Saying it deliberately: Yeah, I have a troll icon for just such occasions. ;)
But I hear you; this is different. I honestly thought pastrami was something you could get everywhere growing up, and it really isn't. But places do _call_ what they serve pastrami, and you can see that's clearly their intent, so that's different than what you're talking about in the original post. And as you point out, there are a few bagel hotspots around the world, even if the bagels in my hometown are the best in the world. (No, really, as voted one time by Food Network!)
For me the food that was really local was Mallomars, which were of strictly regional distribution when I first moved away from their epicenter. I think nowadays you can get them in other places, though.
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But I hear you; this is different. I honestly thought pastrami was something you could get everywhere growing up, and it really isn't. But places do _call_ what they serve pastrami, and you can see that's clearly their intent, so that's different than what you're talking about in the original post. And as you point out, there are a few bagel hotspots around the world, even if the bagels in my hometown are the best in the world. (No, really, as voted one time by Food Network!)
For me the food that was really local was Mallomars, which were of strictly regional distribution when I first moved away from their epicenter. I think nowadays you can get them in other places, though.