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New York deli sandwiches are certainly not representative of what you get everywhere in the US. They are famously large.
by lotsoweiners 2y ago
New York deli sandwiches are certainly not representative of what you get everywhere in the US. They are famously large.
- taeric 2y agoThey may be famously large, but I don't think they are abnormally large for most of the US nowadays? I certainly didn't think they were particularly big when I visited.
- jacobr1 2y agoKatz serves roughly 3/4 lbs of meat. That is particularly big. You can get triple hamburgers which would be similar is size - but most people are ordering singles or doubles. And you can find other kinds of large sandwiches around the country ... but it is not the most common of sizes.
- taeric 2y agoI think what made them not seem excessively large to me, is that it didn't really come with much else? Yes, it was more meat than I would get on a sandwich, typically. But... that is about it? Maybe I got too used to some of the obscure burrito places around Atlanta that would put way too much on them?
- dfxm12 2y agoAnd expensive to match the size! A pastrami sandwich at Katz's is ~$30. A croque madame at a similar place in Paris is ~€15. People generally split a Pastrami sandwich over a couple meals or with someone else.