Meatopia II: Decklefest!

Sometimes, in the line of food writing duty, you gotta take one for the team. Such was the case with Meatopia II: Decklefest! Meat, beer, more meat, and more beer and some scary looking "bluetinis". And meat. Did I mention there was meat? Josh Ozersky's gruntworthy birthday bash at Harry's Water Taxi Beach on August 22 probably took off a few days of my life.

Glorious fatty deckles, barbecued chicken, bacon hunks, beautiful burgers, spicy pork tacos, brisket, ribs, links, and something called Porky Pork with Pork Sauce were cooked up by championship 'cue man Robbie Richter, 5 Ninth & Fatty Crab's Zak Pelaccio, Scott Smith, Mr. Cutlets himself and others, all in front of the heartstrings-tugging New York night skyline.

Also, not to be a total starfucker, but Jeffrey Steingarten wuz there, and I was too chicken to kiss his ass. It was an evening of beefy bacchanalia my arteries won't soon forget. You'll probably pack on a few pounds just from looking through my Flickr pics.