Refined Palate’s story appears to be a companion piece to the DosHermanos.co.uk story, which makes it even more delightful – just check out the great images accompanying this story:
The must order – #19 – it has been my favorite since I started devouring it in 1971.
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British food blog DosHermanos.co.uk paid a recent visit to Langer’s Delicatessen-Restaurant and captured a number of great images, as well as great food memories:
For as long as I have been coming to L.A, in recent times, my good chum, John Haskell has been telling me “one day, I’ll take you to Langer’s for a pastrami sandwich”. Today after over eighteen months of promises we both manged to sculpt time from our schedules to finally share that lunch at one of L.A’s most famous diners.
Pulitzer Prize-winning food critic Jonathan Gold of the LA Weekly has published yet another fantastic list of must-eats, this time entitled “99 Things to Eat in LA Before You Die.” Langer’s Delicatessen-Restaurant was fortunate enough to make the list, as entry #21, “Langer’s hot pastrami.”
Click here to view the complete slideshow of Jonathan’s must-eats at LAWeekly.com
Thank you, Jonathan, for once again including us in your thoughts and writings – The Langer Family
We ran across this blog posting which answers the age-old question about what to eat when one is sick with a great suggestion: Langer’s Deli! Noms not Bombs’ authoress, Mahina L’Ani recently visited the store when she wasn’t feeling too well, and ordered her favorite comfort food:
I don’t know what I used to eat when I was sick before I knew about Jewish food. Now, thanks to J, it’s my go-to at the first sign of a sore throat or the sniffles. The food is so warm, hearty and carb-a-licious that, even if I still feel like crap when I’m done with my meal, at least I’m a little happier. And so, today, it was Langer’s to the rescue!
I ordered my standard “I’m sick and in need of comfort meal”: Matzoh ball soup, potato knishes and kasha varnishkes.
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Elsie’s Blog, a photography online journal, visited Langer’s this weekend after a difficult time at the LA Street Food Fest (mobile trucks gathered in downtown LA for a street food fair). We’re glad Elsie came by:
I’ve been looking forward to the LA Street Food Fest for the past month & it was finally yesterday….Arriving about mid-way into the event, it was so over-crowded, it looked like a swap meet….Instead, Lawrence & I went to have a real lunch at Langer’s nearby….
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From a true Friend of Langer’s Elina Shatkin comes this cool list of “LA’s best New York-style delis” list from LATimes.com – here are the top 5:
1.Langer’s Deli
2. Brent’s Deli Northridge
3. Brent’s Delicatessen & Restaurant
4. Junior’s
5. Factor’s Famous Deli
Writing at Saveur.com, author and Friend of Langer’s David Sax had a story about Los Angeles being, well, the deli capital of the world – building on the theme he established in his 2009 hit book, “Save the Deli”:
Los Angeles and its adjacent municipalities contain more continuously family-owned Jewish delis than any other city in the country. In the hands of third- and fourth-generation proprietors, family recipes for matzo ball soup, knishes, and latkes have evolved into high art. Arguably the best pastrami sandwich in America is served at Langer’s Deli (704 South Alvarado Street; 213/483-8050; www.langers deli.com), a 62-year-old institution in downtown Los Angeles. The expertly trimmed, long-steamed, hand-sliced meat is served warm on double-baked rye bread.
Today on the Langer’s High Noon Showdown on 710 ESPN Radio (click here to listen live), host Mychal Thompson and fill-in host Brian Long (Andrew Siciliano was traveling back from Super Bowl XLIV) welcomed Trisha Langer into the studio to talk about her dad Norm’s surgery and recovery (this is the entire Langer’s High Noon Showdown – fast-forward to 14:00 to hear Trisha):
Thanks to everyone who made our visit to 710 ESPN today a great success – we’ll see you all soon!
LA-centric blog Modern Day Bullfight (and its author, Allison Orphan) paid a second visit to Langer’s Delicatessen-Restaurant recently, compelled by a sense of Los Angeles food enjoyment and the desire for a #19 and a French dip:
Talks of French Dips and the Number 19 inspired David and I to have another afternoon lunch at Langer’s. Langer’s is really that good. In researching people’s feedback on the home of the number 19, it was found that we were not alone in our worship for the food from the deli downtown. The second trip yielded a near exact order as the previous trip: me, a delicious french dip with a side of slaw and for David, the number 19. Two sodas. The only difference is we went sans fries as they ended up just sitting on the table post sandwich consumption last time.
Yesterday on the Langer’s High Noon Showdown on 710 ESPN Radio (click here to listen live), hosts Andrew Siciliano and Mychal Thompson sent their get-well-soon greetings to Norm Langer, who just underwent knee-replacement surgery and is recuperating for his return to the floor at Langer’s – give it a listen:
Thank you, Andrew and Mychal, for thinking of Norm. We are proud to be associated with your fine program and station.