Yutjangsah: Langer’s of Los Angeles

Ready for a fun, well-written and nicely illustrated review of the Langer’s Experience? Then click right over to Yutjangsah for her recent appraisal of a visit to Langer’s:

The most outrageously fantastic revelatory thing about this sandwich was the rye bread. I’ve never had such excellent thick soft cushiony UPHOLSTERED rye bread. My word. The crust too was something else. It not only aspired to a baguette like rind, I’m tempted to say, it exceeded it. I know! What on earth! And the strong rye smell. My goodness. It was potent. It was more rye than your rye. It was ryer than thou.

Yep, it’s all like that – fun and very well written. Click here to read the complete review at Yutjangsah.

Unvegan.com: Legendary Meat at Langer’s Deli

Food review (and unabashed carnivore) site Unvegan.com published a review of their recent visit to Langer’s Delicatessen-Restaurant, and it’s instantly become one of our favorites:

All-too-often restaurants claim to have “the best” blah blah blah in the world, but sometimes there is a restaurant that makes no claim to have the best of anything and lets the customers tell the good news. Langer’s Deli is one of the latter. Located in the not-so-posh neighborhood of MacArthur Park, Langer’s has become known for their pastrami. Many who have tried it have claimed it is the best ever, so to do the unvegan world a favor, I had to try it out myself.

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Wow, Langer’s was awesome. I had some pretty high expectations and this deli more than met them. Langer’s Deli is now the barometer by which I shall judge all Jewish-style pastrami sandwiches.

Click here to read the complete review at Unvegan.com

LAist: Eating on the Purple Line

LAist.com published a new entry in their “Recession Obsession” low-cost eating series, this time focusing on options along the Metro’s Purple Line (the subway service between downtown and Koreatown that overlays portions of the Red Line):

Westlake / MacArthur Park

  • Mama’s Tamales reminds us that the tamale is art, and art is love.
  • Langer’s may not be as cheap as, perhaps, all of its neighbors, but history is delicious with their legendary deli menu.

Click here to read the complete article at LAist.com

710 ESPN Radio: Dexter from Fontana

We just had to share this audio clip with you from a recent Langer’s Lunch High Noon Showdown, the midday prize competition on 710AM ESPN Los Angeles where listeners “compete” as hosts Andrew Siciliano and Mychal Thompson square off on the topics of the day, as suggested by producer Drew Belzer.

In this clip, listener Dexter from Fontana is the winner thanks to Andrew Siciliano’s strong answers to Belzer’s questioning, and Dexter reveals only last week, as a result of hearing our spots on 710 ESPN, he drove ALL THE WAY IN from FONTANA and got curb service hot pastrami and LOVED IT! Thanks, Dexter – and now you have a $50 gift certificate from Langer’s to enjoy on your next visit, courtesy of 710 ESPN and Langer’s Delicatessen-Restaurant.

Click here to visit Andrew and Mychal’s show page at ESPNLosAngeles.com

Click here to listen to 710 ESPN now

And make sure you listen weekdays at noon for the Langer’s Lunch High Noon Showdown – call in and you may be a winner of a Langer’s $50 gift certificate!

Chowhound.com: Langer’s Voted No. 1 in Los Angeles

The sophisticated food lovers of Chowhound.com (one of the internet’s most popular food-related destinations) have spoken – and they’ve voted Langer’s Delicatessen-Restaurant NUMBER ONE in Los Angeles for 2009! Langer’s would like to thank each person who voted for us – we greatly appreciate your support and dedication.

Langer’s narrowly beat out “world-class seafood emporium” Providence on Melrose to win the $25 and under category:

This year, by the barest of margins, pastrami trumped lobster and MacArthur Park trumped Melrose.

For the eighth year, Los Angeles Chowhounders have expressed their opinions about what constitutes “the ultimate Los Angeles restaurant”, following the dictum established by the poll’s founder, Mr. Grub: “The concept is simple: everyone is asked to list, in rank order, your five top restaurants in Los Angeles County that you would recommend to houndly out-of-town visitors or to Chowfriends for a special occasion. Since we worship at the altar of deliciousness, your ranking should be based 75% on food and 25% on everything else.”

For the last three years, the world-class seafood emporium Providence has owned the top spot in the Los Angeles Ultimate Chowhound. Last year, for the first time I ran two polls, one for restaurants in the category of over $25 per person for food, and the other in the category of $25 or less for food. Langer’s, home to what even the most chauvinist New York deli partisans will concede is the best pastrami sandwich in the U.S., received no votes in the 2007 poll. Last year, it rocketed to second place. This year, Langer’s has beat Providence by two points.

Click here to read the complete article at Chowhound

LA Weekly: Jonathan Gold on Langer’s

Food critic Jonathan Gold of the LA Weekly published a recommendation of Langer’s in this week’s issue depicted above.

Jonathan puts it best:

The fact is inescapable: Langer’s serves the best pastrami sandwich in America

Note that Langer’s is actually at the Westlake Station of the Metro RED Line; the Blue line goes to Long Beach, far away from the delicious taste of Langer’s!

Click here to visit the LA Weekly online

Jeany923Now.com: The Pastrami Sandwich

Bicoastal blog Jeany923Now.com discusses the author’s east coast – west coast preferences on pastrami:

As most of you know, I spent a good chunk of my life in Los Angeles as well. In LA with all my bulemic In and Out, Del Taco, Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf, and El Pollo Loco fast food binges, there were times I just craved a good old chunky pastrami sandwich with jewish rye.

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Langer’s actually has a pastrami sandwich on par with Katz and Carnegie; It’s the best in LA….Langer’s Pastrami Sandwiches are also a good $3 cheaper than Carnegie or Katz.

Click here to read the complete article

Backword.com: Interview with Christopher Meeks

Literary site Backword.com has a profile by R. J. Keller of acclaimed author Christopher Meeks on the release of his new book The Brightest Moon of the Century. In a surprise twist, it turns out the Meeks’ favorite is Langer’s pastrami:

R.J. Keller: Tell us about your apparent obsession with pastrami.

Christopher Meeks: Ha! You saw that from my website. Over the years, I’d noticed that many restaurants in Los Angeles would say, “The World’s Best Pastrami.” I hated pastrami, but I decided if there’s a true “best,” perhaps there was something better than I’d ever had. I could be open-minded. So over the course of a week, I went to three places that proclaimed they had the best pastrami. They first two places I didn’t particularly like, even though the restaurants were crowded. Then I went to Langer’s Deli near downtown Los Angeles by MacArthur Park. Wow. Even thinking about it makes me want to go back. It was like great steak with a coleslaw topping. It’s the best!

Click here to read the complete article

HuffingtonPost.com: LA’s New Top Cop Talks

The Huffington Post news portal has an excellent interview by Tina Daunt with new Los Angeles Police Department Chief Charlie Beck. In the piece, it’s revealed that outgoing Chief William Bratton had recommended Chief Beck for elevation to the top position; that officers no longer need to wear their ties with long-sleeved shirts (except at official functions, of course); and that his favorite Langer’s sandwich is…., well, here’s the interview excerpt:

So, I heard you love Langer’s?

Yeah, I do love Langer’s.

Are you a Number 19 fan?

No. A half of a number 10 (pastrami with swiss cheese) on rye toast. Ask anybody there. They all know.

Click here to read the complete interview at The Huffington Post