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AlwaysHungry: This is How We Bo Ssäm

Bo Ssäm: Whole Pork Butt.

If anyone doubted our claim to being AlwaysHungry allow these pictures from Tuesday night’s Bo Ssäm feast at Momofuku Ssäm Bar (view) to serve as a visual aid. Joining Jeff, The Hungry Goat and myself to kick the pork butt were internet guru, Matthew Weinberg, contributors GutterGourmet and Michelle Kiefer, and assistant video editor, Ryan ‘Big Dumplings’ Lee, who regaled us with chicken bone marrow eating tips while finishing the pork butt marrow.

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OnlyLook: Mother Burger

Mother Burger’s Bacon Cheeseburger w/Applegate Farms’ Organic Sunday Bacon $8.50.

You know you should be suspicious when servers at a restaurant with ‘burger’ in the name suggest everything except the burger. That happened at Mother Burger (view site) in the plaza behind One Worldwide Plaza in Midtown when we were recently invited for dinner.

The large, open courtyard should be an ideal setting for drawing office coworkers when the whistle blows. Blockheads Burritos co-owners (and brothers), Don and Ken Sofer, must have had a similar thought when they recently signed their 10-year lease. With outdoor seating, $2.00 beer specials, blue skies, recession-friendly prices and hormone-free and organic meats, there’s reason to be hopeful, albeit skeptical when sitting down to the free peanuts.

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