1pm: Katz's Delicatessen is a fixture on the Lower East Side on the corner of Houston & Ludlow. 100+ years old & looking pretty much the same inside that it must have done in the Sixties/Seventies. Once inside it's a mosh pit of shouting, scurrying staff and bemused punters - myself included - trying to work out the ordering system. Katz's is famous for it's pastrami on rye and that is what I ordered - you get a taster from your sandwich maker at the counter before he assembles the most monstrous sandwich you will ever see - I had mine fully loaded with mustard & pickles, but I could only eat a half of it & needed no further sustenance for the rest of the day. The food? Well it was OK - not mind blowingly good, but the pastrami was fresh & tasty, the rye bread so-so, the pickles distinctly average and the ambiance - amazing!
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