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"Owner Gary Leybman calls the Pickled Pig a modern deli — but with his own flavors. Leybman grew up cooking with his family in Belarus, where he developed a love for fermented vegetables. He combines that with a penchant for smoked meats and his wife Libby’s experience with Midwestern farming. The menu features items like kimchi Buffalo hot wings; chopped liver served with egg salad, pickled red onion, and greens on rye bread; and a roasted veggie baba ghanoush sandwich with marinated cucumber and tahini-lemon dressing on pan de cristal. Leybman also mans the smoker out back, stoking cherry, maple, and hickory wood to cook pulled pork, turkey, and whole chickens." - Andy Brownfield