By Nicholas Goldberg
From Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles—The long, slow decline of the Jewish delicatessen has been bemoaned and lamented for many years.
In the early 1930s, there were more than 1,500 kosher delis and many more non-kosher ones in the five boroughs of New York alone, according to city records.
In recent years, the estimate fell to 150 in all of North America.
That’s why it is a cause for celebration that Langer’s delicatessen, the venerable pastrami emporium on 7th and Alvarado near MacArthur Park, marked another milestone birthday last month. The restaurant, which opened with space for 12 customers in June 1947, is now 75 years old….