{"id":2332,"date":"2012-11-29T13:54:15","date_gmt":"2012-11-29T13:54:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/foodietales.com\/?p=2332"},"modified":"2012-11-29T14:17:21","modified_gmt":"2012-11-29T14:17:21","slug":"foodie-travels-canters-deli-los-angeles-ca","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/foodietales.com\/?p=2332","title":{"rendered":"Foodie Travels – Canter\u2019s Deli, Los Angeles, CA"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Canter\u2019s Deli
\n419 North Fairfax Avenue
\nLos Angeles, CA 90048
\n(323) 651-2030<\/p>\n

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\u201cHey Hun <snap>\u2026whatcha gonna have<snap>?\u201d<\/p>\n

We have magically left 2012 and been transported to the early 1960s and I couldn\u2019t be happier.<\/p>\n

Let me step back a bit and explain.<\/p>\n

We were in Los Angeles for a DIS Backstage Magic Adventure with Adventures by Disney and we were headed for the LA Farmers Market<\/a> at Third and Fairfax (one of my favorite places \u2026anywhere).<\/p>\n

We arrived a couple of days early and were enjoying touring the area when I saw a giant sign for Canter\u2019s Deli. Now, there is nothing I like better than a good deli. Nothing. I pretty much like everything involved. We didn\u2019t stop, but went on to the Farmer\u2019s Market.<\/p>\n

When deciding where to go for breakfast the next morning, I immediately told everyone I knew where we were going and to get in the car. I should explain that Canter\u2019s Deli is in a very urban area and the neighborhood shows it\u2019s age\u2026.but that\u2019s a good thing.<\/p>\n

Upon arriving at Canter\u2019s, you are stepping back into the glory days of the Deli. At one time, these massive restaurants were plentiful. There was Wolfie\u2019s in Miami, The Rascal House in North Miami, Ronnie\u2019s in Orlando and many others\u2026but they have disappeared.<\/p>\n

Maybe dining styles have changed. Maybe people are eating healthier, Maybe they were just too big to manage. I don\u2019t know the reasons, but a lot of them are gone. You can still find them. Katz\u2019s Deli in NYC comes to mind\u2026but there seem to be far fewer than there used to be (and none in Orlando)\u2026.which is too bad. The good news is that Canter\u2019s still exists and you can go to see for yourself.<\/p>\n

You walk into a massive restaurant and are greeted and shown to your table. Walking through the place, you get glimpses of that Do Wop \/ Space age 1950s \u2013 1960s d\u00e9cor. The Sputnik light fixtures and huge vinyl booths are perfect examples and you understand that this is the real stuff. This is not someone trying to recreate the era. This is the era.
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You walk past cases filled with fresh baked breads and pastries and others filled with meats and cheeses\u2026 all ready and available to be packaged up to take home with you.<\/p>\n

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We sit down and our waitress (the word Server doesn\u2019t seem to fit the atmosphere) brings us plates of dill pickles and menus that are several pages long. After a couple of minutes with the gigantic menu\u2026\u2026it happens. Our \u201cright out of Central Casting\u201d waitress says\u2026<\/p>\n

\u201cHey Hun <snap>\u2026whatcha gonna have<snap>?\u201d<\/p>\n

Between the words, tone and gum snapping, I am in heaven.<\/p>\n

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I won’t list everything we ate and talk about what was good and what wasn\u2019t. It was all good and was all made better by the atmosphere and authenticity. We were in a true Deli<\/p>\n

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Others might see Canter\u2019s Deli for the quality of the food or the location or any number of factors that one might use in deciding whether this is the right fit or not.<\/p>\n

I\u2019d go back in a heartbeat because it took me to a time in my history that\u2019s harder and harder to find. By the way\u2026the food was good too.<\/p>\n

I don\u2019t know when I will be back in LA, but I hope and pray that Canter\u2019s doesn\u2019t disappear. It would be a true loss.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

  Canter\u2019s Deli 419 North Fairfax Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90048 (323) 651-2030   \u201cHey Hun <snap>\u2026whatcha gonna have<snap>?\u201d We have magically left 2012 and been transported to the early 1960s and I couldn\u2019t be happier. Let me step back Continue reading Foodie Travels – Canter\u2019s Deli, Los Angeles, CA<\/span>→<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":34,"featured_media":2363,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,206],"tags":[766,546,760,771,770,757,758,160,769,765,759,768,764,169,700,772,155,438,763,767,762,761],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/foodietales.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2332"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/foodietales.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/foodietales.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/foodietales.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/34"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/foodietales.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2332"}],"version-history":[{"count":27,"href":"http:\/\/foodietales.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2332\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2400,"href":"http:\/\/foodietales.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2332\/revisions\/2400"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/foodietales.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2363"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/foodietales.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2332"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/foodietales.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2332"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/foodietales.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2332"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}