Katz’s Deli

[Hector]

Anybody eaten there?

Big pastrami lover here...I was considering ordering some from their online store...

https://www.katzsdelicatessen.com/shipping/sliced-pastrami.html

Wanna order a loaf of their rye bread too...mustard too...so I can make my own authentic Katz’s pastrami sandwich at home...

https://www.katzsdelicatessen.com/deli-rye-bread.html

https://www.katzsdelicatessen.com/shipping/bagels-rye-mustard/deli-mustard.html

Thoughts?

[PNGwynne]

Indeed I have. The corned beef, pastrami, and cured salami are delicious. The portions are huge. I even had a traditional Cel-Ray celery soda to wash it down.

Mail order? Hmmmm.

[Hector]

I’m going to order the pastrami, rye loaf, and their mustard...then down the line, other meats.

I love that dry rub crust, yum...

Thanks for the recommendation!

[Brazoo]

"I'll have what she's having!"

[PNGwynne]

Egad it was good, I practically had to be taken out in a wheelbarrow.

I ordered the corned beef and my friend ordered pastrami, then we shared. Each sandwich seemed a pound of meat. We got a small salami for a later snack. Great brined (no vinegar, just garlic) pickles, too.

I've had some very good corned beef in Ohio, but theirs was terrific and I've never had better pastrami.

[PNGwynne]

Did you read the menu for the triple meat platter? "Feeds three tourists or one regular customer." lol Awesome.

[rche]

yeah - Kat's is awesome. I almost could not find it tho, last time I went to the city. There is a giant parking garage over the building.
still good, tho. send a salami to your boy in the army.
It is a $20 sandwich there, but it will feed a tourist at least twice.
Let us know how it survives the postal system for mail order.

[Hector]

I have ordered frozen Omaha ribeyes online before, they were terrific...I’m sure the pastrami will be cooked and vacuumed packaged...two day delivery should be safe enough...

[Hector]

Did you read the menu for the triple meat platter? "Feeds three tourists or one regular customer." lol Awesome.

Yeah, a thing of beauty, lol...

[Hector]

They offer the juicy thick more fatty pastrami or the trimmed thinly sliced pastrami.

I don’t play around, I want the fatty one...more flavor, baby...

[EmergencyIan]

Katz’s is very good! The deli that Anthony Bourdain visited on his Parts Unknown: The Bronx episode is two blocks from my apartment and it’s excellent. I’ve never had better pastrami on rye. It’s called Liebman’s Delicatessen, estsblished in 1953.

- Ian

[Hector]

Yeah, there will always be personal favorites amongst people...that’s a given.

My objective is Katz’s for the time being...as it’s arguably the most famous of the bunch this side of the ocean.

As a Californian...the East Coast pastrami is as exotic as it gets...

[Iron Mego]

Looking forward to your review! We have nooooooo Jewish deli here and I constantly crave good pastrami and/or corned beef. And pickles.

[EmergencyIan]

I, not being acquainted with Jewish delis, didn’t know what sour and half-sour pickles were and had to ask. I now know that sour pickles are essentially kosher dill pickles or at least very similar in taste. Either way, they’re a must!

Enjoy your pastrami, rye and mustard, Hec!

- Ian

[Iron Mego]

Best pickle I've had in my life is from Canter's. I'd always take home any extras. Only got to go there when I visited a buddy who lived in LA, and haven't been in like 20 years. God I could go for one right now.