BARK made me BARF

and with that being said, i do think bark should do a 2 for deal.

2 hot dogs of your choosing for 10 bucks or something...

OK, the sauerkraut being aged in oak barrels got me, gonna go there tonight and see what a $6 dog tastes like.

i just looked it up on google maps to see how far it is from me, LOL.

Disco fries, are those fries with chili and cheese on them?

and just a p.s..

this whole thread makes me slightly angry because the first poster said "bark made me barf" as a subject line, but in reading the post it is clear that bark did NOT in fact make him/her barf.

i find that introduction to a new restaurant in the neighborhood to be extremely immature and well, a lie in this particular case.

now everyone wanting to read about bark thinks that the place made this person sick, which is simply not the case.

not cool.

So wait...Disco Fries is another name for Poutine? Well, that seals it I'll be back to Bark.

Poutine is traditionally made with cheese curds. Disco fries just have regular cheese. Don't go to Bark expecting cheese curds, they have a cheddar sauce, which while good, is not the same thing.

Poutine is awesome, but as some have said, it requires cheese curds. Disco fries is the Jersey version, and has melted cheese or cheez whiz.

Here is a worldwide poutine finder from the website montrealpoutine:

http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&msid=116246284112016403887.000001126b360ee3d68c4&ll=42.666127,-61.260718&spn=52.025465,138.164063&z=3&om=1

There are a bunch in NY, with the nearest being Sheep Station.

pastoralia wrote: And the best...Sheep Station's poutine is better than what I had in
montreal.

For real? I gotta check that out. The only poutine I've had was in Montreal and it was the real, real deal. The cheese curds on Montreal poutine are fresh and cold when they're put on the fries so they're only slightly melted when served. They're supposed to "squeak" on a fork. It's important!

Went to Bark last night and since I wasn't feeling the best, I had one dog with sauerkraut (kraut dog). it was very good and the sauerkraut was yummy. Will I be back? not sure, it is not the most convenient place for me to get to and the dog was good and only $4.75, more than other places (including kosher places), but not too crazy!

Martine, the head chef at Sheep Station, is from Montreal so she's got the bona fides to back it up.

Man, I wish there was something like Au Pied Du Cochon here! What a great place!

pitu wrote: Montreal field trip proposal: Au Pied Du Cochon, Joe Beef, and Les Jardins Sauvages.
TV segment about Montreal
Swoon, followed by happy death.

Don't forget Schwartz's!

Have you been to Garde Manger? Another great Montreal rec:
http://eatwellmontreal.com/garde-manger-montreal/

Yeah, Montreal's the shit.

As I posted on the Carroll Gardens board there's a new Montreal influenced restaurant opening soon on Hoyt:
http://www.blackbookmag.com/guides/details/mile-end

I've been meaning to check them out for a while. They got a glowing review in the New Yorker this week.

Should have posted the review. Here it is:



Fitting that the New York hot dog should receive its latest refurbishment on this North Park Slope block, a strip that recently swapped its insurance agencies and nonprofits for half a dozen jarringly unscuffed storefronts, including a sex shop and a maternity boutique, each painted its own exuberant color—call it the “Truman Show” effect. Bark is a fierce reproach to the aqueous cart fare of Times Square and Central Park. The dogs here aren’t pinkish-gray or wizened. They’re about seven inches long, too big for their buns, and the ends curl upward to form, if not a smile, at least a knowing smirk. As you bite down, the tensile strength holds for a fleeting second, before a pop and the flow of juices. Besides the mess you make, there is no diner’s remorse: the first sausage makes you ache for the second. Even the veggie dog (potato, apple, and sage, sculpted appropriately) is good enough for you to understand how the vegetarian counter girl justifies working here.

Bark is operated by Brandon Gillis and Joshua Sharkey, two chefs who must have been irked by their share of ballgames and cookouts. The guys make most of the topping options themselves, including delicious chili, sauerkraut, and baked beans. The meat underneath is an artisanal amalgam of pork and beef basted in smoked lard butter. (An all-beef dog is available, too.) The enveloping buns—the split-top, lobster-roll variety—are reassuringly warm and crispy. The menu includes a burger (functional), fries and onion rings (spot-on), and specials such as a crispy pork sandwich with spicy coleslaw (overwrought). The sole vestiges from the back-yard gathering are Heinz ketchup, French’s mustard, and lots of alcohol. At Bark, you are as likely to encounter a dude departing with his girl and a growler (sixty-four ounces of beer in a returnable glass jug) as you are a kid with a skateboard and a milkshake.

The atmosphere at Bark is industrial-chic: walls and tables of reclaimed pine, stools of unpolished steel, and hanging lights of an interrogatory mode. As for eco-consciousness, Gillis and Sharkey are not to be outperformed. Table tents, printed on one-hundred-per-cent-recycled paper, tell you things like where the cabbage comes from and that Tri-State Biodiesel regularly collects the kitchen’s grease. Practically everything, from your uneaten food to the plant-derived “plastic” cups, gets composted. The information is interesting, but its presentation verges on self-righteous. A more succinct sign might have conserved further resources: “You and your kind waste a lot.” (Open weekdays for lunch and dinner, weekends for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Hot dogs $4.25-$7.) ♦

Read more: http://www.newyorker.com/arts/reviews/tables/2009/12/14/091214gota_GOAT_tables_peed#ixzz0ZFROuwT9

tony this week has a "100 best things to eat and drink" feature, and in the sandwich category bark takes not 1, but 2 of the best sandwiches on the list.

http://newyork.timeout.com/articles/restaurants-bars/81236/100-best-things-to-eat-and-drink-best-sandwiches