Katz's is massive and chaotic, with occasionally caustic service, but expect more food than you can possibly eat. This New York staple still turns out legendary hot-pastrami sandwiches, all-beef hot dogs and egg creams—just as it has since 1888 (with plenty of hype). If you can visit only one New York deli, make it this one. Open at 8 am daily; closing hours vary from 2:45 pm on weekends to 9:45 or 10:45 on week nights. $. Most major credit cards. 205 E. Houston St., between First Avenue and Avenue A (subway line F or V to Second Avenue; J, M or Z to Delancey Street-Essex Street), Manhattan, New York City. Phone 212-254-2246. http://www.katzdeli.com.
