Spotted Pig - April 5th

West Village: This is a seriously delicious burger. Elegantly minimal, and artfully prepared and plated. The chewy bun was patterned on top by the grill like a peanut butter cookie and the burger inside was slathered with blue cheese as its only topping. It was actually tough putting ketchup on it as you knew the chef wanted no sullying of her art but who ever had a burger worth eating without ketchup? The shoestring fries were nearly as good as the burger and probably far more addictive. They were fried with sliced garlic and rosemary in the oil and they had so much aroma and flavor and friggin crunch that L and I nearly died. Actually we were fine until the bill came and we had spent 30 dollars each at lunch but for a burger this satisfying and rarefied plus a couple glasses of the house brew, you gots to drop some dough.