Attman's, located in Baltimore's Corned Beef Row, bills itself as a real Lower East Side-style New York Jewish delicatessen. The atmosphere and attitude are spot on. The service is gruff and fast-paced—you'd better know what you want before you start talking to the deli man. After I ordered my corned beef on rye, I jumped in with a last-minute decision: "I'll have a hot dog too, please." More

The VandeRueben sandwich at the Belgian Village Inn in Moline, Illinois—a Quad-Cities institution since 1977—is made for giants. Each VandeRueben ($8.25; or $8.45 on raisin bread) is about the size of a dinner plate. Ham, corned beef, sauerkraut, and Swiss cheese are layered on homemade bread that's been buttered, grilled, and slathered with the restaurant's special Thousand Island dressing. More

As Good Stuff Eatery fans, we were curious about Spike Mendelsohn's recently launched kosher deli food truck, Sixth and Rye. Considering the dearth of Jewish delis in D.C. and the delicious-sounding menu, it was no surprise that Sixth and Rye opened to 30-minute lines when it first hit the streets. After patiently waiting, we ordered the corned beef sandwich, challah loaf, black and white cookie, pickles, cous cous salad, and seltzer lemonade. More

I was told that the thing to order at Camellia Grill is their "nutty" pancakes, a term of endearment the waiters use for the pecan pancakes. On my first visit, the pancakes were very good but not exceptional; on my second visit, they won me over. More

Where do Bostonians go for great corned beef on rye? This one goes downtown to Sam La Grassa's to indulge in a huge pile of their "Fresh from the Pot" corned beef. They describe it simply as, "corned beef soaked in brine then boiled." One bite and you know the meat is boiled in a well-seasoned stock. More

Former Top Chef contestant Robin Leventhal and owners Jeff and Lara Sanderson have delivered a Seattle first: a truly great Jewish delicatessen. I swung by the recently opened Stopsky's to compare their pastrami and corned beef. More

Alma is better known for its association with Popeye the Sailor Man than Blondie, but a version of the famed Dagwood Sandwich, which we've had on the brain lately, can be found at The Red Rooster Bistro. More

Throughout the winter months, Formaggio Kitchen makes a grilled reuben every Saturday, and this weekend (March 26) is the last chance! The corned beef is made in-house and served with kraut and Russian dressing on Iggy's rye. As with all their sandwiches, the cheesemongers can grill it for you or you can it grill it at home. I suggest letting the mongers do it so you can munch on the delicious mess while wandering the shop. More

Louis Restaurant has been an early morning/very latenight staple for college students and Providence locals for decades. The menu is standard diner fare: eggs any way, hash browns, and fluffy pancakes, in addition to off-menu items like tofu scramble scribbled on sheets of paper posted on the wall. The gruff but warm-hearted waitstaff will make you pretty much anything you want, as long as the ingredients are in the kitchen. That's how a friend of mine ended up with this killer reuben. More

I really love corned beef. Its salty, spicy, beefy flavor always reminds me of eating a hot dog in the shape of a steak, and who wouldn't love that? Yum. But the question is, just as a well-boiled hot dog is so much better than a haphazardly boiled dog, shouldn't such a noble food as corned beef be deserving of the most exacting treatment, the most precise controls to optimize the end results? More