DBGB - 299 Bowery b/tw 1st & Houston

It was a sausage fest in more ways than one. Two ex-Navy Seals as my dinner companions and nothing but meat, and mostly sausage, on the menu. At the risk of sounding totally crass, I loved it! With not a reservation to be had on a Monday night in the dead of a recession, others are clearly loving DBGB's too. We sat in the bar area but still enjoyed a feast from the raw bar, the Frenchie burger (beef, pork belly, arugula and gruyere cheese) Tolouse sausage, the Chop Chop salad and a beer float (no root in that) for dessert. The place is fun and lively, the service a little slow, but the food wins every time and the food was great. Nothing delicate or too complex, but unique and wonderfully, easily flavorful. Even the salad was stand-out and the beer float was unusual, but a surprising treat. I'm going back and have my mind set on the Piggie burger (who could resist?) topped with pork BBQ and jalapeno mayo and, of course, I'll have to have that with a side of sausage.