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Originally Posted by LA Times

After Kings' win, NYC police commissioner honors pastrami bet

LAPD Chief Charlie Beck and New York City Police Commissioner William J. Bratton (a former LAPD police chief) bet a pastrami sandwich that their home team would win the Stanley Cup. At stake was bragging rights over which city's hockey team was better - and which city's pastrami.

Beck's response, after telling Bratton he was looking forward to having lunch again soon, was to tweet a picture of L.A.'s most-revered pastrami sandwich, the Number 19 at Langer's Deli.

The sandwich - tender, hand-sliced pastrami, cool Russian dressing, crisp cole slaw and Swiss cheese between two slices of pillow-soft, crunchy-crusted twice-baked rye bread - is a favorite of the Los Angeles Police Department.

New York City loves it too - the New Yorker magazine once called Langer's Number 19 "the finest hot pastrami sandwich in the world." Even Bratton admitted the corned beef at Langer's was better than any in New York.

http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/l...614-story.html