(Courtesy Il Buco)
Four years after Il Buco stopped hosting its yearly pig roasts after a neighborhood activist put up a stink, the pioneering enoteca has announced that it’ll once again host a Sagra del Maiale.
And that’s not all: to celebrate 20 years on Bond Street, it’s bringing back a hall-of-fame of former chefs for a series of special dinners.
The $25-a-plate pig roast will take place Sept. 21, from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m.; chef Francis Mallman, an expert in “infiernillo” cooking, will be on hand to plug his new book and help turn 300-pound pigs into roast pork, porchetta panini, and sausages, to be served alongside pasta and ricotta fritters. Wait, ricotta fritters? We totally buried the lede there…
Here’s the lineup of chefs who’ll be preparing $125 prix fixe menus:
- Monday, September 15 – Jody Williams (Buvette)
- Tuesday, September 16 – Sara Jenkins (Porsena)
- Wednesday, September 17 – Ignacio Mattos (Estela)
- Thursday, September 18 – Amanda Freitag (Empire Diner)
- Friday, September 19 – Christopher Lee (Chez Panisse, Eccolo)
- Saturday, September 20 – Justin Smillie (Il Buco Alimentari e Vineria)
You can reserve online via OpenTable.
