I ventured into the area of Los Alamitos this past weekend, with one goal in mind: cookie. I searched on Yelp for places near where I live that had good cookies for a lunch / cookie run with some buds and landed at Katella Deli. After a meal of scrambled eggs with milk and matzo, applesauce and fruit I was so ready for a cookie! Ok, two cookies:

The place was a Jewish deli and reminded me of Jerry’s, Canter’s and Izzy’s Delis. The smaller one on the left had us puzzled — we later concluded it was an egg cookie. My first ever! It was crumbly and not at all soft. I.. actually didn’t finish it, it was too weird tasting for me. The size of the cookie was good, it was really cute, just.. not your typical cookie. My great cookie experience at Izzy‘s made me hopeful for this cookie here on the right. It indeed was good. Not as good, but it was good. The inside was still soft and slightly gooey, but the outside could have been crunchier. The taste was.. average. It was also wrapped in plastic and for some reason I feel like cookies wrapped in plastic aren’t as fresh as those even sitting in a glass case, unwrapped. Again, not enough chocolate chips! A very large cookie that could have benefited from being taller and not as wide in diameter. I’ll be honest; for a place that boasts its own bakery I expected more.

• Taste: 7
• Crust moistness: medium
• Center moistness: soft
• Value: A really great value. Large / Oversizedish cookie for $1, and the weird egg cookie was $0.30
• Overall: Shrug. Your average cookie. A good way to end a meal, but maybe try something from their extensive line of baked goods there that you can’t find anywhere else, because you can definitely get a cookie of this quality elsewhere. If you’ve got a craving though and you happen to be around, get it. 7

Katella Deli
4470 Katella Ave
Los Alamitos,CA 90720
(562) 594-8611
Mon-Sun. 7:00 a.m. – 10:00 p.m.

Ok! I am back again! Disappeared for a while, didn’t I? Well I promise to make regularly scheduled updates every week from now on so you can get your cookie fill whenever you need it.

My boss went to Izzy’s Deli and brought me back a chocolate chip cookie!! How sweet of him! Chocolate chip:

Look how huge that cookie is compared to my hand!! It’s a very golden color, which may lead you to think that it’s crispy all around — but it’s crispy out the outside and soft on the inside. The cookie is DELICIOUS. Neither grainy nor crumbly, but the perfect amount of buttery and moist-ure-y. The best part is the contrast between the inside of the cookie and the outside. I would change two things, though: make the cookie a little thicker so it can be a bit more “cakey” which would leave room for more yummy moistness, and add more chocolate chips.

• Taste: 9
• Crust moistness: crunchy
• Center moistness: soft – medium
• Value: I think it’s about a buck something. It’s a large cookie and it tastes great, but I hate paying more than a dollar for any cookie. I’d be fine if they made them smaller and cheaper. 6
• Overall: Would be a 10 if it weren’t for the high price (although everything at Izzy’s looks to be overpriced). Also would make the cookies smaller. But these are one of the best cookies I’ve ever had. So 9!

If you’re ever in Santa Monica, stop by Izzy’s and grab a cookie! They also have oatmeal cranberry if you’re into that kind of thing.

Izzy’s Deli
1433 Wilshire Blvd.
Santa Monica, CA 90403