Governor's Island and Etsy

I went to Governor's Island to check out the Etsy shop, but it was small and had mostly jewelry.

I stopped by the Water Taxi Beach and had a hot dog ($5), fries ($4) and a bottle of water ($3) before taking the ferry back to Manhattan.

Meatopia Miscellaneous

...just some things I saw and liked at Meatopia

Meatopia

"M" and I had the pleasure of attending the first ever Meatopia: BBQ NYC event on Governor's Island (a small island located between lower Manhattan and Brooklyn) on Sunday, July 11th.

We bought a "choice" tasting ticket for $45 (less 30% Blackboard Eats discount) for 6 tastes.

There were 30 chefs/restaurants serving up wonderful food, cooking and butchering demos and musicians.

It was well worth the trip and cost. And the servings were generous so 6* was enough for us.

Here are the foods we tried:

1) Suenos Restaurant: Smoked Duck Tacos, Canela Tortilla

2) Waterfront Ale House/Fuhgeddaboutit BBQ: House cured and Smoked Brisket Pastrami, Stout Mustard, Pretzel Roll

3) Smokin' Joe's True Blue Texas Barbecue: La Caja China Roasted Pig

4) Abe & Arthur's: Country style Pork Ribs with Tomatilla Salsa

* freebie - Aureole: Marinated Skirt Steak with asian slaw

5) The Hurricane Club: Honey glazed Baby Back Ribs with thai basil & mint

6) La Esquina: Roasted Fudge Farms Pork Shoulder, Marinated with Leche Condensada, Eqazote, Ajo Y Naranja

#4 and 6 were our favorites.

I was disappointed that Porter House New York ran out of their Grilled Skirt Steak Hoagies, Chimichurri & Roasted Corn around 3:30. But Chef Michael Lomonaco broke the bad news to the crowd.

Veuve Clicquot Polo Match

This polo match was held on NYC's Governor's Island on Sunday, June 27th. Prince Harry from England participated and proceeds benefited his charity.

A nice crowd showed up for the free public seating area. There were 3 food vendors. "A" and I both had a hot dog ($8) and fries ($4). I also had a soda ($3). Later on we both had Il Laboratorio Gelato ($5/each) - "A" had chocolate chip and I had lemon.

We both bought a Veuve Clicquot bottle stopper in a cute little bag for ($10) for souveniers.

Someone from the other sponsor, Piaget, was also throwing out these foam balls into the crowd during halftime and I caught one.