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| | The Spotted Pig | | | “Mario Batali and first-time restaurateur Ken Friedman give us New York's first gastro-pub.” —nymag | | Cuisine: English, American, Irish |
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| | | | | | The Spotted Pig. When I first heard of this New York City hotspot, I thought, the party gods must be crazy. To me the name summons up images of a farmhouse or what might be the name of an old inn during the eighteenth century, where travelers, tradesmen and revolutionaries might have stopped in fo... Read More | | | | | | The Spotted Pig has been packing in West Village diners more-or-less continuously since it opened 4½ years ago. The tiny gastropub doesn’t take reservations, and waits of an hour or more are legion. I generally avoid such places so the Spotted Pig and I were making do without each other till l... Read More | | | | | | Hello there. This is the chargrilled burger from The Spotted Pig. The general reaction to this burger upon first impression is, "Holy jebus," or a drool-filled utterance of similar meaning. Although far from homely, I wouldn't call it super fancy either. It's just...very pretty. The b... Read More | | | | | | The Spotted Pig Address: 314 W. 11th Street, New York http://thespottedpig.com/ Phone: 2121-620-0393 It's incredibly difficult to get a table at Spotted Pig. We've already tried going there twice, and we were told each time that there was a two hour wait for a table. Ravi and Laura, our fr... Read More | | | | | | The details at The Spotted Pig make the place -- grease markered menu on a giant mirror, brown butcher paper on the tables, jade brocade booths, potted flowers hedging weathered French doors, exhaust-free breeze from a lovely Greenwich St. corner. I don't know if it was the PG Tips or the barrel-... Read More | | | | | | Keep your silk purse, I'm good with this. Even on sunny afternoons, The Spotted Pig's downstairs dining area is often brimming with pubby enthusiasm; evenings, the vibe bubbles up to the second ... Read More | | | | | | fat. "Is that a layer of fat on top?" Ed, Alaina, Adam, Raphael and I (aka the Serious Eats family of awesome people) were getting our first look at the Berkshire pork rillette while eating a congratulatory, "Hooray, you didn't eff up the redesign!" lunch at the Spotted Pig. I... Read More | | | | | | Gastro Chic New York City Entry #107 Spotted Pig One of shocks to the Gotham culinary mind was the awarding of a Michelin star to New York's first - and perhaps only - "gastropub." Here was the cute little Spotted Pig in Babbo's rarified company (Chef Batali is reported to be a silent pa... Read More | | | | | | From A Hamburger Today Photograph by Robyn Lee If you're a burgerhead living in New York City, you already know the Spotted Pig has some amazing blue cheese burgers. They're tasty sandwiches, almost always cooked to temperature. Their perfectly square grid of grill marks on the thick p... Read More | | | | | | Photograph by Robyn Lee If you're a burgerhead living in New York City, you already know the Spotted Pig has some amazing blue cheese burgers. They're tasty sandwiches, almost always cooked to temperature. Their perfectly square grid of grill marks on the thick patty and dark-brown brioche bu... Read More | | | |
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