Porchetta

This tiny little shrine to porchetta is located at 110 East 7th Street. There are several bar stools lined around the counters, but most people order their food to go (probably because there are no available seats as was the case on this evening).

Wikipedia defines Porchetta /por'ket:a/ is a savory, fatty, and moist boneless pork roast of Italian culinary tradition. The body of the pig is gutted, deboned, arranged carefully with layers of stuffing, meat, fat, and skin, then rolled, spitted, and roasted, traditionally over wood. Porchetta is usually heavily salted in addition to being stuffed with garlic, rosemary, fennel, or other herbs, often wild.

"M" and I both had the Porchetta sandwich - moisty, flavorful chunks of pork inside a tasty, crusty roll ($10 each). And we shared two sides: beans and crispy potatoes and burnt ends ($5 each). The white beans were soft and tender; the potatoes were crispy and the burnt ends were chunks of crispy pork skin...I can feel the cholesterol rising already!

And to top it off we had the daily biscotti - chocolate, candied ginger and almond (2 for $1).

This is a great place for a quick, filling pork fix! "M" also asked about buying an entire porchetta (for a party) - the cost is $25/lb and each one ways approximately 10 lbs. You do the math...we did and walked away with sticker shock.

We prefer to eat one porchetta sandwich at a time...