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As Grub Street noted back in 2011, Ike's Place, a popular purveyor of big, messy sandwiches in San Francisco, is coming to L.A. The restaurant catapulted to fame after appearing on Man Vs. Food, which generally sets the tone for these monstrosities from the north that are named for pop culture figures like Pee-Wee Herman and Al Bundy and are popular with twenty-something bros who consider finishing one some kind of an accomplishment. In any case, we could always use another hearty lunch option, but will Angelenos actually be able to swallow sandwiches named for locally abhorred San Francisco Giants like Matt Cain and Madison Bumgarner?

The L.A. Times notes a declining demand for delicatessen food in the U.S., as a crowded landscape of cooler, in many cases better, restaurants tear customers away from time-worn dishes like beef tongue, matzoh ball soup, canned salmon, and chicken livers. Of course, this is hardly the first time someone's sounded the death knell for delis, as the title of David Sax's movement and book indicates and Michael Pollan's own deli-divination suggests. And while the food may not be missed at Junior's, the recent passing of this Westwood relic indicates some things aren't as sacred as we may have thought.

Henry's Tacos will return! Digest announces that the owner of the 51-year-old Studio City taco stand, which was forced out of its home in January, is selling Henry's to head chef Omar Vega, a 21-year employee of the gringo taqueria, to re-open the business with his brother Gil. Replacing the Tujunga location of shuttering sandwich shiller, Studio Sub, the big question is whether Henry's Googie signage will make the transition to this new address. Though the answer is currently unconfirmed, Studio Sub does have a wide-stretching marquee space that could allow for such an acquisition when the space reopens this spring. [LAM; LAO]

Face it, right up there with the arrival of asteroids from deep space, we've been seriously due for a smiting of Greek yogurt that will not only build muscle and burn fat, but also give those who ingest it the manly fortitude to walk away from General Zod after he's been imprisoned in an elliptical machine and gets a little pissy. Ooh-rah, people of the world who don't skip breakfast, here's Powerful, which you may have guessed by now is so much "more than a yogurt" that it's brogurt: "In a niche typically dominated by female consumers," its website tells us, "we decided to develop a new Greek yogurt specifically suited to address the unique health and nutrition needs of the most neglected consumers in the category: men." This high-protein, no-fat, all-beast snack — spotted this weekend at Fairway and Brooklyn Fare — is going to dominate your lunchbox, beef up your sperm count, and help you pinpoint your inner abs.. Ladies, be careful out there! This yogurt isn't for you!