This homegrown chain, which recently expanded to Baltimore, Maryland, serves assorted Persian-style kebabs, sandwiches, salads, and rice dishes. Management says its lamb offerings are always halal.

It’s been more than 20 years and Charcoal Kabob keeps serving food that’s 100 percent halal. It’s two meal deals — chicken or lamb karahi— include choice of meat, plus tandoori bread, salad, and yogurt sauces for two people. Meanwhile, the neighborhood restaurant’s most popular kabob combinations are chicken and seasoned ground beef.

The orange baklava, doner kebab and moussaka a la Turk at Kazan are fit for a queen — literally. As a young chef in 1971 at Istanbul’s eponymous Topkapi Palace, Kazan owner and chef Zeynel Abdin Uzun made the dishes for Queen Elizabeth II during her state visit to Turkey. Aside from engaging in culinary diplomacy, Uzun’s halal restaurant has been a McLean mainstay since opening in 1980.

The biblical-sounding name is jarring. But with reasonable prices, speedy service, and late hours, Sacrificial Lamb is a great takeout option. And 100 percent of its dishes are halal. Delivery is free after ordering $18 of food.

While the famous New York-based chain shuttered its struggling H Street location last year, one can still find its renowned falafel, gyros, and build-your-own-bowls at its Dupont Circle outpost and Northern Virginia restaurants.

All the chicken at this homegrown chain of restaurants is halal; management says the fried chicken is the most popular poultry on the menu. Restaurateur Andy Shallal brought halal chicken to all the Busboys locations in November 2010, five years after the first one opened. He’s working on expanding the brand by opening a new outpost in Anacostia.

Every option on the menu at this Arlington eatery — including the popular chicken, beef, and lamb kebabs — is halal. The budget-friendly restaurant also bakes its Afghan bread on-site.

This family-run chain of Lebanese restaurants serves halal chicken, beef, and lamb presented in a variety of dishes. Featured offerings include meat-filled fritters, assorted shawarma, seasonal stews, grilled kebabs, and a specialty burger, among others.