Dinner at Saul's Deli

They say you can't get a decent pastrami sandwich in the SF Bay Area (and they may be right), but let's tamp down our New York food standards and approach this outing with open minds (and mouths). Some folks say Saul's is the closest thing you'll find hereabouts to a N.Y. delicatessen. Let's find out. At best, we will revel in the joy of devouring fine smoked meats dressed with exquisite mustard (or, for the vegetarians, pickles, cole slaw and potato latkes). At worst, we can share knowing complaints about how poorly the food compares to our favorite NY eatery.

Remember, as Murray Burns said in A Thousand Clowns,

People fall into two distinct categories; people who like delicatessen, and people who don't like delicatessen. A man who is not touched by the earthy lyricism of hot pastrami, the pungent fantasy of corned-beef, pickles, frankfurters, the great lusty impertinence of good mustard -- is a man of stone and without heart.