Red Pepper Deli & Grocery

The only things I would recommend sampling at Red Pepper Deli are the beverages. Everything in the store is old and appears to be dusty. I mean, they sell Ritter Sport bars and other chocolates that are 12 months past the expiration dates.
I come here when I’m posted up with my friends across the street, and I’m feeling parched. They make a mean bottled beverage here! Seriously, don’t ever be drunk and stumble into this 24-​hour trap. You might mistakenly buy a sandwich, ancient bag of chips, or some other prepared food and end up hating your life.
Nothing in their prepared foods section looks fresh, or from this year. The beverages are overpriced, but when I’m playing monopoly and need a Volvic or Canada Dry seltzer, Red Pepper is always open. I will give them credit for having extensive walls of coolers, housing a variety drinks (alcoholic and non-​alcoholic) to quench your thirst.
There’s dust on the shelves and I purchased a bag of Terra chips (also expired, same visit as Ritter Sport incident), so I can only imagine what kind of things are floating around in the egg salad. Stick with the liquids, and maybe even then you should keep an eye out for a «sell by» date.

One of my favorite places in the area. Tony and friends are the neighborhoods parents, making sure everyone gets what they want.
I’ve seen Tony making his famous chopped cheese sandwich and looking forward to getting one. I think I might do that tonight.

Why I will never come here again. I came here tonight on 4÷27÷15. I ordered a sandwich. A 9 dollar sandwich and the wanted to charge me for a pickle. I was told only panninis come with free pickles. I’ve been coming here for at least seven years GFY.

It’s not cheap but it’s not out of line with the neighborhood I guess.
I get sandwiches from the deli and they are always pretty good. The employees are always very friendly and helpful.

Red Pepper Formerly known as Joe Hug Deli is overpriced but when you cant get out they will deliver anything. The food is decent sandwiches delicious. The main problem is making sure they get your order correct sometimes it takes 5 minutes to give them your order. Usually a women takes the order, if she answers the phone my husband gives it to me because she drives him crazy. The order arrives and it is wrong.

my cats don’t stave because of Joe hugs. they’ve a good selection of human food and fancy feast (for the cats). Only thing I don’t like about this place is that they are cash only — BUT they have an ATM in the store so, that’s makes up for that.

C’mon Joe, give us a hug.
Opened 24 hours, ATM, Friendly workers, spacious/​uncluttered aisles, brightly lit, stocked shelves is what I think of when I think Joe Hug Deli in Murray Hill.
I stopped in to this deli every week at 3−4AM for their Chicken Calabrese sandwich (#6), which has 2 layers of grilled chicken, fresh mozzarella, roasted red peppers and pesto and it is to die for! Never get tired of it. Easily feeds two people for $ 7. Can’t beat that. I’ve actually helped a random person choose their sandwich as they didn’t know what to order and I’ve recommended their Chicken Calabrese. The person actually told me to stay and wait until he had his first bite before I could leave and so I stayed. As soon as he paid for the sandwich, he opened it right on the register counter and took his first bite. He looked at me and gave me a grin and a thumbs up!
Pay a visit to this wonderful deli and find a sandwich that makes you feel the way I felt every time I go to Joe Hug Deli!

Standard fare. Great breakfast sandwiches. Bottled drinks are behind glass doors instead of plastic, so they’re actually cold. Cash only.

The man behind the counter everynight falls asleep and is rude. I used to go here all the time, until I realized they used the variable pricing system. Meaning, everytime you walk in the same good could vary in price depending on the mood of the clerk. I hate you Joe Hug.

My girlfriend and I go here whenever we don’t feel like making dinner and don’t feel like spending $$ on some kind of restaurant fare. It is an avenue further than three other delis, but the sandwiches are worth it. They put plenty of meat, but also, they put plenty of whatever else you want on the sandwiches. With some places it’s like, seriously? I am paying $ 6 for a roast beef sandwich and you are going to be parsimonious with the tomato?
I don’t know the names of anyone who works there, but I was going to buy some little fig newton looking fresh-​baked thing, and the woman behind the counter threw it out when I put it on the counter because it was «too hard» and made me pick a different one that was fresher.

after the deli at 24^th and park closed i was forced to find a replacement for it. unfortunately, my neighborhood is somewhat of a deli wasteland, which is why the discovery of joe hug was a godsend.
joe hug is better than your average deli. its spacious. and clean. and bright. and the shelves are stocked with all sorts of great items, some of which are a step up from your average deli/​bodega offerings.
too bad i am leaving this area soon, but if i were staying, joe hug would be my new standard.

Joe Hug is just your standard deli/​mini-​grocery shop, but they’re open 24-​hours and pretty much have anything you might want or need at 4am…
And the sandwiches are pretty delicious too.
‘Nuff said.
Okay, I have to UPDATE this review… mostly because it is not useful, funny or cool.
I would like to add that the dude at Joe Hug once gave my roommate a huge bag of free bagels and baguettes when she was in there late one night (I guess they were going to be thrown out anyway, but still. it was nice of him… and those bagels were damn tasty).
Additionally, my 4 year old nephew was visiting the other week and we stopped into Joe Hug to get some juice and such, and the dude gave my nephew a free chocolate.
Okay, that’s all I have to add, and none of that was really u/​f/​c either. Oh well.