648396 Sat Aug 29 06:04:46 -0700 2009 5 2 Los Angeles Area 0 4988039 Thanks for all the details on Langer's, everyone. To me, the main question one gets asked in a truly Great pastrami establishment is "Y'wannit LEAN or y'wannit GOOD?" Is it possible to request the level of fattiness in a pastrami order there? Tripeler Sat Aug 29 06:04:46 -0700 2009 11938 Tripeler 1 4988571 IIRC the menu shows an option for extra lean at a surcharge. Sat Aug 29 11:27:30 -0700 2009 4988039 10240 Bob Brooks 1 4989057 Extra lean is $3.25 extra if I recall correctly. Sat Aug 29 15:31:40 -0700 2009 4988039 11583 ipsedixit 1 4989507 I usually ask for hand cut and untrimmed Sat Aug 29 20:10:41 -0700 2009 4988039 1105622 gaymondlee 1 4990406 You can ask for it extra lean or extra fatty. You have to pay extra for extra-lean because they just trim off the fat and they have to use more of it to make a sandwich. Make sure to specify you want it hand-cut. And at Katz's the question is often "You want it good, or good for you?" If you order it extra lean you get a smaller sandwich out of scorn. :P Sun Aug 30 11:07:15 -0700 2009 4988039 10811 Das Ubergeek 1 4990923 Yes, it's possible. Two years ago, my family was in town and we all went out to lunch at Langer's. My sister ordered it lean, and couldn't understand why everyone else at the table was in ecstatics (until she took a bit of mine) Mr Taster Sun Aug 30 15:44:19 -0700 2009 4988039 17579 Mr Taster