Interior of the deli showing about 30 barrels of coffee beans. A wider angle shot would show the deli is narrower at the back then at the front. From a 2000 NYT article: You can go to Samad's deli, 2867 Broadway, between 111th and 112th Streets, where the walls converge at a 26-degree angle to create a disorienting triangular space. The irregular north wall hews to the route of De Peyster Lane, which separated the farms of Nicholas De Peyster and James De Peyster in the late 1700's. Wassim Malaeb, who works at Samad's, said that many customers wondered about the skewed wall. “Even though I'd like the place to be square, because I could fit more things in, it's interesting,” he said. “It's a piece of the past.”