Indianapolis - Shapiro's

Wanted to say that I visited clients in Indy last Monday--had one meeting at 10:00 and one at 1:00. I was hoping that my 10:00 wouldn't want to take me to lunch, so I could nip on over to John's Famous Stew.

Alas, it was not to be. He took me to Shapiro's, which I guess has been there a long time. I was hoping for the best, but found Shapiro's to be like Manny's if it were in the bizarro world. Cafeteria-style, steam table-laden, but that's where the similarities ended. The rye bread was good, and they brine a decent pickle, but the pastrami was fairly tasteless & very fatty, accompanied by a thick, non-seasoned potato latke. And every bit as high-priced as Manny's. Not impressed.