Famous Los Angeles deli facing closure due to rampant drugs, filth, violence: ‘It’s nuts’

The spike in crime battering Los Angeles could claim another victim: Langer’s Delicatessen-Restaurant.

The eatery, founded by Al Langer, has been a staple of MacArthur Park since 1947. Unfortunately, rampant crime and homelessness in the area threaten the building’s legacy. A report by FOX11 confirms the suboptimal conditions the building’s current owner, Norm Langer, has been complaining about.

“It’s not safe,” the owner said. “It’s too many needles. Too much fentanyl. Too much drugs.”

Langer’s in Los Angeles has been making the greatest pastrami sandwich on the planet for nearly 80 years and now may be closing due to the crime, drug use, homelessness, violence, and all the other 3rd world conditions that have overwhelmed this family business. pic.twitter.com/GmMKr7tfSi

— Kevin Dalton (@TheKevinDalton) August 27, 2024

“He’s not wrong,” the outlet reports. “Outside of the restaurant, the nearby park is packed with trash and violence. A homicide nearby was under investigation a couple of months ago where a homeless man dragged a dead body into the lake.”

“People walking around here taking their clothes off, walking around naked,” Langer continued. “You know, it’s nuts. I don’t want to spoil anybody’s appetite, but you’ve got a problem with defecation on sidewalks, for somebody was strung out on drugs. There’s something. They’re trying to make a score on fentanyl. They’re passed out on the sidewalk, and the city is lame and doing something about it.”

The owner has been fighting for better nighttime lighting and regular trash pickup as well as vendors being removed from the area, and isn’t happy that he has to demand the basics from his city.

“Why am I pushing this cart uphill?” Langer asked.

X users lamented the idea of losing an LA icon:

LA is running out of institutions

— Kevin Dalton (@TheKevinDalton) August 27, 2024

This is why we can’t have nice things

— Steve (@steevelove_) August 27, 2024

Maybe we stop voting for corrupt progressive politicians?????? Maybe we take a stab at that for once and see if we can’t turn this toilet bowl of a state around?

— Polarb (@InvestmentGuy) August 27, 2024

Its easy to blame it on crime or the DA’s lack of action, but put the blame where it came from: Soros and his son. These scumbags helped destroy the UK and now the USA.

— sojoman ️ (@sojoman4) August 27, 2024

Well done @KarenBassLA and @CAgovernor @LondonBreed chased an iconic toy store, and now this.
You should be so proud.
Once again. Who’s turning out the lights in California?

— Bill Dubs (@billdubs) August 27, 2024

Do the people in California realize it is their voting that has caused their problems? I know conservatives do, but does the left have any clue?

— Robin V (@RobinValente60) August 27, 2024

Nooooooo not Langers! I took my mom here after my swearing in ceremony at Loyola law school. I had too many Reubens there to count devastating

— alexandra_black (@transcendduali1) August 27, 2024

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