San Fernando Valley, Los Angeles ยท restaurant
A sprawling counter-and-booth deli with 650 items on the menu and a Black Pastrami Reuben stacked so tall it arrives with a toothpick. The matzo ball soup is golden and deep; the chocolate egg cream is made to order. Weekend breakfast lines form before the doors open.
Old-school New York soda: Ubet chocolate syrup, soda water, and milk
Fluffy matzo ball in golden chicken broth with noodles and vegetables
Corned beef and pastrami stacked mile-high on fresh rye with Swiss, sauerkraut, and Thousand Island