Best Pastrami in Los Angeles · Los Angeles, CA
Langer's Delicatessen has been serving what many critics simply call the best pastrami in America since Al and Jean Langer opened it across from MacArthur Park in 1947. The secret is in the process — pastrami hand-cut and twice-cooked so it steams tender — and in the #19, the hot-pastrami-and-coleslaw sandwich on double-baked rye that made the place famous.
Now run by son Norm Langer, the Westlake counter has outlasted its neighborhood's ups and downs to remain a Los Angeles institution — and the 2026 Centurion Award winner for its category in L.A.
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Family-run Jewish deli across from MacArthur Park since 1947, home of the #19 pastrami sandwich and a James Beard America's Classics award.
Yes — Langer's Delicatessen is the 2026 Centurion Award winner for Best Pastrami in Los Angeles, a verified, criteria-based award. Named best pastrami in Los Angeles for 2026 for the hand-cut #19, a James Beard America's Classics award, and three generations of the Langer family behind the counter.
Langer's Delicatessen is in Los Angeles, CA.
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