The pizza here is fantastic, I highly recommend the Time-Out Pizza made with Stan’s Local Merguez Sausage, parsley, melted onions, Potato, garlic, Gorgonzola.
Check out Jimmy's Famous Seafood as it was featured on Diners, Drive-ins and Dives for Local legendary place making amazing crab and other seafood dishes. Read more.
Baltimore's Best Bars 2012: "Not enough pizza places have a punk-rock attitude. But at least we have Johnny Rad’s. ... What we really like is how charming and weird it is." http://bsun.md/Vq3hmo
Start with the clams with Chinese sausage and Sichuan chiles. The bitter melon with black bean confit might be the most unappetizing-sounding dish, but it’s the unexpected star. Read more.
Eater "21 Essential Hamburgers of America" '15: Ray's Hell Burger - "steakhouse-style" burger features massive beef patty made from aged beef trimmings from the menu's other steaks
Check out the Lox N’ Loaded topped with a loaded everything bagel stuffed with cream cheese, lox, capers and red onions.
2015 TripAdvisor Top US BBQ - No. 5; Local football legend Andy Nelson founded the joint, which is a great place for ribs and chicken.
G&G: "...turning out brisket with plenty of dark bark, plus pork (shoulder, belly, ribs and rib tips), chicken, turkey, and a rotating list of sandwiches, sides, and desserts."
Bon-Appetit 2019 - Top 50 Nominee for America’s Best New Restaurants: “The deli where a bagel should be followed up with a black-and-white alfajor.“
Bon-Appetit 2019 - Top 50 Nominee for America’s Best New Restaurants: “bi-level biergarten and win/sake bar.“ Larder and Sophomore Coffee share communal patio - the trio made the list
Food Network - Best Ribs in MD: Fall-off-the-bone Danish baby back ribs. In true surf n' turf fashion, treat yourself with the best of both words: a fried jumb gulf shrimp and ribs entree.
Food Network - Best Ribs in MD: Fall-off-the-bone Danish baby back ribs (Original is in Cockeysville)
Food Network - Best Ribs in DE: Loyal following of ribs fans since opening. Customers also praise the baked beans, potato salad and mac and cheese with smoked gouda.
WashPo #1 Best BBQ in DC '19: maintained top spot; meats "tickled my nostrils" w/wood smoke; brisket, dark &crusty on outside; pulled pork relied on a dash of acid to cut its richness
Get a fat-tastic sandwich on Texas toast called the Meaty Palmer: smoked turkey gets flavor bombed with slabs of pork belly, smashed avocado and jalapeno aioli. Tell everyone you had turkey for lunch. Read more.
WashPo #5 Best DC BBQ '19: Satellite counters at Union Market and Ballston Quarter Market.
WashPo #6 Best DC BBQ '19: Father&son exceptional barbecue, beholden to no tradition. Ribs are star: charred, crusty, smky &meaty. Chppd pork irresistible when mixed w/half-spicy sauc.Closed Nov - Mar
WashPo #7 Best DC BBQ '19: Pitmaster is a true believer in wood-smoked barbecue. Brisket is magazine-cover gorgeous, its pink smoke ring tracing the outer edge of each slice like a racing stripe
WashPo #8 Best DC BBQ '19: Sauced brisket is smokier, and more succulent, than the stuff found at much larger joints. His ropy strands of pulled pork, at once sweet and tangy, are just as good.
WashPo #10 Best DC BBQ '19: Cooks bones over high heat, eliminating rendered-fat flavor. Brisket soft & buttery, w/light black-pepper bite, ranks among finest around these parts.
WashPo #9 Best DC BBQ '19: When place is clicking on all cylinders, the pit crew produces supple bbq, its smoke level moderate & its seasoning delicate. Ribs among my favorite bones in the DC area.
DailyMeal: “Hidden on menu is the All-American Burger, classic beef burger topped w/melted cheddar, LTO on an olive oil bun. These simple, fresh ingredients work together in beautiful flavor harmony”
Washingtonian: 7 New Barbecue Joints to Try Around DC "turning out classic ribs and brisket as well as specials like family-style suckling pigs. A yakitori menu is on the way."
Washingtonian: 7 New Barbecue Joints to Try Around DC "Look for NC-inspired pulled pork, Texas brisket, smoked wings, and more."
Washingtonian: 7 New Barbecue Joints to Try Around DC "start the day here w/coffee & bfast sandos... The 'meat and three' tradition gets an update w/proteins like bacon-wrapped trout or smoked duck"
Washingtonian: 7 New Barbecue Joints to Try Around DC " competition-winning pulled pork, St. Louis ribs, and Wagyu brisket... smoked crabcakes and fire-kissed spaghetti squash on the patio."
Mountain Song BBQ inside... Washingtonian: 7 New Barbecue Joints to Try Around DC "slow-smoked meats using VA -oak-and-hickory-fired pits. It runs Friday through Sunday during the fall"
Wild Tiger BBQ pop-up inside... Washingtonian: 7 New Barbecue Joints to Try Around DC "meats rubbed w/Shin-style ramen spice, kimchee pimiento cheese, & bao slathered in Szechuan honey butter."
Smoke Sheet: "consensus best bbq in DC. Wagyu &prime brisket are good... serves great brisket, standout sausage, and great smoked turkey — and the pork and ribs are very good"
Smoke Sheet: "Joe Neumann is intensely serious about his traditional bbq: excellent pork, very good moist brisket, sausage, &turkey and wonderful barbacoa. Try their pimiento cheese &banana pudding"
Smoke Sheet: "very good pork, tasty smoked chicken, and beautifully seasoned sausage."
Smoke Sheet: "The menu was, well, 'brunchy,' but I enjoyed unsullied brisket by deconstructing a Brisket Benedict (biscuit and eggs on the side). Nancy loved the smoked salmon."
Smoke Sheet: "Pit beef is BAL dish consisting of thinly sliced bottom round of beef, usually served on kaiser roll w/horseradish sauce. Best place for that is @Smokehouse BBQ Shack in Mechanicsville"
Smoke Sheet: "There’s no real barbecue tradition in Washington. The closest you’ll come to the rib place in Netflix's House of Cards is Rolling Rib II in Upper Marlboro"
Go all out with the 3 meat platter and opt for the brisket, pork, and falling off the bone ribs. For the two sides, get coleslaw and potato salad.
Amazing wings and drums! Crispy, twice fried Korean chicken with plenty of tasty sauce. Soy garlic is delicious if you can't take the heat of the spicy sauce!
