Greetings Bacon Nation, Well, we’ve had two Satellite Dinners come and go and two more are on the horizon. First, due props to Chef Gilbert Langlois of Chalkboard and Chef Derek Simcik of the Atwood Cafe for their INCREDIBLE evenings of Bacon-Nirvana. Below are some highlight photos. (I know, looking at pictures of [Read More]
Hi Friends, I’m totally one of those people that quietly scoffs when their friends post on Facebook and Twitter every time they sneeze, fart or eat a good meal – but here I am doing the same thing. Call me a hypocrite and justly so, but this was a GOOD [Read More]
Greetings Bacon Nation, As those who read our blog with dedication may have already deduced, Seth, Michael and I are dreaming big. Why dream at all if not to dream “big”? In the hopes of bringing the joys of Baconfest to other currently deprived municipalities, we’ve decided to take what we’ve learned [Read More]
Hello Bacon-Nation: So my lovely wife (Mrs. Chloe Vonbaconvitch) and I were up in northern Wisconsin over the weekend visiting some friends at their cottage on Post Lake near Nicollette National Forest. On our drive back south, we stopped in Wittenberg, WI to visit the home of Nueske’s Applewood Smoked Meats . As most [Read More]
Hello out there Bacon-Nation! This is Andre Vonbaconvitch checking in. I hope you are all having a great summer. I know it’s the “off season” and that most of you won’t read this, but for those who might be bored at work, here’s is a quick update from Baconfest Chicago [Read More]
Hello Bacon Nation and all you Bacon Poets, First of all, we at Baconfest Chicago are BLOWN AWAY by the number of truly fantastic poems we’ve received. I’ve been doing interpretive readings of them for my wife (much to her dismay I can assure you). So many of them are [Read More]
Season’s Greetings Bacon Nation: We at Baconfest Chicago are happy to report that our limited release of early-action VIP tickets for Baconfest Chicago on April 9th at the UIC Forum is completely SOLD OUT! Thanks nation for helping to spread the word and for your trust in us to deliver [Read More]
Hi Bacon-Nation, Baconfest Chicago co-founders Michael and Andre had the pleasure of visiting Lillie’s Q this afternoon courtesy of Chef Charlie McKenna and Dave Andrews of Goodlife PR. We enjoyed a fantastic meal and great conversation with Chef Mckenna and Dave – proving yet again that Baconfest Chicago is the best idea [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]
