My friend and coworker Rob turned the big four-O yesterday, so we took him out for a giant pile of pastrami at Katz’s Deli, a New York icon. Unchanged since before the war, it’s a classic place to go for meat on rye. I was going to get the salami, but our “cutter” (guy with a knife behind the counter making sandwiches) scowled at me and slapped a pastrami sample on a plate. After tasting it, I changed my order, and he smiled and said, “I thought you would.” Holding a giant sharp knife in one hand and a chunk of cured meat in the other makes a person very cool. Along with the Bass and homemade pickles, Katz makes a great birthday lunch.
– Katz’s Deli
My friend and coworker Rob turned the big four-O yesterday, so we took him out for a giant pile of pastrami at Katz’s Deli, a New York icon. Unchanged since before the war, it’s a classic place to go for meat on rye. I was going to get the salami, but our “cutter” (guy with a knife behind the counter making sandwiches) scowled at me and slapped a pastrami sample on a plate. After tasting it, I changed my order, and he smiled and said, “I thought you would.” Holding a giant sharp knife in one hand and a chunk of cured meat in the other makes a person very cool. Along with the Bass and homemade pickles, Katz makes a great birthday lunch.
– Katz’s Deli