Pig Island Sails to Governor's Island Labor Day Weekend
Thursday, August 2, 2012 at 2:25PM Pig Island is an annual celebration of pork and booze held on Governor's Island. Tickets are available here. General admission is $85 but there's an Early Bird package for $70 available for purchase until August 17th. Ticket price includes food and booze.
The event includes 25 of the best chefs from around the city, butchering and cooking demos, local beer, local pigs, and local wine from New York State's Finger Lakes and North Fork. King Phojanakong (featured in the video) will be there. As will Anthony Sasso of Casa Mono and John Stage, the man behind Dinosaur BBQ. Dale Talde will also take a boat to the island for the event September 1st. It'll probably his first chance to leave Brooklyn as his latest project Pork Slope, opening August 18th, will be just two weeks old.
Pig Island | Saturday, September 1st | 1130am - 4pm | rain or shine