Canter's
Canter's Deli | |
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Los Angeles | |
State | California |
Postal/ZIP Code | 90036 |
Country | United States |
Website | Official website |
Canter's Deli is a Jewish-style
The restaurant has continued to serve traditional food items, including:
In 2021, the Financial Times ranked it as one of the "50 greatest food stores in the world."[1]
History
The Canter family originally opened a delicatessen in
Canter's quickly became a hang-out for show business personalities, given its location a block north of
Canter's is known for its traditional deli favorites, such as pastrami, corned beef, matzah ball soup, challah, lox and bagels, and brisket. It also has a large menu of other breakfast, lunch, and dinner options and has been awarded for its food many times over the years. For example, Los Angeles Magazine named Canter's waffles the Best Waffle in Los Angeles.[3] Esquire magazine called their Monte Cristo sandwich one of the best sandwiches in America.[4]
The bar in Canter's, called the Kibitz Room, has its own history and has been a favorite of music personalities. Chuck E. Weiss.[5] a regular at Canter's who has his name on a plaque at the booth where he would sit, wrote a song about the Kibitz Room called, "Rocking in the Kibitz Room."[6] Although the restaurant is open 24 hours, the Kibitz Room closes at 2 am. They have live music every night, and were the launch pad for several bands, most notably the Wallflowers, Fiona Apple, and Rick Rubin's new project, the Vacation. The Big Jam has had plenty of "A List" musicians sit in, including Phil Everly, Jackson Browne, Melissa Etheridge, and Marc Canter's high school friend Slash.[7] Marc Canter, currently the restaurant's co-owner, published a book in 2007 about the early days of Guns N' Roses.[8] In 2019, Gina Canter and Alex Canter released a book titled Stories on Rye, cataloging a collection of memories shared at Canter's.[9]
The restaurant has been featured in several movies and television shows, including HBO's Curb Your Enthusiasm in the episode "The Blind Date" (2004) and AMC's Mad Men in the episode "Time Zones" (2014). In 2007, Adam Stein, finalist on the FOX TV show On the Lot, filmed "Dough: The Musical" at Canter's. Canter's is also mentioned in the song, "Oh Daddy," by The Turtles.
In 1993, the restaurant was featured in Visiting... with Huell Howser Episode 125.[10]
In 2003, Canter's opened an additional location inside
On 14 October 2008, Canter's celebrated their 60th anniversary on Fairfax. To mark the occasion, the deli reduced the price of their corned beef sandwich to its 1948 price of 60 cents, limited to one per customer, for a period of 12 hours.[13]
In 2008, Canter's had opened another deli outlet at Dodger Stadium.[14] The operation at the baseball park closed in 2011 and was replaced by Dodgertown Deli.[15]
On July 24, 2014,
On August 7, 2017, Canter's Restaurant was ordered closed for three days by the Los Angeles County Health Department for eleven health code violations, including a vermin infestation. Among other things, inspectors observed more than 10 cockroaches and 20 rodent droppings in the restaurant storage area, and 20 flies in the food preparation area. The additional health code violations cited that food contact surfaces were not clean and sanitized and the food was not in a safe, healthy condition.[17]
After returning to the Las Vegas market in September 2017,
On May 30, 2020, at the start of the
On November 1, 2023, antisemitic graffiti was painted in the Canter's parking lot below a mural of photographs that document the history of the Jewish community in Los Angeles.[23][24]
Mural
The mural outside Canter's deli, next to the parking lot, was unveiled in 1985 and commemorates the history of the Jewish community in Los Angeles. It starts at the left end with historical images and progresses to the right in seven panels and includes scenes of Jewish participation in community life, institutions, businesses, significant cultural and historical events, as well as scenes from people's personal lives.
First Panel: the Beginnings, 1860s
- Wilshire Boulevard Temple, formerly known as Congregation B'nai B'rith, the first synagogue in Los Angeles.
- Abram Wolf Edelman, the first rabbi in Los Angeles.
- An early Jewish business in Los Angeles.
- The Newmark family, a prominent early L.A.-based Jewish family.
Second Panel: late 19th Century
- A Los Angeles street scene showing a Jewish business.
- Isaias W. Hellman, a prominent Los Angeles banker of the era.
- A Jewish family's barrel-making business.
- A home for tuberculosis patients that later evolved into what is now Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.
- Emil Harris, the first Jewish sheriff of Los Angeles.
Third Panel: early 20th Century
- Actors in a truck traveling to location for the filming of The Squaw Man, the first full-length movie made in Hollywood and by the Jesse Lasky Feature Play Company. The director, Cecil B. DeMille, is seated on the fender at left.
- Children receiving instruction in one of the first Hebrew schools in Los Angeles.
- The home of one of the first Jewish families to live in Boyle Heights.
- Al Jolson as a rabbi in The Jazz Singer.
Fourth Panel: 1930s
- Canter's original location in Boyle Heights.
- Albert Einstein and a local rabbi with their bicycles in Los Angeles.
- An elaborate Jewish wedding of the period.
- Garment worker's protest in downtown Los Angeles during the Garment workers' strike in 1933.
- A Los Angeles Examiner newspaper article describing a meeting of Jews to protest Adolf Hitler’s activities in Europe.
- Lillian Copeland, gold medalist at the 1932 Summer Olympics held in Los Angeles.
Fifth Panel: 1940s
- A school bus and students at a Jewish school in Los Angeles.
- A Los Angeles women's group's Clothing Campaign to assist war sufferers in Europe.
- A cutout billboard by the United Jewish Welfare Fund on Wilshire Boulevard, proclaiming that Jews must live in freedom.
- The father of one of the organizers of the mural project, who served in the U.S. Navy during World War II.
- A group of Hadassah women boarding a train in L.A. to take them to a Hadassah conference in Sacramento, California.
Sixth Panel: 1960s
- A Jewish Youth group parading in front of nearby Fairfax High School affirming their support for the peace movement.
- A program in the Six Day War.
- The first female Jewish religious leader in Los Angeles.
- The Pacific Jewish Center (PJC), a synagogue on the beachfront in Venice, Los Angeles, at that time home to a large Jewish community.
- Hall of Fame pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Seventh Panel: Fairfax 1985
- A view of Fairfax Avenue near the mural, looking north toward the Hollywood Hills.
- A view of the mural in progress, showing scaffolding and workers painting the mural.
- Two orthodox Jewish men shaking hands while shopping on Fairfax.
- Women selecting produce at a market on Fairfax.
- Local residents at a bus stop on Fairfax Avenue.
Source: [25]
See also
References
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- ^ "Canter's Celebrates Legendary Sixty Years on Fairfax With Corned Beef Sandwiches". Earth Times. October 14, 2008. Archived from the original on July 28, 2012.
- ^ Scattergood, Amy (April 9, 2008). "Catcher and the deli rye". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on May 9, 2016. Retrieved April 22, 2016.
- ^ Shatkin, Elina (March 31, 2011). "LA Dodgers Unveil Doyer Dog; Also, More Salads". LA Weekly. Archived from the original on July 12, 2016. Retrieved April 22, 2016.
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- ^ "Caught in the Crossfire, Canter's Deli Stays Open". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on 2020-06-06. Retrieved 2020-06-06.
- ^ "Antisemitic graffiti at Canter's Deli investigated as possible hate crime". Los Angeles Times. 2023-11-01. Retrieved 2023-11-02.
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- ^ "Fairfax Community Mural". Mural Conservancy of Los Angeles.