We are greatly honored to have been named once again to the prestigious Eater 38 Essential Los Angeles Restaurants list. Thank you, Matthew Kang and Eater, for your continuing support of Langer’s Delicatessen-Restaurant.
Click here to see the Eater 38 Essential Los Angeles Restaurants complete list.
We’re grateful to Marc Firestone for including us alongside so many deli greats in his new “Top US Jewish Delis” list! How many have you visited outside of LA?
Langer’s Delicatessen-Restaurant (Los Angeles, CA): Opened by Russian immigrants who relocated to Los Angeles from New York, Langer’s has since become an LA institution. It’s best known for its #19 sandwich, made with hot pastrami, coleslaw, Swiss cheese and Russian dressing, all on hot double-baked rye bread.
Thank you, Marc! – The Langers
We’re thrilled to have made ShalomLife.com’s “10 Best Delis in North America” list – a compilation that has a hearty helping of our Canadian friends north of the border, as well. Have you visited many of these wonderful institutions?
Click here to read the entire list. Thank you, Shalom Life! – The Langers
We love our Yelp reviews! We read each one and try to respond when someone has had an issue with us, because we want to achieve 100% satisfaction, or as close to it as we can come.
Every once and a while a Yelp review is published by someone who really enjoyed their visit. This time it’s from Lisa M. of Arcadia, who penned just a wonderful review. Check it out, and thank you, Lisa M.! We hope to meet you on a future visit to Langer’s Delicatessen!
OMG! This was the first time both my hubby and I had experienced Langers, and I do not know where we have been for the last 50 years. The pastrami was beyond amazing, the apple pie and cheesecake perfect. Read any of the 5 star reviews for more food info, because I really want to focus on the experience. I’m NOT a city girl, and avoid LA as a rule. Langers is smack dab in the center of LA, but they have their own parking lot where your parking is validated for 90 minutes, unheard of in LA. The parking attendants were polite, personable, and professional, making me feel very safe. We crossed the over and walked the short block to the restaurant. The line was long and we were not sure we would wait. We got in line and an employee came out offering cold bottles of water to everyone, then took our name and number in our party. We were called within 10 minutes. The 1927 restaurant is impeccably clean and maintained. Our waiter, Tony, was with us quickly, explained the menu, made recommendations, and was polite and so nice! We both had the #19, which is their classic pastrami on rye with coleslaw. My hubby has their homemade cream soda, fantastic. We could have easily split the sandwich and been full, but it was so good we both ate every bite, and the pickle! Our beverages remained full, and Tony was the perfect level of attentiveness. When we were done with dessert (stuffed!) and went to the counter to pay the check, all three of the ladies who were in the front were friendly, efficient and sweet. We left and crossed the street and I remembered that I didn’t have my parking receipt validated. We went back and I apologized for forgetting, her response was a lovely smile and she said she should have reminded me! I have not had this level of service and efficiency in an establishment ANYWHERE in years. When we retrieved our car, the attendant was so friendly, we really felt welcome throughout the entire experience. I must add, from the time we drove in until we left, the restaurant was packed, busier than busy. I did not see one employee frowning, short tempered, harried, or complaining, unheard of in the last number of years. The food is epic, but the staff and service…deserving of Michelin stars. Well done, Langers!
Vacation Idea Magazine has featured Langer’s Deli as part of their “22 Must-Try Lunch & Dinner Spots in Los Angeles” article.
Langer’s Deli is an old-time favorite, where they specialize in hot pastrami sandwiches. Their pastrami is a select cut of beef that’s been sugar-cured, seasoned as corned beef, and then slowly smoked for tenderness and flavor, before being spiced. They have a variety of hot pastrami and non-pastrami sandwiches, as well as other dishes like Grilled Liver and Onions, Langer’s Beef Stew, and the Alvarado Omelette.
How many of these fine establishments have you tried? There are some great names on there, including ones that don’t normally make lists like this. Check it out!
Our new friend and prominent food blogger Mallory Carra just published an extensive review of items from our menu. Mallory participated in a recent food shoot by Eric Shin and TN of Dishnomics.com, a pre-launch food site that we will be telling you more about soon.
In the meantime, enjoy Mallory’s coverage here. For example, here’s her take on our famous #19:
The myth, the legend, the sandwich. This is a must-try for pastrami lovers and, if pastrami isn’t your thing, well, get ready to fall in love because the No. 19 will make you fall in love with the best meat in town. Perfectly balanced. Delicious coleslaw. Glorious full-flavored pastrami. Are you getting hungry? Because I sure am. Once you have this sandwich, you’ll want it again and again.
Read the complete article here. Thank you, Mallory, Eric and TN! – The Langers
Wilder Shaw of Thrillist.com has a great new piece up you’re going to want to read: “LA Deli Guide: Jewish, Italian and More” – and we’re proud that Langer’s made the cut. How many have you visited? Do you have any favorites (other than Langer’s, of course)?
Langer’s most certainly has the best pastrami in the city. The wonderful piece of human precision and ingenuity that is the #19 will rattle your bones in the best possible way — ridiculous cuts of ‘stram, coleslaw, Swiss cheese, and Russian dressing on rye.
Click here to read the entire article. Thank you, Wilder and Thrillist! – The Langers
Our friends at Jerry’s Motel (located just north of us at Third Street and Lucas) penned a wonderful review recommending Langer’s Deli to their guests, many of whom come from around the world to stay at the classic location, based on its Certificate of Excellence award from the prestigious rating site TripAdvisor.com):
If you are a pastrami fan, you cannot visit Los Angeles without eating at the historic Langer’s Deli. Open since 1947, this deli offers the BEST pastrami sandwich you will ever eat in your life. Guaranteed.
And it only gets better from there! Our sincere thanks to everyone at Jerry’s who took the time to write this great piece, and for all their recommendations over the years to visitors who also became Langer’s fans! – The Langers
We’re thrilled with this wonderful breakfast review by Kathleen Hill entitled “Even Travelers Have to Eat in LA,” appearing in the Sonoma Index-Tribune:
Friday morning Mack, Linus and I went to our favorite breakfast spot, Langer’s Deli and Restaurant on South Alvarado Street in very urban Los Angeles. A wonderful Jewish spot where the same servers have worked for decades in the middle of a Latino commercial neighborhood. I ordered the best scrambled eggs anywhere, which came with five slices of crispy bacon, potatoes and a bagel.
You can also order kippers, steak, corned beef hash, salami, ground beef and turkey or pork sausage with your eggs ($12-$13). Linus gobbled a scrambled egg and the half avocado, half banana, and lots of blueberries Mack had packed for him, while flirting with everyone who came along.
Read the complete story by clicking here. Thank you, Kathleen – we hope to see you again soon! – The Langers
