Ed, you CAN'T go to Zingermans until at least December.
Its in Ann Arbor. The state up north!
You can't Ed, its enemy territory. The tax money goes to the state, which distributes it to the state universities Ed.
I have to disagree about Artie's. I've only eaten there once and the fries, hot dogs, and pastrami were all mediocre. It's nice to know the place is up on the UWS if necessary, but I'm definitely not putting it in the same category as Ben's Best, Sarge's, or Katz's. \
attmans: i concur w/ teh guy above; really, really good, but i do like arties better. (i've owned a house in balto since '97).
alas, been here 4.5 yrs, and have yet to get to Katz... sacrilege, i know.
If you ever happen to be in Toledo Ohio be sure to visit PJ's Deli. It's another great one! I've included the link to a description. http://toledoareafood.blogspot.com/
As a transplanted Los Angeleno, I share the sentiments about both Langer's and Brent's. When my father died a year ago, we ordered platters from Brent's...nothing to discuss. He would have preferred Brent's to Ruth's Chris Steakhouse any day of the week. I grew up going to Canter's and married a woman whose family went to Junior's. It was a wonderful series of engagement dinners...and lunches...and breakfasts. Thanks, Ed...a topic of great signficance!
I accept the fact that Langers has very good pastrami, but what am I to make of the fact that this "Deli" that some hold out to be so special, offers a pastrami sandwich WITH CHEESE?????????????
Aiy gavalt!!!
re Tabatchnik's in Union, N.J.: I could write a sonnet each about their deli and their appetizing. They smoked their stuff on site...the smokehouse was in back. I heard they were no longer what they had been when the closed, but still good.
I remember a good deli on Norwood Ave. in Deal, NJ in the old days. Any good delis on the Jersey shore these days?
Schwartz in Montreal has no competition. It is smoked meat, which is different from pastrami, but hard to describe it. You taste the beef and the spices much more. As an ex-Montrealer and a current New Yorker, I still go up to Montreal whenever I can. The rye bread is also fantastic, slightly crispy outside that I never had here in New York. Also btw, Montreal has the best bagels in the world - chewy and not doughy like the ones here - two places: St Viateur Bagel (La Maison de Bagel) and Fairmont close and second best (i know I digress)...Went to Rascals in Miami - absolutely horrible! No loss.
I did say that they would put cheese on the side; was just wondering if that wasn't an issue whether or not they would be considered Kosher since they open on the Sabbath. I'm up early because I'm recovering from knee surgery and it relieves some of the pain if I get out of bed. It's nice being up early without having to go to work!
Oh, I though you said they would put the cheese on the side (which means they serve cheese on the premises). It's not for me to consider whether a place is kosher. Food might be technically kosher, but if an establishment is open on the sabbath, you'd be hard pressed to find a rabbi willing to sign his name to a certificate verifying the kashruth. You could find some rabbis who would sign off on it, but many stringently observant Jews with [what they consider to be] the highest standards wouldn't eat there.
PS: Wow, 6:24 am. You wake up pretty early in the morning to blog!
SavtaShayna,
If Deli King did not serve cheese at all, but was still open on the Sabbath, would you consider them Kosher? They claim to be and do have some kind of certification signed by a Rabbi, but are open Saturday.
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