Katz’s Delicatessen

New York · Lower East Side

Take the ticket, walk to the carver, tip him, and watch the pastrami come off the board still steaming.

Take the ticket, walk to the carver, tip him, and watch the pastrami come off the board still steaming. Hand-carved, on rye, with mustard and nothing else. The queue is part of the price and worth paying once a year.

Pastrami on rye Cash-adjacent chaos