Langer's Deli threatens to close amid safety concerns at MacArthur Park

Langer's Deli, one of Los Angeles' historic restaurants, may close its doors if the city fails to address crime, homelessness and illegal street vending at MacArthur Park. Tom Wait reports.

[roberts.]

$27 for a pastrami sandwich in the L.A. ghetto? Are you kidding me?

[whathellt]

Actually!

Some med organizations are dropping off rehab patients into MacArthur for they or families didn’t pay the bill. That’s why there’s an increase of homeless transients and vagrants in MacArthur Park.

[benmartinez]

McArthur Park has been a horrible neighborhood for as long as I can remember. Nothing new to the area.

[chrisignacio]

That area has been run down for years…All talk and no action from these politicians

[ninapalmieri]

Go ahead and CLOSE IT! The city still won’t do anything to help any of those people and clean up the area. It’ll remain the same.

[williamhenry]

You owe it to your staff to close. They'd be safe and reap more bennies not working.

[lactpops]

The outside of Langer's looks like a Hellhole Sewer Dump, not to mention the whole surrounding area!!

[EastwoodNewYork]

Bluff... He ain't closing with that line of people.... He just got a nice free commercial - Good job

[slyley]

I'm so surprised there's large crowds at Langer's Deli

[THATBIHHHH]

I use to live on 8th St & Alvarado. From 1988 to 2014, I now live in Riverside, CA. I grew up going to Langers, and taking the Metro Subway just about anywhere in LA! I grew up watching everything happen in front of me, from shootings, to prostitution, to drug dealing.. Cops rushing up and down my street everyday, helicopters above flashing lights into my bedroom window at 2am, gun shots every day and night! I’d be able to see all of MacArthur Park and the shady dealings and beatings! we all saw cops shoot a man by the lake. The big gang meetings that go down at 3am! The screams of people getting beat up! Hearing girls yelling for help. And mind you we are 5 minutes away from Rampart Police Station about 10 minutes from Olympic Police Station, 15 minutes from LAPD Metro Station, and 15 minutes from the Los Angeles County Jail! My question is, why are the 18, MS13, CRS, and all these crazy immigrants allowed to run havoc in this once beautiful Hello city
They Need to SHUT THIS PARK DOWN! Make room, for a shopping center, school, hospital, museum, anything! but that park has to

[williamkirby]

Bass wants it to close- she will then use the building as an Olympic venue or something

[jamesarias]

City hall is running all the good people out of town.

[noel]

This is one huge example of incompetent city officials in LA. It's been declining for decades. Elect officials who use common sense and pro active policies.

[JetLagRecords]

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[JayRosenthal-wzvm]

Im surprised they survived this long in that hellhole location

[carlosmedina]

AND the park is infested wirh rats!!!😅

[plutoniumscrewdriver]

Langers: “we will close”

LA politicians: “finally” 😊

[susanp.collins]

Close down and open up someplace else. Someplace better. And then the town council can have a fit when a major tax payer isn't paying taxes there any more. Its not the location - it's the name! Take Langer's someplace else!

[libertyor]

The accommodations weren’t livable so let’s go back to the park 😂😂😂

[Steve_]

I can careless about that overrated deli the owner is rude and the prices are outrageous 15-20 bucks for a sandwich is quite ridiculous you can make it for cheap at your house