It’s official: Alex Pope’s Westport restaurant is Local Pig, once again

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After a five-month delay — a complicated ordeal that involved changing the licensing of the venue — chef Alex Pope (Local Pig butcher shop, Pigwich food truck) was finally able to bring back the Local Pig sign he had first installed above the door at 510 Westport Road in October.

As we explained last fall, Pope took over the seven-month-old Bridger’s Bottle Shop (located in part of the old America’s Pub location) and has revamped the beer emporium into a more traditional saloon with beer, craft cocktails, and a wider array of dishes than can be shared or eaten as a single meal.

Pope says he will introduce several specials beginning April 1 and roll out an updated menu April 7. (“It’s not a new menu,” he says, “just updated with a few new things.”)

Not having the correct restaurant sign above the front door “sure didn’t help business,” Pope says, adding that his staff had to field a lot of phone calls from confused patrons trying to find the place.

“On the positive side,” he says, “this is a busy corner with a lot of traffic. Everyone eventually found the right place.”