Cheap Eats 2018: Honey Pig

At Annandale’s Honey Pig, diners enjoy top-notch Korean barbecue. Photograph by Stacy Zarin-Goldberg.

About Honey Pig

cuisines
Korean
Location(s)
9765 Liberia Ave
Manassas, Virginia 20110
13818 Braddock Rd
Centreville, Virginia 20121-2412
7220 Columbia Pike
Annandale, Virginia 22003-3168
43330 Junction Plz
Ashburn, Virginia 20147-3406
12015 Rockville Pike
Rockville, Maryland 20852
10045 Baltimore National Pike
Ellicott City, Maryland 21042-3673
8450 Baltimore National Pike
Ellicott City, Maryland 21043-3347

The party never stops at these late-night Korean barbecue houses, even in the bathrooms, where K-pop jangles. The decor is no-frills, but the theatrics of tabletop grilling are in full effect. Watch servers heap pounds of marinated meats and seafood—pork belly, spicy beef and octopus—on sizzling grills, then hew the Flintstonian hunks with scissors. It’s worth splurging on LA-style galbi—marbled beef short ribs—and of course, a few rounds of Hite beer and soju. Also good: Pan-fried mandu (dumplings); seafood pancake; naengmyeon (cold noodle soup).


Ann Limpert
Executive Food Editor/Critic

Ann Limpert joined Washingtonian in late 2003. She was previously an editorial assistant at Entertainment Weekly and a cook in New York restaurant kitchens, and she is a graduate of the Institute of Culinary Education. She lives in Petworth.

Food Editor

Anna Spiegel covers the dining and drinking scene in her native DC. Prior to joining Washingtonian in 2010, she attended the French Culinary Institute and Columbia University’s MFA program in New York, and held various cooking and writing positions in NYC and in St. John, US Virgin Islands.

Jessica Sidman
Food Editor

Jessica Sidman covers the people and trends behind D.C.’s food and drink scene. Before joining Washingtonian in July 2016, she was Food Editor and Young & Hungry columnist at Washington City Paper. She is a Colorado native and University of Pennsylvania grad.