Call Your Mother ‘Jew-ish’ deli opens kiosk in Crystal City

By Katie Taranto

Published January 16, 2025 at 11:15AM

Customers line up at breakfast time at Call Your Mother’s new Crystal City kiosk (staff photo by Katie Taranto)

Employee Cameron Sabir-Beach gives two thumbs-up in Crystal City (staff photo by Katie Taranto)

The Mountain View bagel from Call Your Mother includes mashed avocado and a latke (staff photo by Katie Taranto)

Call Your Mother’s Jet Ski melt comes with brisket and pastrami (via Call Your Mother/Facebook)

The Edgewater from Call Your Mother is stuffed with pickled vegetables, cucumber and cream cheese (via Call Your Mother/Facebook)

Call Your Mother has arrived in Crystal City, offering bagel sandwiches and “Jew-ish” deli classics.

The D.C.-born deli opened Monday at Water Park on 1601 Crystal Drive, touting its unmistakable spunky aesthetic and hardy offerings.

Call Your Mother has 13 signature bagel sandwiches

These can be ordered on eight different kinds of bagels, including everything, cheddar, pretzel and za’atar.
Bodega-style egg sandwiches can be ordered with toppings like spicy honey, bacon, mashed avocado, latkes and Impossible sausage.
Other sandwiches include the Caesar salad-stuffed Don Cesar and the Gleneagle, loaded with candied salmon cream cheese, cucumber, crispy shallots and lettuce.

It offers classic deli treats

A “schmearz and fixin’s” menu features tuna salad, whitefish salad and smoked salmon, as well as seven types of cream cheese.
A selection of sandwiches and melts come served on challah or rye bread.
A side of three latkes with sour cream and apple sauce is $7.50.

This is the first Arlington location

The nationally acclaimed deli began popping up at D.C. farmer’s markets in 2018 before opening its first brick-and-mortar spot in D.C.’s Park View neighborhood.
The shop has since opened over a dozen locations across the D.C. area and in Denver.
The Crystal City kiosk is the fourth in Virginia, joining shops in McLean, Alexandria and Vienna.

About the Author

Katie Taranto

Katie Taranto is a reporter at Local News Now, primarily covering business, public safety and the city of Falls Church. She graduated from the University of Missouri in 2024, where she previously covered K-12 education at The Columbia Missourian. She is originally from Macungie, Pennsylvania.