The Katz Meow

Evan Sung for the New York TimesFrank Bruni writes lovingly of Katz’s Delicatessen and I think longingly of hand-trimmed pastrami on rye.A scrap to whet your appetite:To revel in its pastrami sandwich, one of the best in the land, with an eye-popping stack of brined beef that’s juicy, smoky, rapturous. To glory in the intricate ritual of the place: the taking of a ticket at the door; the lining-up in front of one of the servers who carves that beef by hand; the tasting of the thick, ridged slices the server gives us as the sandwich is being built; the nodding when we’re asked if we want pickles, because of course we want pickles.To read and see more about Katz’s click here.