Anonymous wrote:Sadly, our area is still lacking good delis ( and Mexican food as well).

Nonsense. Particularly w/ regard to Mexican. You need to head up to Hyattsville.

Anonymous wrote:Corned Beef King opened at an Exxon gas station in Olney. Probably the best corned beef and pastrami Ive had since leaving NY. It's only takeout....

Speaking of not that convenient places, I've heard Deli City has very good corned beef too.

How does bagel city rate?

Anonymous wrote:Corned Beef King opened at an Exxon gas station in Olney. Probably the best corned beef and pastrami Ive had since leaving NY. It's only takeout....

thanks for posting! I have been wanting to try them for ages.

Corned Beef King opened at an Exxon gas station in Olney. Probably the best corned beef and pastrami Ive had since leaving NY. It's only takeout....

I second Loebs.

Anonymous wrote:Brooklyns in Potomac is not bad. Not great-you-must-go-there, but OK for the area.

That place is gross. So dirty and a real lack of cleanliness when making sandwiches. Not the nicest.

Brooklyns in Potomac is not bad. Not great-you-must-go-there, but OK for the area.

Anonymous wrote:Attmans in Baltimore is supposed to be fantastic and they are coming to Potomac next Spring.

I am hoping. The delis around here are terrible.

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Anonymous wrote:There aren't any good Jewish delis around here. Parkway isn't very good, I won't go there. Their lox is tasteless and their bagels are worse. The new place in Dupont Circle that someone posted is tasty, but it is not a Jewish deli. It's more like a cross between your grandmother's old country cooking and Middle Eastern flavors, all dolled up for the hipster crowd. I enjoyed it very much, but it is not at all authentic.

If you want a good Jewish deli south of New York City, you need to go to Philadelphia. (Maybe Baltimore would have one too, but I don't know Baltimore very well.) It's only 2.5 hours by car or 2 by train. The 4th Street Deli on 4th and Bainbridge is your destination. Lox piled THIS high. Steamed pastrami. Excellent pickles. I took my grandparents there and now they ask to go every time they visit!

Oh yes. If you're willing to head up to Baltimore, go to Pikesville. There are several good Jewish delis in Pikeville.

You'd think, but not really. Gourmet Again has great lox, corned beef, knishes, etc., but it's more of a specialty grocery store than a deli. EdMart was good 20 years ago, but I have no idea if it still is. Same with Attman's--not sure it has survived the generational turnover. Pikesville is proof that lots of Jews does not equal lots of good Jewish delis.

Attmans in Baltimore is supposed to be fantastic and they are coming to Potomac next Spring.

Anonymous wrote:There aren't any good Jewish delis around here. Parkway isn't very good, I won't go there. Their lox is tasteless and their bagels are worse. The new place in Dupont Circle that someone posted is tasty, but it is not a Jewish deli. It's more like a cross between your grandmother's old country cooking and Middle Eastern flavors, all dolled up for the hipster crowd. I enjoyed it very much, but it is not at all authentic.

If you want a good Jewish deli south of New York City, you need to go to Philadelphia. (Maybe Baltimore would have one too, but I don't know Baltimore very well.) It's only 2.5 hours by car or 2 by train. The 4th Street Deli on 4th and Bainbridge is your destination. Lox piled THIS high. Steamed pastrami. Excellent pickles. I took my grandparents there and now they ask to go every time they visit!

Oh yes. If you're willing to head up to Baltimore, go to Pikesville. There are several good Jewish delis in Pikeville.

There aren't any good Jewish delis around here. Parkway isn't very good, I won't go there. Their lox is tasteless and their bagels are worse. The new place in Dupont Circle that someone posted is tasty, but it is not a Jewish deli. It's more like a cross between your grandmother's old country cooking and Middle Eastern flavors, all dolled up for the hipster crowd. I enjoyed it very much, but it is not at all authentic.

If you want a good Jewish deli south of New York City, you need to go to Philadelphia. (Maybe Baltimore would have one too, but I don't know Baltimore very well.) It's only 2.5 hours by car or 2 by train. The 4th Street Deli on 4th and Bainbridge is your destination. Lox piled THIS high. Steamed pastrami. Excellent pickles. I took my grandparents there and now they ask to go every time they visit!

Anonymous wrote:Parkway was kind of dirty last time I was there. I got some random bacon chunk on my lox platter. Blech.

What happened to those places in Bethesda that tried...too bad.

Parkway has always been dirty! But that doesn't deter me

The Bethesda places failed. The large one above California Totrilla was horrible. The food was poor quality, premade, and reminded me of Kitchen Nightmares. The smaller one had good food but I think the owner just didn't know how to run a business.

I wonder if they are hard to be profitable. I think to be good and have high piled meat sandwiches and authentic lox and constantly fresh bagels requires a lot of overhead for inventory. And many ingredient are not cheap. The good delis I know in LA were expensive, even when they looked like hole in the wall joints.

I like Loebs.

Parkway was kind of dirty last time I was there. I got some random bacon chunk on my lox platter. Blech.

What happened to those places in Bethesda that tried...too bad.