Brent's Deli – Northridge

Brent's black pastrami is coated in black pepper, and the deli says the Black Pastrami Reuben is the dish people order most. The Infatuation's tip: swap the steak fries for curly fries. If you want it plain, there's a hot pastrami on double-baked rye, and lean cuts if you ask. A quirk of the name: the deli was already called Brent's when Ron Peskin bought it in 1969, and his son just happened to be named Brent. There's a second Brent's in Westlake Village.

Sources: brentsdeli.com (address, phone, opened 1967 under the Brent's name, bought by Ron Peskin 1969, Westlake Village branch, most-ordered dish; footer dated 2026) and its pastrami page (black pastrami, hot pastrami, lean cuts); Brant Cox, The Infatuation, Brent's Deli review, 2023-09-27 (same address and phone; Black Pastrami Reuben ingredients; curly fries).