"Professional Carnivore" Nick Solares is the meat expert for the Eater websites. In this video, he extols the glories of the pastrami at Katz's Delicatessen in New York. People are always saying Katz's has the best pastrami in the world…or at least in New York, just as they say Langer's Delicatessen down on Alvarado Street has the best pastrami in the world…or at least in Los Angeles.
Me, I don't care about that contest since I think the corned beef at both places is better. But then I think corned beef is always better than pastrami so if you're a pastrami preferrer, don't listen to me.
This video points up the problem with all the deli sandwiches at Katz's. They're way too big for one person to eat and if you're a tourist in New York (or going there on your lunch hour while working in an office), there may not be an easy way to take half of it with you to eat later. And frankly, one of these hot sandwiches doesn't keep well.
I think a pastrami sandwich at Katz's is around seventeen bucks. If they put a proper amount of meat in one, it would be more like ten dollars — but they make more money selling $17.00 sandwiches than they would selling $10.00 sandwiches…