The latest is Radish, a prepared-food shop in Williamsburg with adequate shelf space to display products made by bakers, artisan pickle-makers and chocolatiers from the borough.
Brooklyn purveyors and faux homesteaders from Oregon are not the only sources of artisan pickles.
And if you're a wedding photographer, wedding planner, interior designer, artisan pickle-maker, freelance web designer or developer, chances are you spend a significant amount of time simply managing the mundane tasks it takes to keep the business going.
Think: luxury food items, a jar of artisan pickles, local honey or jam from the farmers market.
Some people view the pickle festival as a form of social expression, and the "current artisan pickling scene" has been compared to the mentality of early microbreweries.
Last year its "posh cheddar and pickle artisan baguette" was found to contain 800 calories and as much fat as a Pizza Express pizza.
By 1917 Jones had assembled the Dill Pickle Artisans as a nonprofit entity for the promotion of arts, crafts, literature, and science.
Which is why it seems like now is the perfect time to get in on the trend and speak with Angeleno artisan extraordinaire Jen Smith of Full Moon Pickles and Preserves.
Pickled ginger, pickled garlic.
Food options include many of the usual suspects found at the modern retro bars these day: oysters, local pickles, olives, soft pretzels, panini, cured meats and artisan cheeses.
