BBQ!

Where: Fette Sau - New York
What: BBQ platter of my own design

Pie Hole Notes: I love me some beebeekew. I discovered this little gem during my tenure in Williamsburg. Located in part of an old auto-body shop...Walk down the driveway, past the row of patrons chowing down whilst sitting down on picnic tables; through the doors your eye holes will be met by a vast room, laden with wood beams, a bar with tractor trailer seats; your nose holes will be greeted by just the right amount of smokey goodness in the air. Owners, Joe and Kim (also of Spuyten Duvil, beer emporium) have created their own Brooklyn BBQ instead of imitating other regional styles; Joe uses a dry rub of his own concoction that is espresso based and wonderfully delicious. At Fette Sau (fat pig in German), one orders meat by the pound, served on butchers paper - all sauces (I prefer vinegar based with my BBQ) come on the side. Try the ribs - pork or beef, pork belly, flank steak, fennel sausage and pastrami; if you are lucky, they will have pig tails on the menu. Yum! Make sure you get plenty of pickles, sauerkraut and of course, wet-naps.

To wash down all that food that you just shovelled into your pie hole, consider ordering some bourbon. Fette Sau has just over 55 varieties to choose from, including New York's only Bourbon: Four Roses and Hudson Baby Bourbon.