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Pastrami Burgers: Are They Seriously Delicious?
Not quite a pastrami burger: Brennan & Carr's Gargiulo Burger is topped with roast beef.
A fun piece by John T. Edge in the New York Times this morning on the pastrami burger culture in Salt Lake City (and elsewhere). Conspicuously absent from the story was Edge's gustatory opinion of the pastrami burger. Were any of them seriously delicious, John T.? We need to know these things. Somehow I think his silence speaks volumes. Plus, lettuce should not be in proximity to pastrami in a sandwich.
It was also interesting that Edge talked about pastrami burgers only in Salt Lake City and Southern California and not New York City, pastrami's ancestral home in this country. There is a pastrami burger on the menu at Artie's Deli on the Upper West Side, but I couldn't find a pastrami burger on the Carnegie Deli's menu. I can't think of any other place that serves one in Gotham. Can you? Artie's Deli: 2290 Broadway, New York NY 10024 (at 83rd Street; map); 212-579-5959
Along the same lines, Adam and I did have a burger topped with roast beef and cheese at Brennan & Carr a few months ago when we were in search of pizza in Gravesend, Brooklyn. It's called a Garguilo Burger (pictured), in honor of the Italian restaurant in Coney Island with the same name. The burger tasted steamed and weird, but the whole sandwich was oddly appealing in a gut-bombish kind of way. Brennan & Carr: 3432 Nostrand Avenue, Brooklyn NY 11229 (Avenue V/Gravesend Neck Road; map); 718-769-1254