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canter’s deli
Canter’s Deli drops to a ‘C’ rating after health inspection; reopened August 10
Olga Grigoryants
August 23, 2017
The perfect day is the perfect gift
Julie Bien
May 19, 2015
There are only so many chai necklaces a 13-year-old can wear at once.
50 years after JFK, family of Jack Ruby feels the pain
Jewish Journal
November 13, 2013
We were sharing a pastrami sandwich and pickles at a Los Angeles landmark: Canter’s Deli on Fairfax. I was 24; she was nearly 50 years older, with a piercing voice as loud as her flaming red wig.
Blending Persian, Jewish cuisine
Jewish Journal
June 26, 2013
Chef Louisa Shafia has been crossing culinary borders and bridging gastronomic gaps all her life. Shafia’s father, a Muslim from Iran, and her mother, an Askenazi Jew, raised a family around a very full dinner table laden with traditional Persian dishes right alongside the Jewish ones.
Big Sunday Weekend goes beyond community service
Ryan Torok
May 8, 2013
Phil Rosenthal, creator and executive producer of the sitcom “Everybody Loves Raymond,” was leading a game of Bingo in the annex dining room at Canter’s Deli on the morning of May 5 — not a bad way to spend Big Sunday Weekend, the annual festival of community service that featured more than 150 projects this year.
Politics at Canter’s Deli
Jonah Lowenfeld
May 1, 2013
At 9:45 on a recent Sunday morning, Gil Garcetti stepped into an alcove in the secondary dining room at Canter’s Deli.
Performance series pays tribute to Boyle Heights’ cultural, artistic legacy
Jewish Journal
June 14, 2011
When Canter’s Deli first opened in Los Angeles, it was not at its now-famous location on Fairfax Avenue, but in Boyle Heights. And though Canter’s and most of the neighborhood’s Jews have long since deserted Boyle Heights, it was forever touched by the culture of the Jewish community that once called it home. Later waves of immigration brought Japanese, Latino and Russian immigrants to the area, giving Boyle Heights a unique and vibrant ethnic vibe.
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