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Default Katz's Deli, NYC (Bourdain)

Janet Wilder wrote:
> Were in Katz's Deli a few days before 9/11 ( *the* 9/11) Their rye
> bread was horrid. It was like a beige Wonderbread. I asked the waiter
> why the bread was not the traditional chewy, crusty rye and he said
> that they use too much bread to be able to get it from a commercial
> bakery.
>
> I can get decent corned beef and pastrami in a lot of major cities,
> but the bread is never right. It's supposed to be right in New York
> City, but Katz's had it all wrong. I'll not go back there again.


My husband's family has been going to Katz's since before he was born,
so we always go to Katz's. We have not noticed a problem with the rye
bread while we were there, I hope the problem was temporary. We might
be visiting the city in August.

Becca