The Oinkster

This past Friday I met up with some friends at The Oinkster in Eagle Rock. I ordered the BBQ Pulled Pork Sandwich. Their pork is brined with soy and honey so it has a sweet and savory taste going for it, combined with the red cabbage slaw and caramelized onions. Even though you can’t really see it, there was also some Carolina BBQ sauce in the sandwich.

Through research I have found that Carolina sauce could mean either North Carolina sauce or South Carolina sauce. North Carolina has three types according to the region of origin: Eastern (vinegar with pepper flakes), Piedmont (tomato-based and vinegar), and Western (tomato-based and thicker). South Carolina is home of the yellow mustard and vinegar based BBQ sauce (sometimes a little ketchup is thrown in there, but primarily it’s a mustard sauce). The sauce the Oinkster was using was most likely a North Carolina version, but I am not qualified to determine the region. I do know that it was delicious. Also, they have homemade house ketchup and chipotle ketchup. Yum!

Although I did not drink, I recognized the sweet deal of 3-5 dollar beers (draft: Stella, Widmer, Fat Tire, Miller Light, Stone Pale Ale, Arrogant Bastard; bottle: Rolling Rock, New Castle, Grolsch, Guinness, Kirin Ichiban, Corona, Stone Levitation, Stone IPA, Boddingtons). They also have a happy hour during the week from 3-6pm for both beer and food.

Overall, everything was quite tasty, making it a great post-drinking (or between drinking) spot. Of course you can always dine here without the involvement of alcohol, but what fun is that? Eating here reminded me of what it was like to live near a variety of food options (there are a lot of too many Italian restaurants, Starbucks, and Pinkberry in my neighborhood). I giggled when I saw the cops.

The Oinkster
2005 Colorado Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90041
(323) 982-8865