Pastrami Sandwiches for the Open Minded

Published on Friday, April 24, 2009, by Roxanne Webber / Edit Post

Wood Tavern’s pastrami sandwich may not be what people have in mind when they seek out the deli classic, but “nevertheless, for the open-minded, it may be the best pastrami sandwich in the area. Best I’ve had by a long shot.” says Robert Lauriston.

It’s served at lunch only and is made with Niman pastrami, which Robert Lauriston says is nice and fatty, and “piled high” on a piece of La Farine baguette with Dijon mustard, horseradish dressing, and some melted Emmentaler cheese. It comes with cabbage slaw with cilantro and chiles (dressed with oil and citrus instead of mayo), and house-made pickles.

peppatty loves the baguette treatment “which you look at and think it’s too hard to eat with the thinly cut pastrami, but it isn’t” and Robert Lauriston thinks it holds together “better than the traditional sliced rye.” SteveG says the pastrami is “particularly moist with what must have been rendered fat.”

“I know it is not traditional, but it doesn’t matter,” says The Dive. “We’ve been known to have dinner on Friday at Wood Tavern and still come back on Saturday for that sandwich.”

Wood Tavern [East Bay]
6317 College Avenue, Oakland
510-654-6607

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  • Oops ... wrong link. Here's the previous Chow Digest mention
    http://www.chow.com/san_francisco_bay_area_digest/4915?tag=search_results;results_list

  • Chow Digest has been repeating itself lately. This is not the first time the exact same info has been reported.
    http://www.chow.com/san_francisco_bay_area_digest/4915?tag=search_results;results_list

    I realize that there have been new people since C Thi Nguyen. When I started seeing repeats, I added references to previsou digest posts in threads I thought might catch the fancy of a new digest...+READ

    Chow Digest has been repeating itself lately. This is not the first time the exact same info has been reported.
    http://www.chow.com/san_francisco_bay_area_digest/4915?tag=search_results;results_list

    I realize that there have been new people since C Thi Nguyen. When I started seeing repeats, I added references to previsou digest posts in threads I thought might catch the fancy of a new digest editor.

    However, this is such an old and often repeated referral that I never dreamed it would be picked up by the digest again. It is the equivalent of reporting about the roast chicken at Zuni.

    Would it help, if I added Chow Digest links to place records, so that when deciding whether to include something in the digest, you could check there to see if it has been reported before? Don't want to go through that work if no one will look, but if that is helpful, I will-COLLAPSE