Despite the midday sun blazing overhead, 20 determined Angelenos labored up the long staircase alongside downtown’s Angels Flight Railway on July 30, spurred on by what awaited them at the top in the shadow of downtown’s towering California Plaza skyscrapers — pastrami, and lots of it.
At Art’s Deli in Studio City, which consistently ranked among Los Angeles’ best delicatessens, there’s an old saying: “Every sandwich is a work of Art.”
It’s not a dinner for schmucks but a lunch served by one.
Stop in to the iconic round-the-clock Canter’s Deli most nights during the 7 p.m.-to-4 a.m. shift, and you’re likely to encounter another icon — a short, solid woman in her 70s with auburn hair who wears a white waitress uniform with metal snaps, a black sweater and sports a youthful twinkle in her eye.
New York\’s Second Avenue Deli now has two locations — neither of which is on Second Avenue. JTA has video of the new branch\’s opening, featuring a cameo by television and Yiddish stage star Fyvush Finkel.
Chicago and Cleveland have the best corned beef. Detroit is tops for rye bread. The best smoked meat is in Montreal, and for pastrami, you can’t touch New York and L.A.
In defending middle-class neighborhoods, Los Angeles County Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky is taking on an issue that reaches to the heart of Los Angeles\’ ethnic, political and class divide
According to many mostly West Coast mavens, Langer\’s, in existence since 1947 – and celebrating its 60th anniversary this week – has the best pastrami in America.
\”I am not the first in my family to be obsessed with food,\” food writer Arthur Schwartz said. \”I like to say I was born with a wooden spoon in my mouth because there was always cooking going on, and I was always asked to taste and offer my comments. Enough salt? Enough pepper? Does it have the right ta\’am?\” she said, using the Hebrew word for taste.
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