Blue Smoke - Big Apple BBQ Fest

It's impossible to not have the time of your life when pitmaster Kenny Callaghan of Blue Smoke is hosting...we filled up here on so much food Sunday that we barely had room for anything else. These folks know a thing or two about hospitality...


Kenny Callaghan:


Foie gras in the tent!:

Jason, Jeff, Kenny:

Get Yer Shack Burgers and Blue Smoke Ribs at Met Games

See the report here about Shake Shack and Blue Smoke outposts coming to the new Mets Stadium.

Big Apple BBQ Fest

Several of us took in the Big Apple BBQ Fest this weekend, and it was better than ever, much hotter than ever, and seemingly not quite as crowded as before. Highlights included:
Ed Mitchell's whole hog sandwiches
The Salt Lick's sausage
Hill Country's beef ribs
The Blue Smoke hospitality tent, hospitably manned by Kenny Callaghan
Joe York's film about mutton
The exhaust fan that we discovered on 25th Street blowing ice-cold air onto the sidewalk all weekend
Pappy Van Winkle's Bourbon Bar

NY Eats

We're in NYC for the James Beard dinner tonight featuring the chefs from 101 Concepts. Also on tap is a lecture at the French Culinary Institute from Jason Alley of Comfort. What we've eaten so far:

All sorts of barbecue from Blue Smoke

Burgers at The E.U.

Eggs and toasts at Blue Ribbon

More burgers at BLT Burger

Pizza at Lombardi's

A ridiculous amount of food at Momofuku

'Smoked Cola' at Tailor

Monkfish liver, bone marrow, eggs with kale, and lamb sausages at Prune

Burger and fries at The E.U.: