The Oinkster
Somehow this day is turning out to have a piggy theme. Total coincidence, I assure you. Since no one came up with anything to approach or equal the Blow Fly Inn as, let's say, an unusual restaurant name, I'd like to nominate The Oinkster in Eagle Rock, Calif. Its slogan is "slow fast food."
No less a luminary than Pulitzer Prize-winning restaurant critic Jonathan Gold has named it one of the 99 essential restaurants for the LA area. Here's what he says: ...
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"A converted Eagle Rock joint saturated with the smell of wood smoke, red roof gleaming in the late-afternoon sun, Oinkster is the newest child of André Guerrero, who is chef of Max and Señor Fred. Oinkster is a perfected fast-food restaurant, the old-school paradigm of pastrami, burgers and chicken reinvented for a new age."
Maybe I should just proclaim today Pig Day, and start another thread on barbecue.
