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| - This place is easy to miss being on a side street off Yonge. Inside are blow ups of well known delis like Katz's, Carnegie, 2nd Ave. and Sarge's. To me, it signaled the places they wanted to emulate. Luckily, I've been to all those places so I could figure out how closely they hit the mark. Unfortunately, they come up short when compared to these places that have been around for decades.
Food: There's 3 sandwich sizes offered: small, large and XL. I had the large pastrami on light rye. The large is a little larger than the recommended serving size as set by nutritionists, so about a normal sized sandwich anywhere in the world, unless you eat at Katz's, Carnegie, etc., in which case, it's small by comparison. The pastrami itself isn't hand sliced like at the delis hanging on the wall, and you can barely taste the spicing. Plus, they only offer yellow, dijon and honey mustards. Spicy brown mustard fans will need to wait until after the planned renovations when they plan to get rid of the small size and add brown mustard. But at least the sandwich comes w/ a quarter slice of sour pickle. I combo'd the sandwich w/ sweet potato fries which are pretty tasty and would go well w/ the honey mustard.
Service: The deli is operated more like a fast food resto than a sit down deli resto. You order at the register, then sit down instead of having a waitress take your order. Although the place was about half full, service was a little slow and your food comes wrapped instead of served on plates. Unlike the delis hanging on the wall, there's no free bowl of pickles or slaw placed in front of you when you sit down.
tl;dr: machine sliced instead of hand sliced, more fast food than sit down, still better than Druxys tiny ass servings, won't live up to your memories of Katz's, Carnegie, 2nd Ave. or any of the other delis hanging on the wall.
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