Otherside Deli isn’t messing around. Mounds of fatty, spiced pastrami and corned beef dominate a menu that sits right on the seesaw’s fulcrum, with unabashed use of American cheese on one side and condiments made via in-house fermentation on the other. If you’ve got an obsession with patty melts, the Roddy might just be the best one in the city. Also, hold up – it’s space-themed? This place rules.
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