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Last August I wrote about a new hot dog cart on Bleecker Street run by former Employees Only chef Jeremy Spector. He had created his own recipe of all-natural dogs served inside a European-style baguette with homemade sauces. Now he’s little cart is all grown up. With the help Blum Enterprises (a restaurant company run by Brad Blum, former CEO of Burger King and Vice Chairman of Darden Restaurants respectively, that develops and operates new restaurant brands) he has opened a full-fledged restaurant called Dogmatic Sausage Systems (sounds like something from Lars Von Trier to me), which will open on Monday at 26 East 17th Street.
Jeremy's menu features grilled-to-order handcrafted sausages ($4.50 each in grass-fed beef, free-range chicken, pork, turkey and lamb), which contain no hormones, no antibiotics, no nitrates, no artificial flavors or colors and are naturally low in fat. (Vegetarians can feast on asparagus spears). The sausages (or spears) are tucked inside hollowed out baguettes by Pain D’Avignon and then skewered on a spike and cooked from the inside out and slathered with your choice of sauces like cheddar jalapeño, truffle Gruyere and sun-dried tomato feta, or yogurt mint, plus, there’s always Dijon mustard or ketchup.
To drink, there’s a line of handmade sodas (coconut, grape, strawberry, ginger, lemon/lime), made from reduced fresh fruit purees and syrups mixed with ice and carbonated water, as well as seasonal treats such as sorbet and ice cream made fresh on premise and changed daily. The restaurant has a light and airy feel with an open kitchen, and room for 20 at a communal butcher-block table. Dogmatic Sausage Company is located at 26 East 17th Street, 212-414-0600. Hours: Mon. – Fri. 11am-8pm, Sat and Sun., 11am- 9pm. Andrea Strong |
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