Results tagged “sausage”

This week the new chief dining critic at the NY Times, Sam Sifton, debuts with a rave for DBGB, Daniel Boulud's casual sausage/beer/etc. joint on the Bowery. The first review from the former NY Press reporter boasts references to The Ramones, Talking Heads, and a declaration that "[Boulud's] food game, as they say in rap precincts, is tight... one bite of the crispy lamb ribs that were served in the bar area when the place first opened — sweetly glazed, grassy meat, with a dab of creamy mint-flecked yogurt sauce — ended all snark: Boulud has opened a very good restaurant. The lamb was sublime, earthy and spicy and rich, evidence of superb technique, the sort of snack that separates his empire from others in the celebrity firmament."

A long time ago in New York, there were hundreds of beer gardens where sausages grilled copiously and beer poured liberally. If you’re of the mindset that these two things combined are the remedy for our economic malaise (and other assorted bad times), consider yourself buoyed by the fact that the previously-delayed “boisterous sausage parlor” of Red Hook— called Grindhaus— has officially gone into high gear on Van Brunt Street: The Brooklyn Paper reported last month that owner Erin Norris’ permits are in place and construction is imminent. Per the story, the menu "will consist of five or six sausage varieties made on the premises, plus classics from around the world and newfangled concoctions that Norris will rotate into the daily offerings.” Grindhaus is scheduled to open in March; in the meantime, there seems to be a behind-the-scenes blog to help rally the masses.