Porktoberfest!

My favorite Brooklyn bar Sycamore has live music & BBQ every Saturday this month to celebrate Oktoberfest. This Saturday (10/17), Tom Kearny of The Farm will spit roast a whole 100 lb pig—pasture-raised of course—in Sycamore’s backyard. $25 gets you pig parts, sides and 2 beers.

Yet Another Pig Roast

Hapa Kitchen is throwing a luau this Friday at Brooklyn Yard. $10 buys you a plate of pig and macaroni salad. Pig roasts are all the rage these days... call me crazy, but there’s something unappetizing about eating anything along the Gowanus Canal.

Pig Party Recap

This past Sunday I went to 3rd Ward’s Pig Roast & Dance Party where I did not have any pig and to my knowledge there was no dancing. Butcher Tom Mylan of Diner, Marlow & Sons, and Bonita (or I should say formerly of...) was on hand to transform the 200 lb. pig into pork tacos. The line however was insanely long and was mostly outside where intermittent downpours left pork lovers (and probably the pork, I imagine) drenched. Mylan sliced off the tip of his finger in the process. I guess that’s what happens when faced with a mob of soaking wet, pig-hungry hipsters drunk on free Colt 45. Wouldn’t want them to simultaneously start whining... 

A no pig/no dance party is a bit of a disappointment. 3rd Ward however is a pretty interesting place with lots of great resources for the Williamsburg artist community. I got a tour of their facilities from the education director who told us about the different classes available as well as the story of their missing maintenance man. I also got a dude with a pig silkscreened onto my t-shirt for $1 so at least it wasn’t a complete let down.

Pig Out, Get Down.

This Sunday, 3rd Ward hosts it’s 2nd Annual Pig Roast and Dance Party with Brooklyn Based. Is it just me or are pig roast parties quite the trend? At least this one is free and does not involve pirates. If I get done with over a month’s worth of laundry, perhaps I will brave the newly extended G. Be sure to RSVP here.

Pirate Party Pig Roast

Tomorrow (6.22) from 6-10PM is the 2nd annual Pirate Party Pig Roast at the Water Taxi Beach in LIC. $20 for the pig roast, BBQ and vegan buffets, ice cream and an open bar all night. Kids under 12 are free and the water taxi ride is included. Not bad. I do sort of hate the Water Taxi Beach (due to the fratty factor) and I’ve always been very anti-pirate (it’s such a fucking hipster thing to do). And seriously, do vegans really want to see a whole pig roasting? However odd/annoying this party sounds it does help support chashama—an organization that helps artists find affordable studios, galleries and performance spaces. So if by some crazy chance it actually stops raining in NYC, put your eye patch on and go grab some pig.