Attention all you pork-loving city kids, this weekend on Governor’s Island all your wildest, pig eating dreams are about to come true. On Saturday, October 2, Governors Island will be transformed into a pork-lover’s paradise known as Pig Island, a culinary festival featuring local food, NY State wines, Six Point Craft Ales, and live music, all in celebration of babe, piglet, and all their friends. Brought to you by Jimmy Carbone and his Food Karma team (organizers of Meatopia BBQ NYC) the event is a featured component of Eat Drink Local and NY Craft Beer Week. And if it’s anything like Meatopia, it’s bound to be a good time.
I am thrilled to be involved with another steller foodie-event and will be on hand tomorrow working in the public beer garden they will have set up, featuring craft brews and grilled brats and sausages for all to enjoy. The event itself requires ticketed admission (tickets are $85 and are still available online and limited number will be available day of), which gets you entrance into the festival and tastes of all the porky-goodness being served up by the impressive list of over 20 NYC chef’s. According to the event’s website, “all participants will work with locally sourced ingredients, including whole pigs purchased directly from farms, such as Violet Hill Farm and The Piggery”, participants that include Sara Jenkins of Porchetta, Jacques Gautier from Palo Santo, “Chopped” champion Michael Jenkins from Butter Restaurant, along with other barbecue masters such as Hoppin’ John Taylor of Low Country cooking fame and Sam Barbieri with the award-winning Fuhgeddaboutit BBQ Team.
It is going to be a gorgeous 65 degree, sunny day in NYC tomorrow, which will be a welcomed change from the doom and gloom we’ve had all week, so why not get your butt out to Governor’s Island tomorrow for this awesome event! If you don’t want to splurge on a ticket, you can come and hang out in the beer garden for free and just pay for beers and sausages a la cart, listen to the tunes of bluegrass bands Roosevelt Dime and Nicky Cakes’ Soulgrass, and of course see me 
For more info and tickets, visit Pig Island’s website.
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Tara O'Keeffe