Raleigh Union Station will add its first restaurant with Union Station Deli & Catering

Raleigh's downtown train station will add its first restaurant later this summer.

What to expect: Union Station Deli & Catering , which is being billed as a New York-style deli, will open in Raleigh Union Station on Aug. 15, according to its owner, Raleigh-based Rocky Top Catering .

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• The menu will include bagels and sandwiches — with toppings like a house-smoked pastrami, corned beef and chicken cutlets — as well as black-and-white cookies.
• Union Station Deli will initially open Monday through Friday from 6am- 3pm. It expects to add weekend house starting in January.

Union Station Deli's sandwiches also come in hot versions on focaccia bread. Photo: Courtesy of Union Station Deli

The latest: New York-style delis are becoming increasingly popular in the Triangle, home to many Northeastern transplants.

• Earlier this year, Brooklyn Pickle , a small deli chain based out of Syracuse, New York, opened in North Raleigh.

Location: 510 W. Martin St., Raleigh