Governors Island
Sunday, July 11, 11:30 am – 4:30 pm
Free ferry from Battery Maritime Building
Tasting tickets: $25-$150
www.meatopia.org
If the annual, ridiculously overcrowded Big Apple BBQ in Madison Square Park simply overwhelms you as it does us, perhaps you’ll find Meatopia, taking place this Sunday on Governors Island, more to your liking. For five hours, thirty chefs and bbq teams will be serving ribs, marinated steak and chicken, roasted lamb, grilled bacon sandwiches, pit-smoked brisket, smoked duck tacos, and other delicacies, from such restaurants and groups as Aureole, Hill Country, La Esquina, China Grill, RUB, Mr. Bobo’s Traveling BBQ Allstars, the Meatball Shop, the Smoke Joint, the Hurricane Club, Wildwood Barbeque, Suenos, the Food Lab, and the Harrison. There will also be live performances from Jen Larsen & North River, the Strung Out String Band, the Second Avenue Mountain Boys, Roosevelt Dime, and the Brotherhood of the Jug Band. In addition, chefs Andrew D’Ambrosi and Shaun Hergatt will do battle in a cookoff at 1:30 in the High Plains Bison tent. Admission to the food fest is free, but tasting tickets, which range from $25 to $150, are selling fast in advance.