Traif

Traif via Thrillist

229 S 4th St
Brooklyn, NY 11211
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347.844.9578

Cuisine: American Nouveau, BBQ
Our Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★
Cards: All Major
Price: $$
Hours: Tue-Sun 6pm-2am; Brunch Sat-Sun 11:3oam-3pm
Booze: Full Bar
Subway: J,M,Z to Marcy Ave.
Menu: Click Here
Delivery: No
Blackbook Mag says:

Opened its doors on Shabbat, and that’s just the beginning. Gives a finger to G-d by celebrating shellfish and the fruits of the pig. Creative, eclectic small plates like pork and duck rillettes with rhubarb-peach marmalade, fried artichoke hearts and sea urchin, king crab béarnaise. Cocktailing gets equally frisky, try a sweet and sour Red Pearl with chili-infused vodka and muddled kiwi. Curving bar topped with okMitch mural, tight wood tables, sweet patio out back. Sacrilicious.

Citysearch says:

Bacon. Lobster. Flat iron steak served with king crab béarnaise with potato latkes. Run by a Jewish chef, and named after the Yiddish term for unkosher foods, Traif and its edible blasphemy is an outrage for the local Hasidic community and an outrageously delicious addition to the Williamsburg restaurant scene. The space is basic with a smattering of tables and a counter/bar overlooking the open kitchen; the food, however, is anything but. The menu reads like the cravings of a stoner with very sophisticated tastes–”Dude, what if we took foie gras, added ham, an egg, yams, maple gastrique and drizzled it with hot sauce?!”–though it’s actually a verboten love letter to all things traif by a very clear-eyed and talented young chef, Jason Marcus.

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