Canter's Deli is a famous Jewish delicatessen in the Fairfax District of Los Angeles, California, near the border of West Hollywood. The word Jew ( Hebrew: יהודי) is used in a wide number of ways, but generally refers to a follower of the Jewish faith, a child of a Jewish mother, or someone of Jewish descent with a connection to Jewish culture or ethnicity and often a combination... This article is about food stores. ... The Fairfax District is an area of neighborhoods in the City of Los Angeles, California, that is roughly bordered by West Hollywood on the north, La Brea Avenue on the east, West Hollywood and Beverly Hills on the west and Wilshire Boulevard on the south. ... Los Angeles and L.A. redirect here. ... West Hollywoods logo illustrates the citys borders. ...

Canter's Deli at night

The Canter family originally opened up a delicatessen in Jersey City in 1919. They came west along with many Jews from the northeastern United States in the early 1940s, and opened a delicatessen in the Boyle Heights neighborhood, which at that time had a substantial Jewish population. After World War II, the Jewish population of Boyle Heights left en masse for the Fairfax District, West Hollywood, and other West Side neighborhoods (as well as the San Fernando Valley) and Canter's followed the influx of Jewish businesses west, converting a movie theater which had previously shown Yiddish-language films to a delicatessen much larger than its previous spaces. ImageMetadata File history File links Canters. ... ImageMetadata File history File links Canters. ... Location of Jersey City within Hudson County Coordinates: , Country State County Hudson Government  - Mayor Jerramiah T. Healy  - Business Administrator Brian P. OReilly Area  - City 21. ... Year 1919 (MCMXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar). ... The 1940s decade ran from 1940 to 1949. ... Boyle Heights is a district on the east side of Los Angeles, California. ... Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... San Fernando Valley from its southwestern edge. ... Yiddish (ייִדיש, Jiddisch) is a Germanic language spoken by about four million Jews throughout the world. ...

Canter's quickly became a hangout for show business personalities, given its location and its late hours. It has remained such ever since. In the 1960s, Canter's became a late night hang out for hippies, rock musicians, and other countercultural types, partially for the same reasons. Also, many rock musicians had grown up in Fairfax and West Hollywood, and the Sunset Strip was only half a mile away. It has remained a favorite of rock musicians to the present day, and is still open 24 hours as always. Canter's is open every day of the year except for the Jewish holidays of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. The 1960s decade refers to the years from 1960 to 1969. ... Hippies (singular hippie or sometimes hippy) were members of the 1960s counterculture movement who adopted a communal or nomadic lifestyle, renounced corporate nationalism and the Vietnam War, embraced aspects of Buddhism, Hinduism, and/or Native American religious culture, and were otherwise at odds with traditional middle class Western values. ... In sociology, counterculture is a term used to describe the values and norms of behavior of a cultural group, or subculture, that run counter to those of the social mainstream of the day, the cultural equivalent of political opposition. ... For other uses, see Rock music (disambiguation). ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Look up Rosh Hashanah in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Yom Kippur (Hebrew:יוֹם כִּפּוּר ) is a Jewish holiday, known in English as the Day of Atonement. ...

The bar in Canter's, called the Kibitz Room, has been a favorite of music personalities. Even though the restaurant is open 24 hours, the Kibitz Room closes at 2 am The Kibitz Room has its own history. They have live music every night, and were the launch pad for plenty of bands, most notably the Wallflowers, Fiona Apple, and Rick Rubin's new project, the Vacation. The Big jam has had plenty of "A List" musicians sit in, including Marc Canter's high school friend Slash, Phil Everly, Jackson Brown and Melissas Ethridge. Frederick Jay (Rick) Rubin (born March 10, 1963 in Lido Beach, New York) is an American record producer and is currently the co-head of Columbia Records. ...

The restaurant has been featured in several movies and television shows, including HBO's Curb Your Enthusiasm in the episode "The Blind Date". In 2007, Adam Stein, finalist on the fox tv show "On the Lot," filmed Dough: The Musical at Canter's. For other uses, see Restaurant (disambiguation). ... This article is about motion pictures. ... For other uses, see HBO (disambiguation). ... Curb Your Enthusiasm is an American sitcom starring Seinfeld writer, co-creator, and executive producer Larry David as himself. ...

In 2006, the restaurant and its namesake are used in a Carl's Jr. commercial for the PastramiBurger. Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A Carls Jr. ... Pastrami Pastrami is a popular deli meat made from chiefly red meat. ... This article is about the food item. ...

In 2003, Canter's opened an additional location inside Treasure Island Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas. Year 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Treasure Island (also known as ti) is a 2,885--room hotel and casino located on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada, USA and is connected by tram to The Mirage. ... For further information, see Las Vegas metropolitan area and Las Vegas Strip. ...

Today, the restaurant is not certified kosher- the restaurant is open on Saturdays and offers many items on its menu which are not kosher or treif (e.g ham sandwiches). The circled U indicates that this can of tuna is certified kosher by the Union of Orthodox Congregations. ... It has been suggested that Kosher foods be merged into this article or section. ...

Trivia

Canter's serves...

• 4,900 lbs of Pastrami per month
• 1,500 gallons of chicken soup are made per week
• 4,000 knishes are made a week

Canter's is also prominently featured in Ann Patchett's novel, The Magician's Assistant. A classic potato knish A knish is an Eastern European snack food popular in Jewish communities. ...

Celebrity Visitors

• Danny Thomas
• Marilyn Monroe
• Arthur Miller
• Jack Benny
• Elizabeth Taylor
• Sidney Poitier
• Mike Bumbeck
• Mel Brooks
• Wilt Chamberlain
• Charlene Tilton
• Brooke Shields
• Jacqueline Bisset
• Catherine Oxenberg
• John Travolta
• Prince
• Stevie Wonder
• Buddy Hacket
• Olivia Newton-John
• Muhammad Ali
• Monty Hall
• Bill Cosby
• David Brenner
• Rodney Dangerfield
• Dick Van Dyke
• Shelley Winters
• Elizabeth Montgomery
• The Cars
• Robert Redford
• Henry Winkler
• Greg Morris
• Rodney Bingenheimer
• The Wallflowers
• Nicolas Cage
• David Lee Roth

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External links

• http://www.cantersdeli.com/ - Official website
• http://www.myspace.com/cantersdeli - Official MySpace page