Amy ScattergoodNeed a visual aid for your print edition? This week Jonathan Gold writes about Billy's Deli in Glendale (“like an apparition, an old-line deli plunked down among parking structures and vacant storefronts, a place you expect to find in Skokie or out on Coney Island Avenue, but not a bagel's toss from the Galleria”). Click through for Anne Fishbein's spectacular photos and read more in Gold's Counter Intelligence, “A Deli Grows in Glendale, Or Maybe Billy's Was There All Along.”
Dr. Brown's cream soda; Credit: Anne Fishbein
Billy's deli; Credit: Anne Fishbein
Waitress of 20 years at Billy's, Evelyn; Credit: Anne Fishbein
Billy's deli; Credit: Anne Fishbein
brisket on rye; Credit: Anne Fishbein
diners Ashley and Victor; Credit: Anne Fishbein
adding mustard to pastrami on rye; Credit: Anne Fishbein
house pancakes; Credit: Anne Fishbein
potato pancakes with applesauce and sour cream; Credit: Anne Fishbein
matzo ball soup; Credit: Anne Fishbein
chocolate egg cream; Credit: Anne Fishbein
waitress J.D. setting the table; Credit: Anne Fishbein
little diner Charlie; Credit: Anne Fishbein
Charlie's dessert, a cookie with sprinkles; Credit: Anne Fishbein
Billy's deli; Credit: Anne Fishbein
Billy's deli; Credit: Anne Fishbein
Billy's deli; Credit: Anne Fishbein
Billy's deli; Credit: Anne Fishbein
Billy's deli; Credit: Anne Fishbein
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