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Carnegie Deli is back open for business

Pastrami-obsessed New Yorkers are finally able to overindulge again at the Carnegie Deli: The meaty Midtown mainstay was back in business Tuesday after being shuttered for nearly a year.

Doors officially opened at 8 a.m., and the hungry horde began to fill up the Seventh Avenue spot for the lunchtime rush.

“I heard it was opening and I had to be there,” said Kurt Benjamin, 53, first in line to gobble up a $29.99 “Woody Allen,” a mammoth combination overflowing with corned beef and pastrami. “Some people come to New York to see the Statue of Liberty, I go to Carnegie Deli.”

“The sandwich was spectacular — I actually saved most of it, so I’m taking it on the plane to make people jealous,” he said.

Most of the menu went unchanged despite the 10-month shutdown after Con Edison discovered an illegal gas hookup. But there was one green new staffer in the mix — a pickle mascot.

“I read that Carnegie was hiring in The Post and I called the delivery hotline. I said, ‘I don’t actually want to deliver, I want to be your pickle,'” said Sylvia Brookoff, a 25-year-old Upper East Side resident who was dressed in a full-body pickle costume and was dishing out some of the briny snacks.

One couple visiting New York for their 44th anniversary relished the opportunity to dig in at their old hangout, which opened in 1937.

“We’ve been coming here ever since we met. A lot of things have closed since then, but not Carnegie,” said Gloria and Fred Colvin, who now live in Virginia.

They used to get their own dishes, but on Tuesday, decided to split a corned beef sandwich.

“For us, when we come to Carnegie now, one sandwich is all we need. That’s a lot of food,” Fred said.

All the single-meat sandwiches stayed at the same price, but a few combinations including Barry’s Delight — a triple-decker stuffed with turkey, corned beef and tongue — went from $24.99 to $29.99. Marian’s Midnight “Specials” — two all-beef knockwursts with sauerkraut and baked beans — shot from $16.99 to $19.99.

ConEd shut down the restaurant last April after discovering a diverted gas line while at the deli investigating a leak. The entire Seventh Avenue building was without gas and hot water for months as the Carnegie Deli’s owners worked to get the eatery back up to code.