The Top 12 Restaurant Viral Videos of 2011

This year, the restaurants of New York produced an astonishing number of homemade videos. Some of these were stylish short films, others were half-baked commercials, and more than a few were just clips of staff members goofing around. There may be others before the year is over, but these are the twelve to beat:

12) "Guac It Out" by Dos Toros: The burrito-rollers at Dos Toros recently dropped this guacamole-themed rap jam. Sample lyrics: "Up in the club with a couple of chips. You find me, VIP, doing guacamole dips.":

11) Dominique Ansel's Kouign Amann: One of the cool things about leaving a four star restaurant to start your own bakery is that you get to make charming little videos like this.:

10) Littleneck - a clam shack coming soon to Gowanus!: This video was made by three dudes with a dream. And just last month, that dream came true:

9) The Brown Boys - Give Me Kati Roll (Tonight) feat. The Urban Nerd & Sam Hasan: The guys from MacDougal Street fast casual spot Kati Roll put together this music video to the tune of Ne-Yo's "Tonight (Give Me Everything)." Naturally, they switch up the lyrics so that they're about Indian street food. Bonus points for half-assed boy band dance moves:

8) Rubirosa: This is how the employees of Rubirosa get ready for the Feast of San Gennaro:

7) The Salad Dressing Stomp: Zak Pelaccio is a great chef and a surprisingly good blues singer:

6) Rockaway Taco Promotional Video: Worth watching if only because of the brilliant use of Cosby Show footage:

5) Num Pang's Mural: Some very cool work with the spray can here. Also: apparently the Num Pang guys still listen to Sublime. Who knew? :

4) Torrisi Italian Specialties: This mysterious little video was released back in April, way, way before the Torrisi Boys announced that they were going to start serving a tasting menu based on NYC's vast culinary history. Clearly, they were dropping hints about their future plans:

3) The Dutch: Hours before the Torrisi video was released, The Dutch's website went live with this groovy montage:

2) Roberta's at Art Basel: Team Awesome Space Pizza created this warped, NSFW video about the Roberta's pop-up cafe at Miami's Art Basel Fest:

1) The Place Restaurant Promo: Perhaps the greatest restaurant viral video of all time. "We were looking for special but we got...magical.":

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