Where is Katz's Delicatessen?

At 205 East Houston Street, on the Lower East Side of New York. The nearest station is Second Avenue (F).

Which museums and sights are near Katz's Delicatessen?

Brooklyn Bridge is 2.0 km away, Whitney Museum of American Art is 2.7 km away, Empire State Building is 2.9 km away. Distances are in a straight line from the restaurant.

What is Katz's Delicatessen known for?

Pastrami on rye, The ticket, The table. The delicatessen of the Lower East Side since 1888: pastrami cut by hand at the counter, a ticket you must not lose, and the table from When Harry Met Sally.

When did Katz's Delicatessen open?

In 1888. Founded in 1888, by the house's own account.

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Katz's Delicatessen

Katz's is a vast, bright, noisy room that has fed the Lower East Side for more than a century. You queue at the counter, a cutter slices your pastrami by hand, and hands you a piece to taste while he does it.

What it is: Delicatessen
Opened: 1888
Area: Lower East Side
Nearest museum: Brooklyn Bridge, 2.0 km

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What Katz's Delicatessen is known for

Pastrami on rye
The sandwich the house is known for, piled high and served with pickles. The kitchen gets through nearly seven tonnes of pastrami a week.
The ticket
Everyone is given a ticket at the door. Each counter marks on it what you have taken, and you pay on the way out. Keep hold of it.
The table
A sign hangs over the table where Meg Ryan and Billy Crystal sat in When Harry Met Sally, in 1989.

What to know

Founded in 1888, by the house's own account
The food is Jewish in style but the kitchen is not kosher
Send a salami to your boy in the army, its slogan of the Second World War, still hangs on the wall

Where Katz's Delicatessen is

Address

205 East Houston Street
New York, NY 10002, United States

Nearest station

Second Avenue (F)

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From Iceland Brothers to Katz's

By its own chronology the delicatessen was opened on Ludlow Street in 1888 by two brothers named Iceland. Willy Katz joined them in 1903, his cousin Benny in 1910, and the cousins bought the brothers out and gave the shop its name.

The district round it was then the most crowded Jewish quarter in the world. Most of its delicatessens are gone. This one has become the place people mean by the word.

Katz's Delicatessen: common questions

Where is Katz's Delicatessen?: At 205 East Houston Street, on the Lower East Side of New York. The nearest station is Second Avenue (F).
Which museums and sights are near Katz's Delicatessen?: Brooklyn Bridge is 2.0 km away, Whitney Museum of American Art is 2.7 km away, Empire State Building is 2.9 km away. Distances are in a straight line from the restaurant.
What is Katz's Delicatessen known for?: Pastrami on rye, The ticket, The table. The delicatessen of the Lower East Side since 1888: pastrami cut by hand at the counter, a ticket you must not lose, and the table from When Harry Met Sally.
When did Katz's Delicatessen open?: In 1888. Founded in 1888, by the house's own account.

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