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| - I had such a difficult time finding a place in Toronto that serves a pastrami sandwich. Maybe I am just looking at the wrong places. Caplansky's of all places don't even offer it on the menu (I'm still scratching my head on this one).
So I guess to satisfy my pastrami fix, I really need to go to where the Jewish people are at: uptown Bathurst Street, where you'll find Ben & Izzy's, a fresh new Kosher deli diner in the city I learned about from a feature on an issue of The Grid.
This friendly establishment with the retro diner decor to go with it has a decent menu of deli sandwiches smoked in-house (smoked meat, corned meat, pastrami, etc.), along with a very few burgers and soups. They apparently serve tongue on a weekly basis. But they don't open on Saturdays. How kosher, eh.
Sticking with what they do best, the pastrami was a nice sized portion with the meat stacked to great heights. However, seems like they rub in too much peppercorn balls into the pastrami, because the stuff was all over, adding too much of a spicy punch. That definitely got in the way of my otherwise enjoying a good piece of meat.
{TTC: Bathurst bus to Baycrest Ave stop. Alternatively you could take the 109 Ranee bus until it reaches Bathurst and walk south a couple blocks. There is also parking right up front--I don't understand why people in this area like to block the driveway by parking right by or on the sidewalk.}
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