lesley – crowded yes? burned no… but pomodoro’s is a damn fine choice too in the same neighborhood but i like to try new places.

donald – did you say BUTTER on a pastrami sandwich? are you serious? donald – the jews don’t mix milk and meat as it renders it unkosher. but with alla that fat – butter is superfluous. the big joke is that the goyim (non jews) but mayo on their pastrami sandwiches. it’s how we spot you at katz’s…

dan – you say whatever you want in my comment section. anytime. !!!

lucy – nope. not me. still long.

lauren – leave it to you to point that out…

nm – look how you KNOW alla this stuff. amazing! russ & daughters is my brothers favorite place…

melissa – fellow jews are gonna get it on the deepest of levels. for sure.

catherine – CATHERINE!!! how goes it across the pond??? nice to see you catching up on me!

AAAAAAAHAHAHAHA. fellow jew here. AHAHAHAHAHA! what? you don’t like my rice pudding? even better. ;P

I dig that exhibit at the new museum.

I also love the look of that sammich. *drool*

On the flip side of that coin, I went to the local gourmet pizza joint last week and had a black bean, jalapeno, white cheddar, pulled pork pie that was damn near exquisite. Delicious with a glass of Pinot Noir and some snarky good conversation between the bartender (a pal), myself, and the waitresses who love me snarking at him.

It was no Lombardi’s, I’m sure, but I was satiated. The smoked Norwegian Salmon, diced red onion and egg, and greens with an Old Bay Aioli to start helped.

Ooops, I think I just posted a kitchen geeking post in your comment section. My bad!

Yer killing me here. That pastrami sandwich had better had butter AND mustard on it! I know it wasn’t your’s, but still, I mean, we have Jason’s Deli, and my kitchen; the two best places in Atlanta to get a good sandwich.

(except jews really don’t fight – they just tend to argue because no one wants to risk getting hurt…).
This made me laugh so hard, my wine exited my nose. I haven’t experienced Jews (if that is a term okay for me to use) here in GA like I have back home. I sooooooo miss it. Your stories take me back.

Thanks.

When I was in Katz’s (about 19 years ago, April) it was empty at 6:00. I was thinking maybe they weren’t doing the business.

I was down in New Jersey with one of the two brothers who I was opening a bagelry for, north of Boston. Of course to make perfect NYC bagels that even a jewish mother would like, I got my training from a nice Puerto Rican baker in Blue Hill, NJ.

So, after we had made a couple hundred dozen bagels, we went into the city. We were at the Central Park Zoo and it was absolutely loaded with Hasidim, dressed to the nines, en promenade. I couldn’t figure out what was up, so I asked the doctor (since he’s jewish) what was up. He had no idea. All of a sudden it came to me–Passover. No wonder Katz’s was empty that day.

Thanks for the picture, that sandwich looks about the size of the one I got, for about $7 , back then.

You need to go to work for NYC Tourist Development Commission.

This poor southern boy is foolishly beginning to think he might even survive there. Forget about being lost and clueless, that Corned Beef………..

Looking forward to our virtual dinner party in a few weeks…