Foodies must visit Katz's deli in the Lower East Side. The portions are B-I-G; the rudeness is not personal, just traditional. Take ID if you look under 21 – New York's drinking laws are strict.
205 East Houston Street in the Lower East Side
www.katzsdeli.com
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The pastrami is the best in town, but side dishes can be less trustworthy: chicken soup, for example, is not a good idea here (the place for that is the Carnegie Deli, where the sandwiches are comically, inedibly large, and not as good as Katz's.) Pastrami apart, Katz's functions as a time capsule from another bygone decade, the early fifties at the latest. Thirties, forties, perhaps . . .
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