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July 17, 2017
Abbas says he’s having what Meg Ryan’s having.
July 17, 2017
BRILLIANT!!
July 17, 2017
I have no sense of humor about Katz”s deli. If they could bottle the smell, I would buy two cases. Although I spent some time around Chicago corned beef as a child, Katz”s pastrami, not too lean dere, is kind of the summa of delicatessen.