Katz's Deli

After church on 9/11, I ate the best pastrami sandwich at Katz's Deli. I told Greg he needed to visit this place when he was visiting Lindsie back in February. They sent pictures to my phone of these beautiful sandwiches they ordered, a pastrami and a Rueben. Since they are so big, Lindsie and I opted to split one, which was more than enough for us along with the pickles. Greg said if he had to pick one, it would be pastrami. Hence the reason we went with the pastrami over the Rueben. He said both were very good, just that the Russian dressing was a tad sweet for his liking.

Upon entering, each person is given a ticket on which the sandwich makers write your order on, so you can pay on your way out. You do not want to lose this ticket! As Lindsie and I only ordered one thing, we turned in the blank ticket at the register on our way out. Otherwise they'll charge you a hefty amount. They try to prevent people from 'losing' their ticket so they don't have to pay their fair share.

Lindsie knew the trick for getting samples while waiting for your sandwich, something she picked up from her last trip with Greg. You tip the sandwich makers a dollar or two and they'll cut off slices of whatever meat they are cutting for you to sample.

Isn't it beautiful? Thick slices of succulent pastrami on rye. The pickles were good too.

I can't wait to dig in!

I hope you're hungry!

The pickle I'm eating (thanks for the most flattering picture Lindsie) wasn't pickled very long as it still tasted mostly like cucumber. It was a nice refreshing compliment to the rich pastrami.

Here are a few pictures of our afternoon after Katz's Deli.
This officer is certainly packing some heat.

Brooklyn Bridge

Near Ground Zero

An empty subway train car! I had to document this.

After our adventure downtown, we stopped by Little Italy to have a slice of pizza.

More posts to come of the wonderful food I had in NYC!