The Other Critics

Fergie’s Fried Pickles Are a Hit; Sticks and Stones’ Burger Is ‘Flat and Dry’

• Craig LaBan calls the deep fried pickle chips at Fergie’s Pub “the best morsel from [Chef Mark Coates’] deep-fryer hit parade.” [Good Taste]

• Adam Erace recommends skipping Jet Wine Bar’s “skimpy speck-and-sottocenere” sandwich, but enthusiastically endorses the “moist slabs of smoked pork-and-beef meatloaf on pumpernickel” on the Jet Special. [Citypaper]

Sticks and Stones’ burger is “unexpectedly flat and dry” for Brian Freedman’s tastes, but the Cuban sandwich with its “house-roasted pork, sweet ham, and floral-piquant pickle mustard” is “stunning.” [PW]

• Penn Appetit finds “the food is well worth the expense” at Garces Trading Co. during Restaurant Week. [Penn Appetit]

Fergie’s Fried Pickles Are a Hit; Sticks and Stones’ Burger Is