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    Good Food

    Make mine a Swedish meatball sandwich

    If cheese ain’t your thing, consider gravlax, lingonberry jam and cod roe squeezed from a tube atop a slice of crusty bread. That’s what's on offer at Olson’s Scandinavian Delicatessen on Pico Boulevard. The shop switched hands from one Olson to another after it first opened its doors in 1948.

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    By Evan Kleiman • Apr 1, 2017 • 1 min read

    If cheese ain’t your thing, consider gravlax, lingonberry jam and cod roe squeezed from a tube atop a slice of crusty bread. That’s what's on offer at Olson’s Scandinavian Delicatessen on Pico Boulevard. The shop switched hands from one Olson to another after it first opened its doors in 1948. It’s now owned by Christian Kneedler, who took over the deli roughly three years ago. He’s carrying on the Olsons’ tradition and giving Angelenos a taste of home.

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    4. 44:57Make mine a Swedish meatball sandwichYou’re reading this
    5. 51:40Jonathan Gold dines at Kobee Factory and Syrian Kitchen
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    The full episode

    4 of 5
    Cannibalism, Swedish meatballs, Syrian kobee and cheese shops
    1. 0:00‘Cannibalism: A Perfectly Natural History’
    2. 15:17The oldest cheese store in America
    3. 30:21The Cheese Store of Beverly Hills
    4. 44:57Make mine a Swedish meatball sandwichYou’re reading this
    5. 51:40Jonathan Gold dines at Kobee Factory and Syrian Kitchen
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