Well look at the changes that have taken hold at the
Hog & Rocks
space since
. The
first ever
ham and oyster bar
has turned out to be an 86-seat masculine boite, balancing candy-apple-colored chairs and cool slate walls in an
design. Chef partner
has brought on
as chef de cuisine and
as partner...because you can never have too many of those. The classic cocktails on which
Tres Agaves' Eric Rubin
and GM
Christine D’Abrosca
consulted will comprise a refreshingly low price tag (still TBD), slapped on classics like the Vesper; made from gin, vodka and Lillet. Alcademics has
. And if you purchase a hurricane, $1 from the sale will be donated to the
Greater New Orleans Foundation's Gulf Coast Oil Spill Fund
. Not pictured here: a 16-seat outdoor patio to open mid-July.
The hog and the rocks won't be available until Sunday; but you can sink your teeth into the preliminary menu for now.
· The Hog & Rocks Cocktail Menu [Alcademics]
· Previous Hog & Rocks Coverage [~ ESF ~]