TravelandLeisure.com, a division of American Express Publishing, has released their “Best Restaurants in Los Angeles” listing – running through every letter in the alphabet (so yep, 26 entries, or 5 pages of web reading – but worth it!). Every selection was interesting and thoughtful – and some were fun while others were obscure enough to make you think, “Hmmm, maybe i don’t know Los Angeles cuisine that well!”
We’re excited that Langer’s Delicatessen-Restaurant made the listing for D – as in “Deli”:
Like vintage Buicks and aging divas, old delicatessens preserve themselves well in the southern California sunshine. Canter’s, Nate ’n Al, Greenblatt’s: all unimpeachable specimens. But the sine qua non will always be 63-year-old Langer’s (pastrami sandwich $13), source of the finest pastrami this side of the Hudson. The meat—smoky around the edges, Kobe-tender, and bursting with beefy juice—requires not a smidge of seasoning, though mustard comes standard. And the rye…Good Lord, the rye: par-baked daily at Bea’s Bakery, in Tarzana, then finished in-house till it’s plush in the center but crisp at the crust. Finally there’s the setting: brass chandeliers on a dropped-panel ceiling; a malt machine; a case of cakes the size of truck wheels. Dare you? Yes. Yes, you do.
Click here to read the complete article at TravelandLeisure.com
