Credit: Photo by John Anderson

Pastrami sandwiches just got a colorful upgrade with bright slaws and pickled vegetables layered atop pastrami so good that it’ll make you question why putting this quintessential deli meat in the hands of Texans who love to smoke low and slow wasn’t done long before.

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