Pete Buttigieg, a political strategist and 2 cops walk into a bar: ‘Super weird,’ but ‘nice dude’

Pete Buttigieg is a potential pick for Kamala Harris as VP. Getty Images

Potential veep candidate Pete Buttigieg was spotted out in NYC this week with his former communications adviser Lis Smith.

Sources said that jaws dropped seeing the pols at Piggyback — the hip Chelsea spot by “Top Chef” alum Leah Cohen.

The Beltway insiders “walked in with two big cops,” said a spy. “Super weird . . . but Pete talked to the bartender for a while” and “shook hands [with] people in the kitchen when he was leaving. Nice dude.”

The pol was spotted with his former communications advisor. Getty Images The duo was spotted at Piggyback restaurant in NYC. PiggyBack/YouTube

The source said the secretary of transportation, who’s being considered as Kamala Harris’ running mate, “seemed really nice and low-key,” and that he and the former Bill de Blasio consultant (who once dated Eliot Spitzer) pow-wowed in a back part of the eatery.

Lis Smith has been an advisor to Buttigieg and other political candidates. lis__smith/Instagram The eatery was opened by a former “Top Chef” contestant. PiggyBack/YouTube A source said the politician chatted with a bartender. PiggyBack/YouTube

Cocktails at the spot include specialty drinks called, “Make Me a Bicycle,” “WTF, Gatsby,” “I’m On the List” and “Rain Delay.”

The dinner menu includes delicacies like Korean honey butter wings, shrimp fried rice, crispy Taiwanese porkchop, Malaysian fried chicken and steak frites.

Buttigieg — one of Vice President Harris’ top supporters — recently appeared at a Zoom event with the group “White Dudes for Harris.”