Carnegie Deli, which was forced to close in April after it was caught illegally siphoning gas from Con Ed, will hold interviews for its first-ever pickle mascot on Wednesday ahead of its reopening … ...

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) -- Takeru Kobayashi, eat your heart out. Mike Hoffman, the winner of the semi-annual pickle eating contest at the Carnegie Deli, is nicknamed "The Skinny." SEE: Photo Gallery ...

Hoffman, who is nicknamed "The Skinny," consumed 20 full sours, or 1.8 lbs worth of the pickles, in five minutes. “In five minutes I got them down,” Hoffman said ...

All she wanted was breakfast, but instead a Boston woman left the Carnegie Deli yesterday as one of the city’s most prominent pickle eaters. Cool-as-a-cucumber Brenda Matthis went head to hea… ...

Prepare your insides for a vinegar-infused attack tomorrow at the Carnegie Deli's semi-annual pickle eating contest (or just watch from the sidelines). Either way, the 20th anniversary of the ...