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Fette Sau (German for Fat Pig) rests back from the street off Metropolitan Ave, in an old garage outfitted with what is one of Brooklyn's newest barbecue joints. It is rightly getting loads of press for its food, but what many of them forget to mention is that it's also loaded with one of the most impressive collections of bourbons in the city. We counted 55 different ones the last time we were there, which sounds more like a dare than a list. It isn't all about the different variations of Jim Beam, either. They have New York's only bourbon, Hudson Baby Bourbon, and Four Roses, which just recently came on the New York market. Six bucks can score you a cheaper, rougher style (Rebel Yell!) that will probably suit those ribs better. If you've got extra cash burning a whole in your wallet, go for the $18 Pappy Van Winkle. They are all served in nifty snifers and can come however you like to suck it back.
If bourbon on barbecue seems a little harsh then the beer is definitely worth checking out. The mainly local brands can be had in half pint, pint, and a whole gallon. Grab a picnic table outside, order up a couple pounds of pig, a gallon or so of beer, and try to image a better summer afternoon. That is, of course, if you can find a spot. This place is going to get really busy, very quickly.
Fette Sau
354 Metropolitan Ave, Williamsburg; (718) 963-3404
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Oh Lordy. I went to Fette Sau recently with three hale and hearty associates, where we were all felled by a delicious but vicious pork-bourboning. Our palates were delighted, but our guts were besieged. We highly recommend it.
Fette Sau is delicious and I have the honor of living down the street from them, but a few caveats:
1) Prices are bit high
2) No cornbread
3) They offer the most disgusting sauces you could ever imagine
I'm sure this place will be a hit though as they've got a great space and as this post has stated some great beer selections.
Well of course the prices are high... they have to pay for all this media attention somehow!
I must say, I've pretty much given up on barbecue in this city. None of these places comes even close to the best BBQ joint in Providence, Rhode Island, for crying out loud, or the oven-baked ribs I made at home last weekend.
If you ask me, they're all over-priced and over-hyped.
The food there is horrible. I don't know why you would waste your time going there.
The Food is below average. The quality of the meats is there, but they need to refine the sauces (and add a few more), add a few more people behind the meat counter (like, maybe 2 instead of 1?) and stock up on ribs (they've run out the couple times I've been there). Chicken would be nice. The sides are laughably boring.
You can't expect to get good barbcue in the city, but the space here is great and the beer/ bourbon selection is even better.
(hurl) thats what happens when you eat there (hurl!!!!!!!!!!!)