RtS: Benjie's Deli

[Ghoulish Delight]

Originally Posted by innerSpaceman

BUT - ARRGH. Corned Beef not up to snuff?


Sorry ... but for me, that's Total Deli Failure!

I hear what you're saying. And since it's the only one in Orange County that's even come close, it's disappointing that it's lacking. But I guess I'm just used to it. None of the delis that I grew up with got everything right. We just had enough of a variety that it didn't matter. If we wanted a good matzoh ball soup and some latkes, we'd go to Weiler's. If we wanted good corned beef, we'd head to Mort's. Good specialty sandwiches, Solley's. Hot fudge sunday and the best restaurant hotdog on the planet, the place (I can't remember the name for the life of me) at the back of the Fallbrook Mall where the blockbuster eventually was.

So it never mattered so much whether any specific food was up to snuff, it was all about environment.

I always preferred pastrami anyway, and if I want good corned beef, I work around the corner from Tommy Pastrami.