Katz's - New York

When we went to New York, of course we had a couple of places we really wanted to visit. So like good and proper tourists we went to Central Park, took the Staten Island Ferry and walked the Brooklyn Bridge.

And when we had dinner with fiends (locals), they told us that when we really wanted to be in New York, we HAD to go to Katz's deli and eat a pastrami sandwich, so we did.

Katz's is a retro deli in Manhattens Lower East Side. In this area there are many kosher and kosher style delis. Katz's is a kosher style deli  and considered one of the best, and according to wikipedia: Each week, Katz's serves 10,000 pounds of pastrami 5,000 pounds corned beef, 2,000 pounds of  salami and 12,000 hot dogs.

the diner is covered with signs and photos

We expected that it would be a pretty touristy, since Katz's is featured in several movies, including the most famous scene from 'When Harry met Sally'.... yes, the one in which Meg Ryan is faking it!

And of course the exact table from this movie as a sign above it, but on the whole, the diner felt pretty authentic.

Pickles and salamis waiting to be sold

Lots of locals were eating in and ordering take away. We decided of course on eating in, considering the size of the portions we dicided on sharing a pastrami sandwich.
Served on rye bread, with  musterd and pickles on the side.

Our order