Pursuits
La Vara Triumphs With Bacon Sandwiches, Jewish Tarts
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La Vara in Brooklyn serves bacon sandwiches. And not just any bacon sandwich, but a pile of pimenton-stewed pork belly on a roll for $8.
One could rationalize that the abundance of smoked paprika almost qualifies it as a vegetable -- though if you’re ordering pork belly on bread, you probably stopped making excuses a long time ago.