Corned Beef King

My wife took me here for as a surprise and this place is amazing. I had the Manhattan and was delicious! The pastrami was tender and juicy, coleslaw was fresh, and the rye bread was perfect. I can’t wait to try the rest of the menu. My wife is vegan and had the veggie Ruben without the sauce and she loved it. Staff was very nice and accommodating, would absolutely recommend this place if you’re a fan of sandwiches.

Can I just say, everything I’ve had at CBK has been awesome. Crispy, filling knishes, succulent pot roast sandwich, of course the corned beef but my fave is the juicy, melty, overstuffed hot pastrami on rye with Swiss cheese and brown mustard. It just doesn’t get any better than that.

The food truck is outside of Petals and Plants on River Road in Potomac on the weekends. Whenever I go to a deli, I order pastrami and the pastrami sandwich at Corned Beef King was tasty. Juicy, moist meat and a lot of it. My daughter loved the Milly Ann (corned beef, provolone, coleslaw and russian dressing on rye).
The one thing I will say is that the prices of the sandwiches are a bit on the high side. $ 25 for two sandwiches is a bit much, which is why I don’t eat here every day. But every once in a while, it hits the spot.

Lives up to the name. Not sure why they moved from Falls road to River but I’m glad they’re still in Potomac when I get the itching for a good deli sandwich. Both the corn beef and pastrami sandwich are awesome. My only wish was I’m not a huge fan of rye bread so I wish they had better bread options.

I watched many smiling faces walking away from the Corned Beef King’s truck while I ate my own Rueben sandwich in the flower shop parking lot. After my first bite, I KNEW why they were all smilingly. I can only tell you that my Rueben was so tasty, that my knees were shaking and I felt weak after every bite! It was so good, I didn’t take my elderly mom’s phone call, despite the guilt trip she would surly lay on me later. Do yourself a favor… if you’re driving down River Rd in Potomac, and see the black Corned Beef King truck, stop and enjoy a great sandwich — you won’t be disappointed!

So I was driving by the Copenhaver Swim Club a few weeks ago when i noticed a food truck parked in the lot. This is kinda rare for Potomac as various codes and regulations keep things to brick and mortar… A few weeks pass… and one day when heading back from work on Falls Road I see the truck again and said what-​the-​hey… lets give it a shot.
First, let me say this (from the perspective of a former New Yorker): this is probably as good as corned beef gets around me… period. The only other serious contender is Brooklyn Deli (split-​off from Chuckie’s Celebrity Deli, which unfortunately was run into the ground by another owner before shutting down).
I ordered my standard-​issue sandwich… Corned beef, rye bread, dressed up with cole-​slaw and Russian dressing. While there I also got a Knish.
The sandwich bread was soft & fresh. The coleslaw was fresh and well prepared… and the corned beef… WOW. Lean… tasty… light… and FRESH. My test for a good corned beef is how much effort it takes to bite into the sandwich. If it takes anything more than a light effort, or if the entire lump of meat pulls out as you’re trying to get a bite off then you should probably be looking for the trash can. The sandwich I got took probably as much/​maybe a little more effort to chew as Brie cheese… it was that tender!
The sandwich was nicely prepared, and nicely cut. It came with a pickle which I would rate as a ¼ basic deli pickle. I would have loved a bigger pickle selection like Altmans, but hey… you can’t have everything.
The Knish was a little different than what I was used to on Long Island… but it was VERY good… with a decent portion of corned beef mixed into it.
While the guy was prepping the sandwiches, I was hammering them with questions (i.e., do you have your own steam cabinet, etc). While this was going on I was checking out the truck (and the cleanliness of it). The truck looked new’ish, it appeared very clean, and since it was manned by two people so there was no touching-​money-​then-​touching-​food mishaps. Ohh… and they confirmed they have their own steam cabinet, and make their own brown mustard.
Summary: Brooklyn Deli will probably be alright (though they may want to try the corned beef from these guys and try to figure out where these guys source their beef). If I were Altman’s, Ize’s or others… I’d be worried… especially if these folks stick around.
Oohhh… One CON (if there is one): When went up to these folks, it was 5:20. The guy said because of Montgomery county code they couldn’t serve me until 5:30… so if you get there early, prepare to wait until 5:30. In my case, the dude grabbed a plastic cup, filled it with corned beef, and handed it over to me saying «here… try a free sample while you wait» LOL… I thought that was a very cool gesture.