The corn dog:
The corn dog is a classic. A fairground staple, the hot dog slingers at DC-3 offer up their version of the quintessential food on a stick, freshly made in house, at their joint on Capitol Hill in all its battered glory.

The Fancier Corn Dog
Because sometimes, a hot dog just won’t do. Putting a hoity-toity spin on the tried-and-true meat on a stick, Arlington’s Copperwood Tavern ditches the wiener and dips battered duck confit into the fryer and serves it up with smoked ketchup and beer mustard.

The Fanciest Corn Dog
Taking the crown as swankiest corn dog in D.C., Charlie Palmer Steak pulls out all the stops with their fancy lounge favorite. Charlie Palmer’s lobster corn dogs feature the delicate under-the-sea meat surrounded by corn batter with a smoked cocktail sauce for dipping.

Satay
The street-food-themed G Street Food does a Thai version of satay at all three of their D.C. locations. The dish dresses up skewered marinated chicken breast and vegetables with a peanut sauce and serves it on a bed of rice and mixed greens.

Bacon on a Stick
In an effort to keep hands grease-free, Founding Farmers takes everyone’s favorite part of the pig and puts it on a stick. If doctors gave out Bacon Lollis –thick-cut bacon glazed with cinnamon-brown sugar– at the office, their waiting rooms would be standing room only.

Kushi
Kushi are the bamboo or metal skewers used in Japanese cooking to hold meat while grilling. The appropriately named D.C. izakaya, Kushi, specializes in the meat-on-stick cuisine with duck breast and scallion, pork belly and beef short rib as their most popular sellers.

Meat on a Stick on Wheels
A self-proclaimed “satépreneur,” Sonny Setiantoko first began serving Indonesian fare at his Alexandria restaurant but has since expanded his reach and is now cruising around the streets of D.C. in the Saté Truck. The top-billed item at his rolling purveyor of meat on a stick is chicken saté, grilled marinated skewers of chicken covered in a sticky peanut sauce.

Meat on a Stick Cocktail
Perhaps D.C.’s only meat-on-a-stick creation that requires a designated driver, the ramen noodle shop’s signature cocktail, the Toki Monster, garnishes Bulliet bourbon, Barenjager honey liqueur and Peat Monster scotch with a grilled pork belly skewer.