TRAVELS (and more) WITH CECILIA BRAINARD: Los Angeles, California: The Fairfax District and Canter's Deli

Monday, April 14, 2014

Los Angeles, California: The Fairfax District and Canter's Deli

In mid-Los Angeles, there's an area called the Fairfax District, known as the Jewish center of LA. A favorite tourist stop, it has a lively Farmer's market, CBS Television City, Canter's delicatessen, among other sites.

Canters, which has been operating since 1931, is considered a Los Angeles institution. Open 24-hours a day and close to the Hollywood scene, it's been patronized by Marilyn Monroe, Arthur Miller, Jack Benny, Elizabeth Taylor, Sydney Poitier, Mel Brooks, Wilt Chamberlain and many others.

We visit Canter's now and then for pastrami and chopped liver sandwiches. I usually don't like rye bread, but their's is very fresh and delicious.

Canter's is located at 419 North Fairfax Avenue, Los Angeles, California.The place is huge and even if there's a line, the wait isn't long. They have a parking lot but sometimes it's full and you have to find parking around.

Here are some pictures of Canter's and the Fairfax district of Los Angeles.

Santa Monica City's New Tongva Park

Visiting Cambria (and Surroundings) in the Central Coast of California

tags: restaurant, deli, food, Los Angeles, Fairfax, Hollywood, California, Jewish center, Southern California

This is all for now,

Cecilia

Cecilia Manguerra Brainard

Cecilia Manguerra Brainard's official website is ceciliabrainarddotcom. She is the award-winning author and editor of 22 books, including When the Rainbow Goddess Wept, The Newspaper Widow, Magdalena, Selected Stories, Vigan and Other Stories, and more. She edited Growing Up Filipino 1, 2, & 3, Fiction by Filipinos in America, Contemporary Fiction by Filipinos in America, and other books.. Her work has been translated into Finnish and Turkish; and many of her stories and articles have been widely anthologized. Cecilia has received many awards, including a California Arts Council Fellowship in Fiction, a Brody Arts Fund Award, a Special Recognition Award for her work dealing with Asian American youths, as well as a Certificate of Recognition from the California State Senate, 21st District, and the Outstanding Individual Award from her birth city, Cebu, Philippines. She has lectured and performed at UCLA, USC, University of Connecticut, University of the Philippines, PEN, Shakespeare & Company in Paris, and many others. She has served in the Board of literary arts groups such as PEN, PAWWA (Pacific Asian American Writers West), among others.