Hillbilly Hootenanny To Help The Brooklyn Star
Smoked pastrami or fish, as we all know, can be very nice indeed. What is not so nice is a smoked restaurant, especially when it is Joaquin Baca’s Brooklyn Star, which fell victim to a kitchen fire in February (if it’s Brother Jimmy’s, then, hey, maybe not such a tragedy).
But when you’ve got friends like Brooklyn Star has, you don’t stay down long. An all-star cast have assembled the Brooklyn Star Hootenanny on Friday, March 26 to help raise the restaurant from the ashes.
The event will be hosted by Brooklyn Kitchen Labs with smoked meat coming courtesy of the Meat Hook, beer from Brooklyn Brewery and whiskey by Whiskey Town. Wilfie & Nell will also lend a hand, and Brooklyn Star will dish its own brisket and shrimp and grits. Momofuku Milk Bar will bring desert.
Also on hand, oyster shucking and carnival games, one of which, according to Grub Street, will be a bearded hipster dunk tank — worth the price of admission alone.
Get your tickets here for $50 now, or wait till Friday and pay $75 at the door.
