Unlike its Brooklyn smokehouse neighbors Fette Sau and Fatty 'Cue, which also tout responsibly sourced, high quality meat, Butcher Bar is designed to be a butcher shop first and a restaurant second. As it happens, barbecue was added to encourage thrifty Astorian locals to pay a little more for non-industrial meat. It's a hell of a carrot to complement an already carrot-like stick.
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Upon hearing the Wafels & Dinges truck was at 27th & Park, a short walk from the office, Raphael and I booked it crosstown to get our hands on the Smoked Pulled Pork BBQ Wafel ($8) (and a liege...
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