Baconfest Chicago Tickets On Sale Friday
By Anthony Todd in Food on Feb 22, 2011 7:20PM
This Friday at noon, tickets will go on sale for the greatest pork-themed day of the year. Baconfest Chicago, in its third "season" of operation, will showcase more than 50 chefs and restaurants, including favorites like Girl and the Goat, Naha, Moto and The Bristol. If you want to get your pork fix, buy tickets early. $65 gets you into the event, held on April 9th at the UIC forum. Proceeds will benefit the Greater Chicago food depository. Check after the jump for a complete list of exhibitors.
The ticketing link will be released at noon on Friday. There will be something for everyone (except possibly vegetarians) at Baconfest 2011. Liquor sponsors, including Templeton Rye, will provide bacon-themed beverages and twenty "bacontrepreneurs" (our word of the day) will sell bacon merchandise. Not sure what bacon merchandise means? Buy a ticket and find out!
Participating restaurants/chefs
Atwood Cafe - Derek Simcik
The Bedford - Mark Steuer
Big Jones - Paul Fehribach
Black Dog Gelato - Jessica Oloroso
The Black Sheep - James Toland
Blokes & Birds - Greg Cannon
Blue 13 - Chris Curren
Boka - Carl Shelton
The Bristol - Chris Pandel
Cafe Spiaggia - Sarah Grueneberg and Aaron Diener
Chalkboard - Gilbert Langlois
Chizakaya - Harold Jurado
Custom House Tavern - Perry Hendrix
The Forest Grill - Brian Polcyn
Gemini Bistro - Jason Paskewitz
Girl & The Goat - Stephanie Izard
Hearty Restaurant - Dan Smith
Heaven on Seven - Jimmy Bannos Sr.
iNG Restaurant - Thomas Elliott Bowman
Inovasi - John des Rosiers
La Madia - Jonathan Fox
Lillie’s Q - Charlie Mckenna
LOKaL - Artur Wnorowski and Ruben Torres
Longman & Eagle - Jared Wentworth
Magnolia Cafe - Kasra Medhat
The Meatyballs Mobile - Phillip Foss
Miramar Bistro - Gabriel Viti
Moto Restaurant - Christopher Jones
Naha - Carrie Nahabedian
Old Town Social - Jared Vancamp
One SixtyBlue - Michael McDonald
Paddy Long’s - Pat Berger and Chris Latchford
Park Grill at Millenium Park - Bernie Laskowski
Perennial - Chef T.b.a.
Piccolo Sogno - Tony Priolllo
Piece - Bill Jacobs and Jonathon Cutler
David Burke’s Primehouse - Rick Gresh
Province - Randy Zweiban
RB Grille - Christopher McCoy
Red Canary - Neal Harper
redFLAME pizzeria - Marty Gallagher
694 Wine & Spirits - Chris Dunstatter
Sable Kitchen and Bar - Heather Terhune
Signature Room - Patrick Sheerin
Small Bar - Justin White
Socca/Redd Herring - Roger Herring
Southern - Cary Taylor
Spacca Napoli - Jonathan Goldsmith
Terzo Piano at the Art Institute of Chicago - Margaret (Meg) Colleran Sahs
Uncommon Ground - Daniel Jacobs
Vie - Nathan Sears
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