Okay- what's the best DELI in NYC?

[OldLarry]

I say Lenny's for cuban sammies

[Mcwop]

I am a NYC jong, but Carnegie Deli has some good stuff.

http://www.carnegiedeli.com/

[Rontele]

DOOD

Deli is Jewish food. Second Ave. Deli or Katz's on the lower east side

Be warned though, Second Ave. is a kosher deli so don't be trying to order any cheese on your sandwich. It is still wholly chronic though...

[CantDog]

I am a NYC jong, but Carnegie Deli has some good stuff.

http://www.carnegiedeli.com/

Except you have to pay 20 bucks to get a friggen reuben.

[iceman]

Katz's, get a pastrami sandwich, end of story.

[Mcwop]

Except you have to pay 20 bucks to get a friggen reuben.

I eat there on the expense account.

[steve]

Look, I am convinced that there is no best all-around deli in NYC. It all depends on what you're looking for.

If you want pastrami, for example, nobody comes close to Katz's. But if you're longing for a corned-beef rueben, Katz's is probably your worst option. The corned beef at Katz's sucks ass.

[Premier71]

Katz's Delicatessen

[mrryde]

Now I want a reuben

[DJMingus]

Except you have to pay 20 bucks to get a friggen reuben.

Yeah but the one I got there was a mound of meat on a slice of bread and as big as half a fucking football. Picking it up was out of the question, besides it was open face. It was like a pound of meat on there.

[Pinner]

Katz's #1 without question.

Though Jerusalem on Broadway is pretty good if you don't have time to get to the Bowery. There's also a few tiny neighborhood gems around the city, but I aint giving those away.

[Dexter Rutecki]

Katz's, get a pastrami sandwich, end of story.

What he said. I think we did just that one day a few years back, and I transported a few out to Hood River for Natty a few years before that (nothing like a transcontinental flightwith Katz's pastrami smell wafting down from the overhead bins--hungriest flight, ever).
2nd Ave. has good Kugel, if you're into Kasha and stuff like that it might be the place.
Carnegie is second in my book, but it's a distant second as I judge these places basically on pastrami alone--everything else can be done well at most places, but Katz's is probably the only one that still cures its own pastrami. Tip the counter guys a few bucks when you go.

edit: to ask Pinner about Jerusalem. The only Jerusalem I go to is Jerusalem Falafel on 104 and Broadway.
And Katz's is at the corner of Ludlow, not Bowery.

double edit to mention 'send a salami to your boy in the army'--see, it's supposed to rhyme, but I never thought it did.

triple edit to mention that I'm mad at everyone for making me too hungry right now, but I am headed downtown later, so...

[Mcwop]

What he said. I think we did just that one day a few years back, and I transported a few out to Hood River for Natty a few years before that (nothing like a transcontinental flightwith Katz's pastrami smell wafting down from the overhead bins--hungriest flight, ever).
2nd Ave. has good Kugel, if you're into Kasha and stuff like that it might be the place.
Carnegie is second in my book, but it's a distant second as I judge these places basically on pastrami alone--everything else can be done well at most places, but Katz's is probably the only one that still cures its own pastrami. Tip the counter guys a few bucks when you go.

edit: to ask Pinner about Jerusalem. The only Jerusalem I go to is Jerusalem Falafel on 104 and Broadway.
And Katz's is at the corner of Ludlow, not Bowery.

double edit to mention 'send a salami to your boy in the army'--see, it's supposed to rhyme, but I never thought it did.

triple edit to mention that I'm mad at everyone for making me too hungry right now, but I am headed downtown later, so...

Ditto on hungry - and all I got is Subway.

[Pinner]

Jerusalem II
1375 Broadway
Btwn 37th & 38th St

For when you're stuck in midtown and need a fix.

[smmokan]

Katz's #1 without question.

Though Jerusalem on Broadway is pretty good if you don't have time to get to the Bowery. There's also a few tiny neighborhood gems around the city, but I aint giving those away.

Why, because they'll get tracked out?