Greetings Bacon-Nation, SAVE THE DATE – seriously! After months of site-visits, negotiations etc. etc., we are finally ready for the Big Announcement. MARK IN YOUR CALENDARS: April 9th 2011 at the UIC FORUM – Baconfest Chicago 2011 – Bigger, Better, and more Bacontastic. For those of you who aren’t familiar [Read More]
NEED A WEB-DESIGNER? – HIRE STREAMLIGHT INTERACTIVE Now hear this Bacon-Nation: 6 weeks ago, we sent out a blast asking for web-designers who love Bacon, and who’d be willing to revamp our website for nothing more in exchange than our thanks, some tickets, and some promotional benefits. They worked their butts off [Read More]
Holzkopf’s Meat Market Hi Bacon Nation: I know that Thanksgiving is SO last weeks news, but we at Baconfest Chicago just wanted to give a quick shout out to a Baconfest Vendor from the Spring of 2010 who hooked me up with a T-Day turkey that rocked our world. My wife asked me [Read More]
Hello Bacon-Nation, My pal Josh and I visited the THE IRISH OAK last night from 8-9:30pm at the invitation of owners/managers Brendan, Matt and Ryan. We had a fantastic time, and I think were reminded of a valuable lesson made clear in the Baconfest Chicago Manifesto , [1] but often easily forgotten amidst the cacophony of [Read More]
Greetings Bacon-nation: Andre Von Baconvitch here with a meal recap that might be of interest (especially for those attending the Southern/Eve Baconfest Satellite Dinner on the 26th of October.) So I’m working downtown near the Water Tower for my day job these days and my wife came down to meet me for dinner. We [Read More]
Jason McLeod ( Balsan at the Elysian ) Executive Chef Jason McLeod leads the culinary vision of Elysian’s two locations, Balsan and Ria, offering an expertise honed in some of the most celebrated restaurants, hotels, resorts, and spas. Prior to Elysian, McLeod served as executive chef for a number of national and international establishments [Read More]
For 2011 see also: Announcing Baconfest Chicago’s New Presenting Sponsor: The Illinois Pork Producers Association (IPPA) – Farmers Support Baconfest Chicago, Benefit Local Foodbank The Illinois Pork Producers Association (IPPA) is an agricultural trade association representing more than 2,900 pork producers throughout Illinois. IPPA is comprised of county pork producer organizations in more than 20 counties throughout Illinois. IPPA is an affiliate of the National Pork Producers [Read More]
Website – Facebook – Twitter 5347 N. Clark Chicago, IL 60640 Phone: 773-275-5725 Open every day for brunch, lunch, & dinner Monday – Thursday: 11am – 9pm Friday: 11am – 10pm Saturday: 9am – 10pm Sunday: 9am – 9pm Paul Fehribach is Executive Chef and co-owner of Big Jones. Throughout his career Paul [Read More]
CARL SHELTON, ( Boka ) CHEF DE CUISINE, BOKA RESTAURANT Lending a hand on an animal farm near St. Charles, Missouri, Carl Shelton grew up understanding the bond forged between farmer and buyer. Now, Shelton, the sous chef at BOKA RESTAURANT for more than two years, is on the other side, [Read More]
Website – Facebook – Twitter 2152 N. Damen Avenue Chicago, Illinois 60647 Phone: 773-862-5555 Hours: Sunday Brunch, 10am-2:30pm Sunday, 5pm-10pm Monday-Thursday, 5:30pm-10pm Friday, 5:30pm-midnight Saturday, 5pm-midnight Chris Pandel – The Bristol A rising star on the Chicago culinary scene, executive chef Chris Pandel has honed his craft at Courtright’s Restaurant, Café Boulud of [Read More]
