Celebrity Delly

If you’re craving a thick, mustard-slathered corned beef on rye or a teeming bowl of matzo ball soup, this is the place. Since 2010, Julie Rossler-Thompson and her husband, Will Thompson, have operated the Falls Church location of the business Julie’s parents founded 50 years ago. The menu includes all the Jewish deli favorites— lavish breakfasts, lox, whitefish and chopped liver—but really it’s all about the sandwiches, each of which is stuffed with half a pound of meat or more. Try a kimchi Reuben, the Elliot Segal (corned beef, pastrami, coleslaw, provolone and Russian dressing) or the killer Philly cheesesteak, a massive undertaking stuffed with a full pound of rib-eye. They also offer half sandwiches, which are plenty for one. Bonus: a staff of absolute sweethearts. –David Hagedorn