659362 Wed Oct 14 07:16:43 -0700 2009 5 2 Los Angeles Area 0 5102086 We've spoken of NY pizza, and NY bagels and NY lox and NY deli (my husband was once in a pastrami taste off 25 years ago promoted by a radio station and the sandwich that won was on white bread. With tomatoes. And mayo. Enough said). So I come to you Chowhounds with this question: does ANYWHERE make the knishes that I grew up on (and grew fat on) in New York that are flat, not puffy, square not round, with those sharp, crunchy ends? Thanks! Wed Oct 14 07:16:43 -0700 2009 16747 Bria Silbert 1 5102129 http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/543246 Wed Oct 14 07:33:02 -0700 2009 5102086 108169 Servorg 2 5102291 And since reviewing a classic subject, here's a link to knish philosophy: http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/444661 Wed Oct 14 08:35:23 -0700 2009 5102129 28703 RicRios 3 5102783 Thanks to you both - I forgot about the Stand - they do have a fairly decent knish! Wed Oct 14 11:31:15 -0700 2009 5102291 16747 Bria Silbert 1 5107246 Not the knish of my dreams but Tommy Pastrami does a decent, crunchy, square knish. There are several in O.C. and one in DTLA. http://tommypastraminydeli.com/ Fri Oct 16 01:05:32 -0700 2009 5102086 10728 New Trial 2 5157164 We went to the Stand in Westwood this past weekend. They don't have the square knishes any longer - they have what I can only describe as knish sliders! Small round knish bites. The taste might be similar but the whole crunch factor of getting a hard edge of the knish is missing now. Wed Nov 04 20:59:02 -0800 2009 5107246 16747 Bria Silbert