Bun Boy Eats NYC – BARBUTO – WEST VILLAGE

BARBUTO – WEST VILLAGE – DINNER

June 19, 2015 5:54 am

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Barbuto’s claim to fame is chef Jonathan Waxman’s delicious roast chicken.

Normally, the idea of racing anywhere to consume chicken that is not fried would be a foreign concept to me.

What’s the point? I can roast a chicken at home, but I just can’t bring myself to fry one. I feel like consuming fried foods is one of the lesser sins. A sin I gladly indulge in on many occasions but not one I dare commit at home. Its as if frying things in my home would desecrate it somehow. Like my gross, tiny kitchen is some kind of temple.

Ok, where was I? I had Barbuto on my restaurant list for an entire year before I decided to finally check it out. Once I had tried all the fried foods NYC had to offer. Ok, NOW I can move on to the boring, roasted foods. Yawn.

What was I thinking?? This chicken is divine! I sat by the kitchen and watched the chef pouring his alchemy all over a dozen carcasses.

According to Food and Wine’s website on the “Best Chicken Dishes in the US” the chefs at Barbuto “baste the hell out of it”.

The chicken is also rubbed with a ton of herbs, that really add a nice freshness to the dish.

On top of the fantastic poultry, Barbuto has a incredible location in the West Village/Meatpacking border, perfect for people watching in the summer. It’s open and spacious, and the walls open up to the outside.

The prices are on the steeper side, so if you’re drinking, be prepared to spend about $100 a person.

But it will be a $100 well spent. Or maybe just don’t drink so much, ya drunk.

775 Washington St
New York, NY 10014
b/t Jane St & 12th St
West Village
(212) 924-9700
barbutonyc.com