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.

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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!

710 ESPN Radio: Langer’s at Lunch

As you may know, Langer’s Delicastessen-Restaurant is sponsor of 710 ESPN AM Radio’s “LA Sports Live” and the High Noon Showdown – a caller prize giveaway where hosts Andrew Siciliano and Mychal Thompson square off on the topics of the day, as suggested by producer Drew Belzer.

In case you haven’t had a chance to catch the program itself, here is a segment from November 6, 2009, when Norm Langer visited the studio with a care package of #19 hot pastrami sandwiches for the hosts and staff of 710 ESPN.

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NPR report on MacArthur Park includes Langer’s perspective

Langer’s owner Norm Langer was part of an in-depth look at the MacArthur Park area of Langer’s, which is home to the delicatessen-restaurant. The story focuses on the FBI’s efforts to crack down on gang activity in the area, and includes insight and perspective from Norm:

If you’re looking for a fake I.D., MacArthur Park is the place to go. And even if you aren’t looking, the street dealers will come looking for you. It’s a gritty area, but you can still see the beauty of the MacArthur Park that used to be: a neighborhood with a lake and lots of paddle boats, surrounded by nice high-rise apartment buildings.

That’s the place Norm Langer remembers.

“Primarily it was a Jewish recreation area,” he recalls from inside the deli his father opened 61 years ago. Today, he runs Langer’s Deli and sells its famous pastrami sandwiches.

Over the years, Langer has had a front-row seat to the deadly gang violence that turned MacArthur Park from a mecca to a menace. He even came close to shutting down the family business like so many others in the neighborhood did.

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