Surely there are debates on best pastrami in NY, but this is the one I tried when I visited. Mouth watering goodness!
Fuckin gross, man.
I don’t understand American sandwiches, why even bother with the bread?
The bread primarily exists to keep your hands dry when you handle the food.
The bread around here adds to the whole
See, for that logic to hold up you gotta have quality bread, but we’re talking about America here.
I lived close to Germany my whole life, I have huge standards
The bread isn’t a mere mechanical contrivance to keep your hands clean. The bread is chosen to pair with the pastrami.
At, this point, they have complety ignored a category of food altogether. Soo.
You have a point but dude throwing everything in the fridge between two thinly sliced pieces of bread is amazingly delicious
25 bucks well spent. Love their pastrami. Reuben sandwich is also 🤤
Idk man, but using different bread(this one really looks like the German “Kasseler” bread) would probably make it better. Kasseler is fine, but there are so much better bread variants.
Kasseler is best served with mashed potatoes and sauerkraut.
Having never had kasseler bread, I can’t really comment on the similarities, but after googling around a little it’s probably in the same ballpark. These sort of deli sandwiches are usually served on (what we call in America anyway) “Jewish rye” bread. Just sort of a soft, light rye bread, often with caraway seeds in it (personally I tend to think of the seeds as sort of the defining feature of a Jewish rye) and I couldn’t find any mention of kasseler having caraway, but I also didn’t exactly do an exhaustive search for recipes.
Katzenfutter sandwich?
would you like anything else with that?
Yes, a loaf of bread and some friends.
It’s like a cow with a cracker on either side.
Once you’ve had their pastrami you wouldn’t be sharing.
I could never eat all that. I tend to eat until I’m full then I stop. No need to stuff yourself so much you need a nap.
Edit: Not that it matters but who downvoted this. I want to know the why?
This place is known for both their price and portion size. I generally get two meals out of a single $30 sandwich.
Regardless of how popular the place is with tourists, it is still a classic.
And, bonus: if the line is too long you can just go to Russ and Daughters a block away and grab a pastrami lox bagel (see attached).
$30 sandwich
WTF are you insane?!?!
A sandwich for £22 is crazy. No matter how big it is. I could eat Monday to Friday for that.
To each their own and they do look lovely, I’m just not a food guy. I eat else I die is my relationship with food.
It’s great if you don’t mind paying $25 for a sandwich
Katz pastrami is some of the best, imo. I’m sure you can find a small Jewish deli that does a better one off the beaten path, but it’s hard to beat Katz!
I didn’t go to Katz myself. So I can’t compare. I went to 2nd Ave Deli. The owner, a small Jewish guy, came over and chatted with me and my wife a few times, gave us free chocolate sodas, and it was the best pastrami I’ve ever eaten. Would highly recommend it if you want a more relaxing experience.
I’m into brisket, and pastrami is no exception to that. I’ve had a lot of pastrami in my life and I’ve got to say that Katz is fucking killer.
I like to try to replicate things I really enjoy so that I can have it at home or fuse it with other food that I also enjoy. I spent months trying to replicate theirs and couldn’t do it. Unfortunately I think the issue by the 3rd batch was that I couldn’t smoke it at a low enough temperature to get 3 days of smoke on it.
I’m sad that I don’t make it up to NY very often anymore so I haven’t had it in a few years. I’m hoping to head up there next year.
I’m skeptical they actually smoke the meat for 3 days. my understanding is anything past 3-5 hours of smoke is not doing anything for flavor, and you’re better off just steaming or baking at that point. IIRC they do finish with steam even after whatever smoke process they have, which further leads me to believe they aren’t smoking for 3 days.
Their reuben might be the best sandwich I’ve ever had. Just perfect.
I came a little
Close your app and pull it back up. You’ll come a bunch the second time
Can confirm.
At this point why even bother with the bread?
the bread really ties the sandwich together.
That’s just like, uh, your opinion, man.
Shut the FUCK up, Donnie!
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I went to Katz’ about 15 years ago and their sandwiches were stacked much higher then. Margins get us all.
There is no debate with the pastrami. It is the best
Reminds me of this girl’s vagina I dated way back when.
Poor execution, poor taste. Ahem…
I should call her
Try some of their sour pickles while there too.
Oh man dude you’re making me want to take the train down