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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. ... Jersey City is a city located in Hudson County, New Jersey, United States. ... 1919 (MCMXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... // Events and trends World War II was a truly global conflict with many facets: immense human suffering, fierce indoctrination, and the use of new, extremely devastating weapons such as the atomic bomb. ... Boyle Heights is a district on the east side of Los Angeles, California. ... Combatants Allied Powers Axis Powers Commanders {{{commander1}}} {{{commander2}}} Strength {{{strength1}}} {{{strength2}}} Casualties 17 million military deaths 7 million military deaths World War II, also known as the Second World War, was a mid-20th century conflict that engulfed much of the globe and is accepted as the largest and deadliest... San Fernando Valley The San Fernando Valley is an urbanized valley in southern California, lying mostly within the city limits of Los Angeles. ... 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. The 1960s decade refers to the years from 1960 to 1969, inclusive. ... 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 a cultural group whose values and norms are at odds with those of the social mainstream, a cultural equivalent of a political opposition. ... Rock and roll (also spelled Rock n Roll, especially in its first decade), also called rock, is a form of popular music, usually featuring vocals (often with vocal harmony), electric guitars and a strong back beat; other instruments, such as the saxophone, are common in some styles. ... The Sunset Strip is a mile and a half stretch of Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles, California, that runs from Crescent Heights Boulevard in Hollywood to Doheny Drive in West Hollywood. ...

The bar in Canter's, called the Kibbitz Room, has been a favorite of music personalities. Even though the restaurant is open 24 hours, the Kibbitz Room closes earlier, usually before 12am.

The restauarant has been featured in several movies and television shows, including HBO's Curb Your Enthusiasm in the episode "The Blind Date". Films are produced by recording actual people and objects with cameras, or by creating them using animation techniques and/or special effects. ... HBO logo HBO (Home Box Office) is a premium cable television network. ... Curb Your Enthusiasm is an American television sitcom starring Seinfeld writer & co-creator Larry David. ...

Links

• http://www.cantersdeli.com/ - Official website