at the sign of The Pink Pig

Aldea Again

[Pigging by Wilfrid:  January 25, 2010]

I smiled about the "(g)ood value, pleasant service, carefully attentive cooking" at George Mendes' Flatiron modern Portuguese last summer.

Curious, then, to think that I may actually have underrated this place, which appeared high on just about every 2009 "Best of" list I saw.

Quick Bites: A Hock At Joseph Leonard

[Pigging by Wilfrid:  January 25, 2010]

Good luck to Gabriel Stulman, the restaurateur who has packed 'em in at Little Owl and Market Table and is packing 'em in like sardines again.

To mix metaphors, at Joseph Leonard you can almost hear their pips squeak.

The SHO Goes On: Shaun Hergatt In The Times

[Pigging by Wilfrid:  January 25, 2009]

Who can explain the disdain exhibited by the Times for this very good and generously priced restaurant, an Esquire magazine restaurant of the year, holder of a deserved Michelin star, and praised by the Pink Pig not once but twice.

A Star Shines In Brooklyn

[Pigging by Wilfrid:  January 18, 2010]

Okay, I know, but I do like headlines which are easy to write. 

And pretty much deserved in the case of Brooklyn Star, a small southern dining room offering more interest food and polished service than the setting might lead one to expect.

Quick Bites: Daniel, Blue Grass & Boudin

[Pigging by Wilfrid:  January 18 2010]

I dropped by DBGB on da Bowery several times in the months after it first opened and gave it, I thought, a good review, particularly liking the specialty sausages.

Due for a return, I thought I should take the opportunity to sample the boudin, singled out in more than one end-of-year "best of" list.

Snacking: Mikey's Burgers

[Pigging by Wilfrid: January 14, 2009]

Michael Huynh caught a breath between launching bánh mì and noodle joints up and down town and opened a burger bar on the Lower East Side.

Or kind of half-opened, anyway.  The shutters went up before the holidays, but when I dropped by recently it still seemed not quite ready for prime time.

A Lovely Caprice

[Pigging by Wilfrid:  January 11, 2009]

If you are not deterred by false rumors of what Lucius Beebe might have called swank and snoot, you could do far worse than add Le Caprice New York to your list of Upper East Side supper options.

Snuggled in the long room alongside the lobby of the Pierre Hotel (a space as luscious as Lucius Beebe himself), Le Caprice is a significant improvement on what was once the Café Pierre.

This review includes some historical remarks, in italics so that my lazier readers can skip.

A New Millenium In The DR: Ten Years Ago

[Pink Pig Time Machine by Wilfrid:  January 11, 2009]

Of course, as you all remember, New Year's Eve 1999 fell on a Friday.  This created the opportunity for a long weekend of celebrations everywhere, but perhaps nowhere took advantage quite like the Dominican Republic.

Putting The Cork In 2009

[Pigging by Wilfrid:  January 4, 2009]

Pigs, pigs, everywhere pigs, and their bellies and feet and tails and ears.

(Hakata Tonton: the Greenwich Village shrine to trotters.)

Little did I foresee it when I selected a pink pig avatar to ornament my eGullet contributions back in 2002.

Highlands: The Hunting Of The Haggis

[Pigging by Wilfrid:  January 4, 2010]

Recently I sneaked a bar-stool at the latest Greenwich Village hit Highlands and sampled their Middle Eastern-tweaked sausage rolls.

I resolved to find a less crowded moment to return to dine under the gaze of the monarch of the glens.