Yakitori Tatsu is a food stand, that I discovered at Smorgasburg in Brooklyn. They do not have a regular storefront, or any real social media presence, so I don't know much more about the place. I was drawn in by the menu, and the lovely aromas from the grill, but I didn't care for what I got, and the lack of lines there, compared to other places, should have been a warning sign to me. I wouldn't return.
I would return to Smorgasburg however. Totally my kind of event.
"Smorgasburg is the largest weekly open-air food market in America, attracting thousands of people each weekend to Brooklyn, Manhattan, Jersey City, Los Angeles, Miami and Toronto to eat from dozens of local vendors."
I hadn't heard of it before my recent visit to New York, when I stumbled into the Saturday location in Williamsburg where I was staying, but apparently, it happens in a number of cities. In New York, there are multiple locations, with slightly different vendor lineup, on different days of the week. It runs all summer long. And, if you RSVP (for free) online, and are one of the first 50 to arrive, you get a token for $5 credit to use at any vendor.
I of course love my freebies, so this was greatly appealing to me, and while I could have used the $5 and paid a little more myself for any number of things, in true Julie-style, I was determined to make it totally free, so, stuck to $5 or less items. I had plenty of choice.
Food Stand. |
Squid Skewer. $5. |
Yakitori literally means "grilled chicken", so I'd be pretty suspicious of any yakitori place with non-chicken offerings, and they should also offer you a choice of sauce (tare) or salt (shio) for each skewer. That said, the actual Japanese word for grilled random things on a stick (kushiyaki) is probably too obscure for their audience.
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