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82-Year-Old Owner of Canter’s Deli, Alan Canter, Has Died | Eater LA

"Founded in 1931 by Alan Canter’s uncles and father, Ben Canter, the deli rose from humble beginnings after the family closed its New Jersey shop during the 1929 stock market crash and relocated to Boyle Heights; as the community moved west it settled into the iconic Fairfax location in 1953. I consider it arguably Los Angeles’ best-known deli, stationed in the center of still-happening Fairfax just south of Melrose, and it maintains additional locations in Las Vegas and opened a spot in 2018 at the Kitchen United food hub in Pasadena. The family announced via Facebook that patriarch and 82-year-old owner Alan Canter died of natural causes; the family had previously lost co-owner and son Gary Canter in late 2017 at age 58." - Mona Holmes