What's Hoppin'
Welcome to your monthly gifts, happenings, and reflections from your favorite neighborhood diner in Brooklyn: Fat Rabbit
Special Discount for Subscribers:
Use the code word "April Showers" to get 10% off at Fat Rabbit Diner this month
Secret Menu Special of the Month:
$4 SHITTY BEERS + DRAG RACE SUNDAYS
The forecast says rain, which feels about right for April in New York. Until the city finally decides to bloom, we’ll be pouring $4 shitty beers and playing Drag Race reruns every Sunday night at Fat Rabbit.
Complete Fat Rabbit Secret Menu
Everyday Happy Hour: $8-10 drinks, $9-12 bites, $14 combos: Martini & Fries, Sloop & Sliders, Bud & Fried Bites
Monday: All Day Happy Hour!
Tuesday: $13 Old Fashioned and Negronis
Wednesday: $13 House Martinis on Wednesdays
Thursday: $12 Floridita Daiquiris on Thursdays
Sunday: $4 Shitty Beers + Drag Race reruns
Merch
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Highlights from our Menu: The Gretchen Weiner
A classic done right. An all-beef hot dog topped with fried onions, pickled jalapeños, mustard-mayo, and ketchup, served with an Italian-style pilsner.
Hot dog + Pilsner for $12 during Happy Hour, available every day.
Throw your next event at Fat Rabbit
Book the event of your dreams at your favorite neighborhood diner. From the design of the space and the crowd pleasing bites, to the energy of the staff, an event at Fat Rabbit Diner is sure to be the night of all nights.
To book, email fatrabbitbilling@gmail.com now to secure and host the New York event you’ve always dreamed of this season.
Little Histories, Profiles and Untold Stories from the Restaurant Industry.
After years in the restaurant industry, Sam Barron began interviewing the people who make it happen. Not just chefs and owners, but the people behind the scenes who keep restaurants running.
This is Sam’s reflection of his time with Paul Ruggiero, one of the “only two people who know how to fix cash register machines” and his take on work, and life.
LAST OF THE REGISTER MEN
Paul has no idea what happens after death. But he promises to write when he gets there. “I’ll send you a letter,” he says. “Let you know what’s going on. If I don’t get into heaven there’s gonna be an investigation.”
Paul finishes his beer, places the empty in the clutches what looks like an orange juicer. One crank on the iron arm and it flattens the can into a hockey puck. Paul tosses it into an overflowing bin. Then he pulls the tab on another, eyes sparkling Bud-Light blue as he takes a sip. It’s 11:30 am…