Dogmatic

If you love a good sausage, something special is happening in the Flatiron. Dogmatic has opened up this summer, and this tiny kitchen is sending out at a fast and furious pace piping hot sausages nestled in creamy gourmet sauces.

Instead of bun, the sausages are shoved into sawed off baguettes (the friendly cousin to the sawed-off shotgun), which are toasted in this ingenious contraption. Why didn't I think of this? Do you have any idea how cool you would be if you arrived in a park on July 4th and these metal poles were part of your grilling setup? You'd be king of the hill buddy. King of the hill.

My first time I got pork sausage with horseradish mustard. My second visit I knew I should branch out, but I couldn't help myself and got pork with horseradish mustard. But I did vary it up and get the mac 'n cheese, which appears to have been cooked with the truffle gruyere sauce. The third time I went I forced myself to stray the line and got beef with cheddar jalapeno along with a side of grilled asparagus.

tossed in those orders are a homemade coconut soda and ginger soda. All good.

And at $4.50 a sausage-dog, there's no reason why you can't up my three visits and just try the whole menu. It'll give yourself something meaningful to do for the rest of the summer.

Dogmatic, 26 E. 17th St. (b/n B'way and 5th), New York, NY