Food & Wine: America’s Best Jewish Delis

What began as a pop-up at Oakland’s superb Beauty’s Bagels (an absolute treasure, if not quite deli-like enough to make this list) is now a full-blown hang, hiding in plain sight right near the traffic-choked I-80/Ashby interchange. Slow down your life, and submit to some of the better Montreal smoked meat (sometimes described as a hybrid of pastrami and corned beef tradition) found south of the border. While you’re here, try the poutine: hand-cut fries, serious gravy, proper curds and—oh, Canada!—lots more smoked meat. Read the Article.