The reopened classic has a new lunch menu featuring a duck pastrami salad with cabbage, rye croutons, mustard vinaigrette and avocado.

Tommy's longstanding Joynt is famed for its hearty and no-nonsense meat selection, and the pastrami is a favorite, served as-you-like-it on bread or as a dinner plate. Just don't forget to stock up on self-serve pickles.

Alta CA's elevated surroundings belie its solid pastrami offering from chef Yoni Levy, who offers a pastrami sandwich on rye with cabbage and dijon for lunch, and runs a pastrami plate with mustard evenings through late-night service.

When he's not working on Rye Project, Adam Mesnick mans things at Deli Board, where pastrami features in rotating specials like the vhat (brisket, corned beef, Romanian pastrami, muenster cheese, swiss cheese, cole slaw, Board sauce, garlic dutch crunch). Careful, it's big enough for two.

The kung pao pastrami is among MCF's most classic entrees, featuring a kick from chiles and a numbing aftertaste thanks to the ample Sichuan peppercorns.

Wise Sons is flush with pastrami incarnations, from a host of sandwich options (including the burger) to dishes like pastrami cheese fries and pastrami scrambled with eggs and caramelized onions.

Sub Center is West Portal's sandwich go-to, with hot pastrami on a soft roll a touchstone order for all those foggy days.

This under-the-radar dive bar fare offers a notable pastrami sandwich. Dubbed "the Beefeater," it's got described as "corned beef cured pastrami rubbed smoked brisket" with pickles and spicy mustard on rye.

Don't forget to add an egg on top of this pastrami sandwich, which comes Pittsburgh-style with fries inside.

Ike's is the Bay Area's sandwich mecca, but you may not have tried their pastrami options, which range from simple (pastrami, swiss, bacon) to gut-busting (try the Kryptonite if you dare).

Spruce's casual cafe component features a house-cured pastrami with sauerkraut, gouda, and Russian dressing on grilled levain.

This popular lunch stop features the "Pastraxle," a unique concoction of pastrami, provolone, spicy broccoli rabe, onion jam, aioli and mustard.

It's got the requisite pastrami sandwich, but this nouveau Jewish spot also slings pastrami at breakfast, when it it offers dishes like pastrami hash with eggs and rye toast and a bagel and egg sandwich with pastrami and cheddar.