Something For Everyone: BBQ vs. Vegan
OCTOBER 5, 2010
New York City’s insatiable appetite for great food doesn’t mean everyone’s sharing the same menu.
Meat-free and vegan chefs have built an empire of sorts among the artsy outposts of Brooklyn and lower Manhattan. Trendy cafes like Foodswings—which offers plenty of ways to get a fried-and-fatty fix (via Village Voice) without leaving no-meat territory, Counter and Dirtcandy have joined classics like Candle Cafe and Blossom in winning hearts with their innovative organic and vegan cuisine, while vegan cupcakes have been making headlines (via NYTimes). Contests like the annual Tofu Takedown keep meat-free foodies on the cutting edge. 4 Course Vegan has become a star in the thriving underground supper club circuit.
But this city does nothing so well as variety. Though it’s far from BBQ capitals like Kansas City, this recent HuffPo piece even calls New York a “major barbecue city.” Joints like Hill Country, Dinosaur BBQ and RUB (for Righteous Urban Barbecue) spark lively debate among the carnoscenti, and pit stops like Fette Sau can barely serve up enough perfectly braised slabs of pulled pork, brisket and ribs. The annual Big Apple BBQ brings pit masters from all corners of the U.S. to light a fire under the locals, and BBQ cook-offs like the popular Bacon Takedown keep the competition sizzling. Can a vegan vs. BBQ throwdown be far off?
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