Barracks Row BBQ Roadhouse To Open Next Year

The former Barracks Row Joey’s at 527 8th Street SE will become new Federalist Pig.

Barracks Row BBQ Roadhouse To Open Next Year

by Larry Janezich

Posted August 21, 2025

On Tuesday, the Washington Business Journal reported that restaurateur Steve Salis will open a Federalist Pig – a sister restaurant to his Adams Morgan barbeque place – on Barracks Row.  The location appears to be the former Barracks Row Joey’s (and before that Cava Mezze) at 527 Eighth Street, SE.  Salis acquired the property last year. 

Salis also owns Ted’s Bulletin on Barracks Row, Honeymoon Chicken, Kramers (formerly Kramerbooks & Afterwords), and Sidekick Bakery.  He also co-founded and later departed from &Pizza. 

WBJ reported that the new restaurant will be “more of an upscale culinary-forward roadhouse…featuring fish, steaks, chops, veggies” and more salads and sides.  Salis hopes for an opening by Labor Day, 2026.