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| - First experience wasn't great, but I'm willing to try it again... We went with much anticipation as former New Yorkers (I realize it's an L.A. brand, but the Canter bros. were originally from Jersey City) hoping for a solid deli more convenient to us than our stand-by, Bagel Cafe.
Matzo ball soup was good although we had four cups on the table, and some had bits of chicken & vegetables while others were just broth. Good matzo ball and broth, though, so at its core, it was fine.
Turkey Reuben ran a bit dry, which is a danger when ordering turkey, for sure, so no foul there. Cheese was not quite melted with the sandwich, though. It's as if the cheese was melted separately then placed on the sandwich, but cooled a bit in transfer, so it essentially sat on top of the turkey. We had two of those on the table, and they were prepared the same way, so points for consistency, I suppose. Sidebar: Potato latke was crisp but a little bland, and cole slaw notably lacked character as well.
Staff was welcoming, though our server kept pushing Russian dressing and kept questioning our requests: "Are you sure you want more drink?" "Are you sure you want to order that? It's a big plate!"
Kicker for me was when I ordered a brisket sandwich and he brought me pastrami. I pointed it out, he immediately agreed, and he took it back, but quickly returned with it saying they had changed the recipe, and it was brisket. "Since 1931" and they just changed the recipe?! Either way, it was pastrami, and if I let myself think about it too long, a Las Vegan trying to pass-off pastrami as brisket to a New Yorker is enough to make me upset... but I digress. For some reason, he did not want to take it back to the kitchen. Fortunately, I'm easy, and they are known for their pastrami, so I was fine with eating the PASTRAMI sandwich. It was good, but I'd still like to try the brisket some day.
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