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- Bon Appétit editor Andrew Knowlton attempts to work 24 hours straight at Katz's Delicatessen in New York City. Katz's Deli, which has been around since 1888, is home to the famous scene from "When Harry Met Sally" and offers the best brisket, pastrami, and corned beef sandwiches in NYC. Can Knowlton survive the hectic ups and downs of the busiest deli in the city that never sleeps?
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You haven't experienced New York until you pay $27 for a pastrami sandwich and a water
LILMS wtf you serious
@@alejandrosool Yeah, most sandviches at Katz's is around $30.
How about tips on getting good bangs for your bucks ... i plan on visiting soon
LILMS *cough* cali *cough* fornia
went to breakfast place with my girl. was some instagram whatever place.
ended up paying 160 dollars for the both of us.
anyone who's ever learned the ropes of a service industry job on the go can relate well-ish to this video i'd think. you never forget the awkwardness and chaos of your first day.
SparkzMxzXZ very true
its so hectic
I better off go to mcdonalds
Deeeeefinitely
Real talk. My first day i spent 6 hours cutting chasu and peeling eggs. Hectic fosho
Katz Deli...where the pickles are as sour as our attitude
John Smithee then there not sour at all then
Yes customer services sucks there
@@listentoomeeh yeah Katz’s overall isn’t even that good, their food may be decent but if the customer service isn’t that good I wouldn’t go back there, it’s just filled with tourists
@@bluest.9320 Bro they're OVERRATED ODEE. I'd rather go to a bodega and pay for a baconeggncheese
Place is filled with tourists. No locals. They’re up charging and getting away with it
"$50 if you lose your ticket." - 7:50
I'll just buy $200 worth of food (aka 1 sandwich and some fries), and "lose" my ticket.
Yeah cause the security cam clearly visable wouldn't have interest in the peps buying food for 200+
@@JonathanXLindqviust have you seen the prices? 200$ is like 2 sandwiches with fries lol
Wayne Rookie no I have been there one pastrami sandwich is 22.95$
@@harrybaulzack6934 ever heard of a hyperbole/exaggeration?
Zach Kwon r/woosh
Damn those are Disney land prices...
@@gabrielfernandes6016 jew gotta be kidding me
Bro trust me the pastrami sandwich is 22$ but there is like 30$ of pastrami in that sand which ,but their fries are over priced.
worth every penny
Standard New York City prices
I take it you have never ate in NYC before.
open almost 24h with a constant flow of customers, including long rush hours over lunch and dinner with huge qeues, and then 22+ USD for a sandwich? What a goldmine.
maybe who knows, after property tax, bills, food expenses, paying workers,
Yeah of course not all profit but if other deli's in NY survive with selling much cheaper sandwiches to a lot less customers, I'm pretty sure profits at this place will be pretty good
Those other delis aren't running nearly as many employees at once, doing things at this scale. People are **the** single highest cost of any business.
So are you trying to say this place isn't making a shit ton of money? Average waiter salary in NYC is 23usd/h. That's selling 1 sandwich per employee per hour. I'm pretty sure they sell a lot more than that.
strekke1986 it's not open all night, not even close... They are open through the weekend though
"He's a little too friendly" is the most New York thing ever
I guess New Yorkers don't like nice.
An old waiter saying: *you got to flip em and burn em*
To flip a table you got to be a little aggressive on your time management to encourage the people to eat instead of talking :)
*Edit:* Respectfully and kindly so you get a good tip :))
Watching this as a server I have so much pride watching this dude improve during his day here. Everyone cheering for him when he one hands that tray of fries is so familiar and warming to me. The comradery of the restaurant business is none other like I've experienced elsewhere. Truly a family usually of misfits.
"Would you hire him here?" *_"I would think about it."_* Ha.
And nice Jiro reference. Fun video. Well done, BA.
Tosh T: the sushi jiro?
+Jaston Yuh That's the one.
I bet very few people will get who Jiro is!
The documentary was legendary!!
Whats was the reference
Kudos to the editor. 24 hours and he/she rendered it down to 11 mins. Thats a hard task to do. The
Blurb And an underrated kudos to the camera man/woman
the... the what? THE WHAT?!
@@ethanbrand2564 The.
@@CatholicKavanagh the
the
The OG owners are rolling in their graves over the prices
If they want to stay in business I guess they have to they've been in that single location since 1888
I took my wife, her parents and our 2 kids. The total was $416 for lunch. Never again lol
@jon castro no lmao
jon castro no
no way thats bs maybe like 150 at most
@@hass6390 if you eat 2 sandwiches and drink a soda that's going to cost you 52$
jon castro I had it there tbh it’s not so good I’d rather get a meal with a nice steak for 15 dollars
Andrew looks a little like a young Mark Ruffalo.
I was going to say that!!
Yeah it trips me out
Jane I know! I think Mark Ruffalo is sooo handsome
he looks like G eazy
OMG yes
I should not be watching this hungry and without food.
You can but just have food with you.
Kim Chang - I'll do that for next time. :)
its 2:00 am and this appeared in my recommendations, should not have clicked.
I'm on a diet. This is torture porn pretty much.
I need a pastrami sandwich so bad right now!
"The atmosphere, it's a fun place; any hour of the day it's crazy" translates to loud, uncomfortably full and busy.
Sounds like NYC in general.
10 years to move to a carver. They will trap you at 20 and fire you at 50.
Ten years to move from a low skill, low salary, non stimulating job to a low skill, low salary, non stimulating job. Glad they at least got a mean NYC attitude to back their lack of education.
Yannick Roy i worked at ny. They dont care if you come from a culinary school or IT school they tell you: here. $10 hr job, no overtime, no holiday bonus, no paid leave, sick days only on holidays, charge you for daily meals $4.38, and you gotta attend seminars without pay.
If you say yes, you wake up one day still working in soho at 55 years old with scarred forearms and a bald head. If you say no, they hire a new guy out of the 50 resumes they get daily and you spend 6 weeks looking for another job that will take you 6 months. I use to work as a cook, by experience i left at 20 years old because its a trap. I am a nurse now making safe money. Good decision in my behalf, because im 24 years old and i just down payment a house. Think for yourself not others. You are in there for the experience not the people or until retirement. Pizza owners makes 80k a year thats good money, an employee make $10, be a leader by using those knowledge, be the pizza owner.
That's brutal, thank you for the insight.
and pay you minimum wage forever.
Or... At will go fall for the trap at 20. Learn the threads and start my own deli or snack bar at 32.
"Exactly the same as the 1950's"
Yep, back then a pastrami would cost $21.
Ayden Simpson It could very well be the equivalent when adjusted for inflation.
wv vw do you understand what sarcasm is
Tronald Dump that wasn’t sarcasm lol
Tronald Dump Not at all sarcasm mate
@@kylejohnson8462 do you? Yes the OP was being sarcastic, and that's exactly why the person you are replying to corrected them.
Damn some of those prices are nuts. Fries and coleslaw is 13$+?
Oh yeah it's totally overpriced. It's like $20 for a pastrami sandwich...but it's still one of my favorite restaurants in New York. One of those tourist restaurants that's actually good and worth the price. Totally worth it at least once (or more if you're me).
New York is expensive. $8 dollars for a beer.
New york baby
Nice!
Everything is expensive in New York. This is coming from someone who lives in LA.
LOL "New York edge",if this was in Canada,we would be saying sorry sorry 13 times
..ď
This old but Toronto is rude asl
nobody wakes up one day and says, " i want to be a cutter at katz's delicatessen"
like no
Lmfao
Hah, I'd happily do it for the amount of money they make. Yes it's an uber-stressful job, but the pay is great, especially once you've been there awhile.
@@ninja_tony plus tips
6:00 "I will say, he's a little too nice. We got to get him to be a little bit meaner, get that New York edge to him."
Well he's southern-native, not a whole lot you can do about southern hospitality
Jesus, working at Katz's looks incredibly stressful.
That's what I thought too
Eddie Bacon minimum wage is $15 in nyc
All resturants are like that when busy.
@Eddie Bacon more like $1500-$2000
You guys have decent wages in the US. In my country, everything has inflated in the last couple of years, except for the wages.
You can pry the mayo from my cold dead hands. Its goin on the sandwich.
Enjoy your huckleberry life
Lmao
Paying those prices, I will put whatever I want on that thing.
how much do the employees get paid for them to charge $7 for fries?
Enough to live comfortably in NYC I guess 😂
American slavery wages!
Man not even that those sandwiches are 20 bucks by themselves lol
Robert Lim pretty sure things like 🍟, 🥤, n 🍿 are basically all profit
@@glock1inthetop45 It's like 3/4 pounds of pastrami, their profit margins on the sandwiches are probably barely enough to cover overhead. It's fries and drinks that keep the place profitable.
This is one of my favorite series on this channel along with brad and that one guy cooking with just the instructions from a chef
$6.95 for fries????
Place is awfully over priced..
And they're soggy and cold served...
What do you expect, $21.45 for a pastrami sandwich, any other place you can get one for less than $10 easy and it'll be just as big. The place got so famous it's just a money grab.
MWYANT19 it’s New York City lol.
Is this a good price compared to NY wages? Because even in the most expensive place I've been( Copenhagen) I never paid more than 13-15 euros max for quality food
I'm cool with a Costco dog n bottom less drinks...
Haha! Don’t forget a sundae or churro for dessert!
Couldn’t agree more with a comment
Bottomless is one word.
Gread brand of pastrami / cornbeed & very fresh pastrami/ cornbeef good enough for ne
Crazy talk
You haven’t lived in NY till you’ve come to Katz. Alternative ending: You haven’t lived in NY till you’ve spent $200 on fries and sandwiches.
Wooo! Return of the series that got me into this channel!
I only watch this, tbh
I only see about 4 places he has worked ..are there more episodes of this ? I love the BBQ place and Vegas ..their all good ..this one was a bit off ..but probably only because of the owner ...disagree ..nowhere do u need to be treated rudely ..I'm not over sensitive at all lol .. I just act really nice and it throws them off lol lol i live in Toronto ..big city and it's rare to find rude people ..so no excuse lol
Andrew should work at an IKEA on a Saturday
Thomas Garcia holy shit yes
Fat guy walks in
-"you know the drill?"
-"yup"
This had me in stitches
its not that he's fat it was the shirt he was wearing
@@had5709 and his big bones...
I like that part where everyone claps when he brings in the fries
Bruh the embarrassment if he dropped it as they’re cheering 😩
Id love to hire Andrew. I think any organization worth it's salt would be lucky to have him
You couldn't afford him.
j102srf He was being filmed the entire time in front of possibly millions of viewers. I would try my hardest too.
but hes working a whole 24 hours.. i doubt you would try your hardest after 8 hours
I bet if I was filmed, I could work for an entire year non stop
"He's a little too nice, gotta get him to be a little bit meaner. Get that New York edge to em'" Yeah that's why people don't like the personalities from NYC most of the time.
who cares about what a stranger thinks of my personality. All the while NY people will have a better work ethic and know what real competition is, handle stress better, all in all better with most factions of business and work. Deal with over 1000 people in 1 day, see how nice a bubbly your personality is at the end of the day. so yea, he's a little to nice, because he's talking to much; talking and being polite while holding up the line for other customers that are waiting. see it from another side. its another form of consideration. honestly ive been around USA a lot and I can say I have "an edge" on people from a professional stance from growing up there.
@@jackbing499 youre nothing but a punk
@@45Malo go back to playing video games loser,, im retired military, but ya know. just call someone you don't know whatever you want ; but im speaking from some experience. nothing but a punk huh? nothing else? cool. im glad you took the time to insult and share no emphasis to contribute nothing but a sad attempt of an callow opinion. All im saying is that 45 customers can turn into 60 real quick if you took the time being nice to everyone. have a good one loser, try not to breed to much.
@@jackbing499 hmmm, I must have misunderstood now that I read your last sentence of your reply *All im saying is that 45 customers can turn into 60 real quick if you took the time being nice to everyone.* I was somehow getting from your first comment that you meant the opposite. I apologise.
@@45Malo I'm not sure you did read it wrong, I think he means 45 people waiting will turn into 60 people waiting if your sitting there trying to be nice to every person. You then end up making more people wait. It's not that they are trying to be rude, they are just trying to keep up with the amount of people they have to deal with. If your in an area with much less people, you can take time and be nice. On the other hand to jack bing, that isn't necessarily a competitive edge, because if you took that attitude to somewhere where the population is smaller and people there expect to have nice things said to them as part of the experience, you will actually hurt business by behaving that way. It is situationally advantageous only. Big cities tend to be like that where businesses have to cater to a large group and have limited time.
Andrew is a nice guy.
this aged badly
i like monkeys what happened?
@@harveyquezada1056 he left bon
@@TruxstonJones why did he leave?
Thank You
something special about a place like this that has stayed the same for so long..
I've worked on the field a little bit before, and watching this I have so much respect for everyone working there.
I've intetionally planned long layovers in NYC just to get a pastrami from Katz. Love this place. People complaining about the prices clearly have never been to New York. lol. $20 is nothing in NY. The average price for a cocktail is $15 alone.
NY prices at many places are insane. For tourists they're insane. For locals they're insane. I live here and people complain about prices (either new fashionable places or high profile long-timer's like Katz') all the time. You know what you're getting into when you walk into Katz' and I've eaten there a bunch of times, but that doesn't make it above criticism. What's really fucking annoying are people NOT from NY who try to let other people what NYers do or do not do. Let me clear it up: NYers love to fucking complain and we complain about prices all the goddamn time.
And forget about getting a drink at a broadway show... I wanted to get Jameson on the rocks during intermission and the girl goes "That's $30." Screw that noise. Lol
Really! Damn...
Never been to NYC but I'd be broke in minutes if i did
NYC is basically like airport pricing except everywhere. I don't remember anything being like "holy shit that's completely fucking bullshit" but it was pricey.
imagine having a hierarchy over minimum wage
Workout min wage they should pay maybe 5 dollars an hour
$22:45 for a reuben sandwich, in 2017. That's like Michelin-starred prices, insane
Double meat with Cheese, fries and drink ... $17 at Whataburger in Texas. Most of the stores ARE in Texas, over 800 stores.
$5 million in sales in the DFW airport store.
PRICE isn't really the driving POINT. Taste. People will pay for quality.
@@SuperChuckRaney double meat w cheese and a large combo is only like 10-11 bucks at whataburger
thought this series ended, really got sad. i’m really excited it’s back!! love it andrew DO MORE!
More more more! This is a great series, just because how genuine Andrew and his experience is.
bruh the deli down my street sells the same sandwich for a fourth of the price
Is it a good sandwich? If so, just go there :)
Quarter
I hate when people are snobby about food. "Ew he's putting mayo on his sandwich." If the man wants mayo on his sandwich let him put mayo on his sandwich. If people want ketchup on their hot dog let them put ketchup on their hot dog.
Ketchup don't belong on a hot dog though. That's gross.
S G WHAT...?
The thing is, there is a right and wrong way to eat something, and when u put mayo on your sandwich it basically saying F U to the tradition and ur ruining the experience.
you don't put mayo in a smoked meat/pastrami...............
Ikr, it's not like they're the one who's going to eat it.
Please do more of these!! It's been so long since the last episode 😭
To Be New at a job sucks and to do a 24 hour shift is very tough. I have nothing but respect for you for doing this, you make these look easy.
Even though their prices are ridiculous, their pastrami sandwich will have your taste buds melting! I will never forget my first Katz sandwich.
Those customers must of been pissed off when he found there ticket
They would of still played the 50 dollars if he didn't find it
This is a great show excellent content, do not stop making these. Andrew is great and actually garners respect from the people he works with in these places. Repeat *this is excellent content* *please make episodes more consistently*
Am i the only one who was super nervous when he was holding that tray of fries with one hand? It's not difficult to do but if I dropped it, I would want to die.
MrBeatboxmasta That’s 7 dollars. If I dropped it, I would die.
5:39 Andrew: "Don't tell anyone"
Server: I will end you
There are some delis in NY that taste almost the same, if not better, than Katz. Those places are also much cheaper. This place you are only paying for it being the oldest and most famous deli in NY.
That’s their brand.
@@ritwikmallik8875 Majestic Delicatessen is really good. If you’re going with multiple people, you can share a Monster Sandwich at Sarge’s.
I like Andrew, he's got the right attitude. Doesn't have an ego or celebrity complex with a camera following him, or at least that's how the editing made him look lulz.
Love this series
It's nice that the last frames of the video are a big picture of Andrew and Jake on Katz's. It's representative of the place and of New York in general: it may be harsh at first, but in the end it's hearts of gold and good friends
yo you should make "Working 24 Hours Straight at a Brothel"
Bonn app ,,, we love these working 24 hrs videos....... Keep makin em with this dude
We need more of these!!
" Working 24 straight hours for the biggest tool in NYC "
Thank you for letting us feel the atmosphere of that place
Thank you for the video
Old Farm baddie o utiare
Sideout
🙀🙀 those prices, god.
I'm actually a master butcher and at first glance the price of a Pastrami would seem ridiculous but their sandwich's are actually sold at very near cost, they depend on their sides for profitability. The reason for this is as follows; their pastrami is made out of beef plate, not brisket as many assume, beef plate currently is somewhere near $6 a pound for select. I would guess that they use a higher quality cut then that. Plate is extremely fatty(its actually called belly, or navel in UK, so imagine the amount of fat on bacon. More fat then american bacon because the US generally uses side pork), so after its smoked for 3 days your looking at approximately 1 1/2 pounds for a sandwich serving which is 3/4 of a pound(The rest of the fat renders out). Just a rounded price of $10 worth of meat- their cost, for 1 sandwich. You consider its cured for 3-4 weeks, smoked for 3 days, then boiled in their kitchen, your looking at a month of processing before that sandwich gets served. The cutters are unionized workers with benefits that are paid well too. All this is why their prices are so high, and why they stay open when Jewish deli's are near non-existent anymore.
Sorry for such a long explanation but I feel its warranted. They are making the majority of their 35% margin(EXTREMELY low margin for a restaurant) from the sides, so that is why fries and a coleslaw is $13, drinks are $2.75 and up.
Any other Deli would be more expensive, its the volume and return customer ratio that keeps them open.
They're worth it though
@@ZeedsZul Belly is just belly in the UK. Never heard of 'navel'.
You've obviously never tasted a pastramiii at katz
You had to tried it at least once in a lifetime
I lived in nyc for years and never ate here. I walked in once and walked right out when I saw the prices. Such a pity they’re so overpriced.
Their food is good but the prices and the attitude the staff has they not as nice as they was here trust me
Your just cheap
@@Dreadnought9411 “you’re”.
how much is the price for the regular salami sandwich there?
@@azuanazman7504 19.95
rather get 6 subs at subway instead of one sandwich lol
I’ll take some stale bread and a can of sardines over a subway sandwich any day.
Subway is disgusting
I love these videos please do more of these!
i really love these 24h ep
Those people work so hard. Respect. Prices for the food are pretty crazy though, but that's just my opinion.
arh the smiles and joy in Ktaz's. Thanks BA!
Seems like the people working there are good people. Great video!
These are the best videos 24hrs make more of them please
Goldendino14 he’d die if they were done more often
When he was walking through with the fries and everyone was AYE OH'ing him - one of the most New York things I've ever seen.
My social anxiety is triggered lol that’s too crazy
FINALLY, YOU BROUGHT THE 24HOUR SERIES BACK!
YES been waiting so long for another 24 hour
this and the BBQ one are the best, always re-watching them
everyone is so nice . i love watching this
Best series on this channel by far
I hate how they take advantage over people. They purposely raised the prices when their deli got featured on youtube
High demand
So many movies before CZcams was created featured katz deli. In general it's stupid expensive
Beautiful thing to see and experience a piece of culinary history
these are still great, always re-watching them
Love these vids
I never thought I'd see the day a white person was mad at mayo.
I’m white and I am not a fan of mayo
As a white dude, I hate mayo with a passion
Roslina Tamold yeah it’s to spicy
@@sirpugsalot6113 are you serious?
Carnegie Deli was a gem too, as well as Katz. Pastrami on rye with gold mustard and pickle with coleslaw is the way to go. Prices are steep but once in a while it's worth it cause no place is like Katz and Carnegie Deli. Native New Yorker speaking.
$100 with tip for two people. We were there a month ago. I almost choked on my pastrami!
7:19 I didnt know they sold cake here
Hmm. To me it looks like 2 pastrami sandwiches. Rip who ever ordered that's wallet lol
@@bruh710 he talking about that thickkkk white broad
Killin it y’all
this is a great video, so much to learn
Born and raised in NYC and Katz's deli is a staple of NYC living.
Please read this even though its tl;dr, the pricing seems ridiculous but I will explain, and you will understand!
I'm actually a master butcher and at first glance the price of a Pastrami would seem ridiculous but their sandwich's are actually sold at very near cost, they depend on their sides for profitability. The reason for this is as follows; their pastrami is made out of beef plate, not brisket as many assume, beef plate currently is somewhere near $6 a pound for select. I would guess that they use a higher quality cut then that. Plate is extremely fatty(its actually called belly, or navel in UK, so imagine the amount of fat on bacon. More fat then american bacon because the US generally uses side pork), so after its smoked for 3 days your looking at approximately a pound and a half for 1 sandwich serving which is 3/4 of a pound. Just a rounded price of $10 worth of meat, their cost, for 1 sandwich. You consider its cured for 3-4 weeks, smoked for 3 days, then boiled in their kitchen, your looking at a month before that sandwich gets served. The cutters are unionized workers with benefits that are paid well too. All this is why their prices are so high, and why they stay open when Jewish deli's are near non-existent anymore.
Sorry for such a long explanation but I feel its warranted. They are making the majority of their 35% margin(EXTREMELY low margin for a restaurant) from the sides, so that is why fries and a coleslaw is $13, drinks are $2.75 and up.
Any other Deli would be more expensive, its the volume and return customer ratio that keeps them open.
Thanks for the explanation
Thank you for this
"Would you hire him here?"
"...I'll think about it."
That Pastrami is killing me man the juice, the thickness, it's just like the song for me, "I like big cuts and I cannot lie!"
I don't know how he was so coherent after working 24 hours. I've done 12 hour shifts at a much smaller restaurant and I'm basically walking dead by the end of it.
That looks SO GOOD
I know you guys got more usable footage in that 24 hours, these either need to be longer or you should make them all into a 'movie'.
Probably not. I highly doubt they had the camera crew active the whole 24 hours. I would imagine they were only filming for a short while every so often.
Trust me I work in _the field_ as it were, for any legitimate crew the "end user" (audience) will only see at *most* 33% of what is shot as generally 33% is lost immediately for some technical reason or another (bad shots, unsalvageable audio, equipment failure, ex...) and another 33% is lost for time and editing. Sadly a lot of the latter contains the most _real_ moments but are still cut to meet certain 'standards'.
@@NWinnVR idk what field you're working in but if you're losing a third of your footage to technical difficulties every shoot you deserve some better equipment lol. Hope it's been a good 5 years for you since you made this comment!
I went to Kattz for a school trip...hands down, the best pastrami sandwiches I've ever tasted.
This was hilarious. I THOROUGHLY enjoyed!
Oh man Andrew looked shattered at 8am! Loved the video guys! Fav place to eat in NYC and great getting an inside look
Good Looking and Cooking We Go For Lunch
Owners attitude stinks, they try to make you feel like you owe THEM something lol
They were really nice to him for being the new guy. When I worked in the restaurant business, on my first day I was held to the standards of someone who’d been working there for years. So obviously I couldn’t keep up.
Katz’s is definitely on my bucket list when I come through NYC. 👍🏻