Some Slopers have been wondering what’s going into the storefront on President Street, just west of Fifth Avenue, that’s been sporting a revolving sign that reads Delicious on the Slope. Why, it’s an Israeli-Mediterranean eatery/soda fountain, of course. Delicious on the Slope is the brainchild of an Israeli chef named Yair who says the hard-to-miss sign has been breeding misconceptions about the nature of his future restaurant (slated to open in about six weeks), leading people to think it’s going to be an ice cream parlor or worse—a coffee shop. We are going to serve egg creams and have a full menu, he says, but I am not going to allow anyone to come and sit here with their laptop for eight hours. And how’d he come up with his concept? I realized there was no place else in the area to get traditional Jewish food like corned beef and pastrami. Sounds like a good enough reason to us, and here’s hoping the nosh is indeed delish. GMAP