Izzy's Deli
It's not my intent on making this a restaurant review site, nevertheless, with the enormous amount of work I have lately (re: Total Centrist hasn't been updated in a month!) I'm sticking to what I know best until things calm down. Whew. I am crossing my fingers that Dan and I will finally be able to knock out a show tomorrow, lest everyone think's I'm actually dead and this is being written by a highschooler)
At first, you will probably want to slam the menu in disgust. $12 for a Rueben? Come on, this is a Jewish Deli, things are supposed to be cheap. Same with the Bagels and Lox, what nerve! Are they meshugena?
You'll change your mind. These sandwiches are huge, and you'll be hard pressed to finish one. They give you so much lox, it would satisfy a Grizzly during its feeding season. That's something I can respect. A thick layer of creamcheese, topped with a comforter of lox, garnished with a teetering garnish of Tomato slices, lettuce, red onion slices and capers.
It's served open face, so you're free to pull items off if you don't want all the roughage. It even comes with the requisite pickle.
The Rueben is bulging in the middle, just like John Goodman. Start on the corners and work your way to the middle, unless you have a mouth as big as Gloria Alred. In that case you can cram the whole thing in.
I order my ruebens with the dressing and kraut (sorry! German-American) on the side, this way it doesn't get soggy waiting for the other orders to be finished.
In fact, the sandwiches may be overkill. I don't mind getting my money's worth for a huge sandwich (pastrami, roast beef, smoked turkey, club, BLT), but I'd rather have the option of downsizing it for a smaller price.
Izzy's is different than Frommin's down the street, so I won't make a direct comparison.
I did have potato hash that was scrambled with sausage and onion, and I could have eaten that the entire day, were it not unfashionable in LA to be morbidly obese.
They have great desserts, which I limit myself re: the statement just above this.
At first, you will probably want to slam the menu in disgust. $12 for a Rueben? Come on, this is a Jewish Deli, things are supposed to be cheap. Same with the Bagels and Lox, what nerve! Are they meshugena?
You'll change your mind. These sandwiches are huge, and you'll be hard pressed to finish one. They give you so much lox, it would satisfy a Grizzly during its feeding season. That's something I can respect. A thick layer of creamcheese, topped with a comforter of lox, garnished with a teetering garnish of Tomato slices, lettuce, red onion slices and capers.
It's served open face, so you're free to pull items off if you don't want all the roughage. It even comes with the requisite pickle.
The Rueben is bulging in the middle, just like John Goodman. Start on the corners and work your way to the middle, unless you have a mouth as big as Gloria Alred. In that case you can cram the whole thing in.
I order my ruebens with the dressing and kraut (sorry! German-American) on the side, this way it doesn't get soggy waiting for the other orders to be finished.
In fact, the sandwiches may be overkill. I don't mind getting my money's worth for a huge sandwich (pastrami, roast beef, smoked turkey, club, BLT), but I'd rather have the option of downsizing it for a smaller price.
Izzy's is different than Frommin's down the street, so I won't make a direct comparison.
I did have potato hash that was scrambled with sausage and onion, and I could have eaten that the entire day, were it not unfashionable in LA to be morbidly obese.
They have great desserts, which I limit myself re: the statement just above this.
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A little off-topic here, but what the hell. It's still about a deli.
So, Steve, I'll be down in your neck of the woods this weekend (I'm in San Fran, but the vast preponderence of my family is in greater L.A.), and we have a family brunch scheduled at Canter's on Sunday. A mere 20 of us. Which is a problem unto itself, but I digress.
I loved Canter's as a kid, but every time I go back it fails to capture the magic from back then, even though I try to order the same stuff (salami+eggs, lox+eggs, chopped liver, etc). I mean, it's fine, sometimes even good, but not up to snuff with my nostalgia.
Did my tastes mature or did they get progressively worse? Is there anything at this historic-yet-dilapidated you'd actually recommend?
Still love the bakery stuff, of course (I'm a sucker for mondelbroit).
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Jeremy, at 11:55 AM
Y'know Jeremy, I'm such a bad Jew I never show up to temple on Rosh Hashana or Yom Kippur, and I haven't eaten at Canter's in about six years. I remember not being terribly blown away by it, but I can't remember enough to honestly give a recommendation OR disparagement.
Unfortunately, you've stumped the Food-Guy. Maybe someone will read this and throw down for what might be good there.
I know what you're saying...deli food is so precariously similar, unless you distinguish yourself stratospherically, most everything kinda blends into the same stuff other delis serve. Good Luck!
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Steve Wasser, at 6:28 PM
Guys,
Have you checked out Brent's Deli? I am fairly certain that it is the only deli around here with a "star" rating. I think it has 3 or 4.... That is some serious eats...
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Chef Dan, at 8:48 AM
Haven't been there. Where is it?
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Steve Wasser, at 8:54 AM
Brent's is in Northridge.
www.brentsdeli.com
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Chef Dan, at 2:49 PM
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