Location: Boston, MA
The Foodie: Recommends
In a few words: Pork, pork, and more pork. Homage to Pig. Come hungry.
Man, it’s been a while since I got so pumped about a restaurant based solely on the name.
Might as well call the place “The Truffle Cottage,” or “The Rare Ribeye,” or “The Crispy Duck.” Marvelous.
Once I was able to get past the name and onto the menu, we sampled the following lineup of “salty pig part”goodness:
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Beer: Pretty Things Magnifico (obvi)
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First Eats: Personalized charcuterie board. They’ll basically let you customize your block of meat and cheese by picking from a wide selection of offerings. We settled on a local VT cheddar and a euro fromage (believe it was a Robiola) as well as something called porchetta, which is essentially the fast roadster of ham products.
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Second Eats: Wood grilled pizza. A creation called the Tony Rocco that was house-made spicy sausage, onion, tomato, ricotta and mozz. Heavenly.
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Third Eats: Pork belly. Nicely crispy, very succulent. Great dish.
So, this culinary homage to porky is really a great addition to the downtown scene. In the end, the food was fairly solid and I’ll be returning to their spacious laid-back slaughterhouse shortly.
