Korean BBQ in Queens: 149th Place, Downtown Flushing, Northern Boulevard East and Beyond

Eight of the nineteen stand within one block of each other in Murray Hill, on 149th Place and the streets that cross it.

On 149th Place the street numbers run in sequence: Daori BBQ at 40-03, New Kum Sung BBQ at 40-07, Goo Gong Tan at 40-09, Hahm Ji Bach at 40-11 and Han Joo BBQ at 41-06. Daori grills duck over charcoal at the table, under overhead vents. New Kum Sung sets a flat grill on every table and the pork caramelizes on the tabletop grate. Goo Gong Tan lays whole clams on the slats of the grill at the table, where they open over the heat. At Hahm Ji Bach a server carries a bucket of glowing coals to the grill at the table and slabs of pork belly go on above it. Han Joo cooks on a slab of clear crystal set over a gas flame at the table, tilted so the fat runs off into a basin of kimchi.

Three more sit on the streets around that row. Mapo BBQ is at 149-24 41st Avenue, where the same bucket of coals goes under the grill at the table and galbi and black pork cook over the embers. Yuk Jun Gui is at 41-05 150th Street, where the charcoal grill is set up at the table and grilled eel is the specialty. Golden Pig is at 152-12 Northern Boulevard, where short ribs, pork belly and vegetables are grilled at the table on a pork and wagyu menu.

Downtown Flushing carries one room of this kind, and it sits on Roosevelt Avenue rather than on the 149th Place row.

Jongro BBQ is at 155-14 Roosevelt Avenue. Charcoal is the fuel, the meat is grilled at the table under overhead smoke lamps, and laser thermometers are used to read the heat. A room under the same name trades at 22 West 32nd Street in Manhattan's Koreatown, and the Flushing room runs the same charcoal service.

Six stand along the eastern run of Northern Boulevard and the streets off it, from Auburndale out to Douglaston.

San Soo Kap San is at 171-04 Northern Boulevard in Auburndale, and its own site states that the barbecue is served on a charcoal grill built into the table. Tong Sam Gyup Goo Yi is at 162-23 Depot Road in the same neighborhood, where the grill in the table is a black cast-iron dome with a tapered handle and stripes of pork belly cook down its sides with the heat turned high.

Bayside carries two. Won KBBQ, which also trades as O2 BBQ, is at 45-53 Bell Boulevard, a room of table grills and television screens where the servers cook the meat at the table on an all-you-can-eat service. Blacksmith BBQ is at 43-30 Corporal Kennedy Street, where the all-you-can-eat service is built around the grill at each table.

Bi Won is in unit 1 at 61-58 Springfield Boulevard in Oakland Gardens, and its own site describes Meongsuk Galbi grilled at the table. Sungbookdong BBQ is at 248-25 Northern Boulevard in Douglaston, at the eastern edge of the borough, where a menu listing states that there is a grill at every table.

Four stand away from the Flushing and Northern Boulevard corridors, in four separate neighborhoods of western and southern Queens.

Prime No. 7 is at 34-19 Steinway Street in Astoria, where a Korean grill sits at the table for the cooking and sushi runs alongside the barbecue; it opened in September 2025 and its all-you-can-eat service tops out at $55. Iron Age Korean Steakhouse is at 61-35 Junction Boulevard in Rego Park, the Rego Center address, where diners grill their own meat at the table with staff on hand to help with the cooking.

Wonderpig KBBQ is at 37-08 Queens Boulevard in Long Island City, and its own site offers tabletop grilling or chef-prepared dishes. KPOT Korean BBQ and Hot Pot is at 161-53 Cross Bay Boulevard in Howard Beach, where a grill is set into every table alongside a hot-pot burner and the meat is cooked on the grill half.