Serving it up old school, Chef/Owner Nitzan Cohen is making his own delicious pastrami, in fact his deli is the only one making it’s own pastrami on the Westcoast North of Portland, he brines the meat for 10 days, then smokes it for 8 hours, and then hand-carves the pastrami for the sandwiches.
Brined Pastrami
Nitzan is an Israeli-born, professionally trained Chef with a passion for food who moved to Canada six years ago to further grow his career. He has established this deli as a pop-up for the summer to gauge interest and it has been widely popular, presently set to run until mid-September, keep an eye out for extended dates as well as the coming of a fulltime daily deli operation.
Reuben Sandwich
lokshen Kugel
Mensch. Jewish Delicatessen brings to Vancouver a legit, slow brined, smoked and hand cut hot pastrami sandwich and the best Reuben on a fresh baked rye bread, beet cured Lox on a poppy seed bagel and a sweet lokshen Kugel for dessert.
Located on the corner of Broadway & Fraser Mensch. Jewish Delicatessen is serving lunch Monday – Thursday 11am – 3pm, and Friday 11am – 6pm at 666 E Broadway, Vancouver. Call 604.657.6119, follow on Twitter/Instagram @menschdeli
By: Richard Wolak