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The dark-meat combo
Da Chicken Coop
Smoked pork shoulder
Brisket plate
Mark’s Bark BBQ
Bugsy’s sauces are the lone example of truly expressive cuisine.
The $24 meat combo (three meats and three sides) is enough food for two to …
Leña Craft Mexican
The ceviche tostada: tasty, beautiful, and almost $20.
Cochinita pibil
Burnside
Pulled-pork sandwich
A tri-tip slider, with meat of indeterminate smokiness
Octopus with pepperoni and salsa verde
Lamb meatballs with lentils and tzatziki
Steak tartare
Here’s one good thing: Peanut Butter Cap’n Crunch
Duck soup, an unsophisticated bowl of goodness
I saw the sign, and the sign said, "MAS IS BACK!"