gherkin sign, a neon-red Brooklyn Bridge, murals of the staff — Brooklyn Pickle draws you back 50 years, and you’ll find it hard to leave. “It’s like a time capsule,” Mariah Root, manager of the Burnet Avenue location, said. “You get sucked into the Brooklyn Pickle life.” For nearly half a century, Brooklyn Pickle has been immutable. Its sandwiches and hot specials, like Thursday’s chicken riggies, are community staples. It’s a packed lunch spot; go around noon and see locals grabbing a bite. It borrows its style from Katz’s Delicatessen in New York City; sandwiches are made and packaged with dill or garlic pickles.