I nominate bacon. Specifically, deep-fried bacon.
At Risque Cafe, 3419 N. Clark, country-fried bacon ($6) is on the appetizer menu. Raw bacon strips are put in an egg wash, dredged in a heavily peppered flour and then deep fried in vegetable oil, says chef Andrew Niemeyer.
Or free bacon:
If you don’t want your bacon messed with, then head over to Bucktown’s Chinaski’s Bar, 1935 N. Damen, which offers all-you-can eat bacon on the first Monday of every month. For free.
“All true religions have to have some monthly faith meeting,” says one employee, when asked about the purpose of the bottomless bacon bowl.
Free bacon and a cheap Bukowski reference. What more can you ask for in these post-election days?
Hey slog commenters from Chicago, let’s do a Slog Happy here. With bacon.
Actually, I think doing bacon like that is an old Mennonite thing, I found it in a cookbook once. If you just fry it in a pan after dredging it in milk and then pepper flour, you get some really excellent bacon. Much easier than deep fat frying, too.
it must be tuesday since you are covering shit from saturday
http://www.suntimes.com/lifestyles/food/1259952,FOO-News-det05.article
Last time I checked this is a Seattle area newspaper, not a Chicago one
Here are all the comments from Saturday on FARK before you all decide to repost
http://forums.fark.com/cgi/fark/comments.pl?IDLink=4006548
I think you’ll find that this campaign has widespread, bipartisan support.
I would be down with a Chicago Slog Happy. And Risque Café is a 5 minute walk from my house. And they have insanely large beer and whiskey offerings.
The Internet is a race! We lost! Again!
@3:
I guess if it’s not a fark comment it’s not worth mentioning? What is your point? Fark is funny but they aren’t the end all to every conversation.
Right here at home at the Twilight Exit: chicken-fried bacon! Let us Slog Happy there!
Nor does Chicago have the midwest monopoly on free bacon. If you’re in Milwaukee, check out The Comet. Plus they’ve got Beer School. And New Glarus….
Anyone who loves bacon will want to bid on the Strangercrombie item being concocted by Aislinn, Monique, Kyleen and co. It will fulfill your bacon fantasies…some of them, at least.
Look, I love bacon just as much as the next guy — more, probably — but I’m getting sick of this bacon-everything meme. Bacon is good, but so are a lot of other things. Why hasn’t rib-eye steak or carnitas tacos become a catch phrase?
@ #8: Yes, I’ve been campaigning for a SLOG happy there for awhile. Perhaps December. Megan? Megan!?
Jesus, free all you can eat bacon? What do they do with the dead bodies that accumulate under the tables?
@12 (and 8): That’s not a bad idea. I will look into it!
this looks like the last thing my diabeetus needs.
Candied bacon is also delicious. Mmmmm.
Jesus was made of bacon. The only “true” religion is bacon Jesus. Jesus, lettuce and tomato sandwich saves.
@8, 12 & 14: Yes!! Yes please!!
If all goes right, ill be ruining bacon for all of you. Forever.
Muhahahaaaa!
@17 I’d like to pray at your church…with a crown of Italian bread and mayo.
All praise Bacon Jesus.
@13: where do you think free bacon comes from??
@8, 12, 14, 18:
Maybe, if we’re really REALLY lucky they’ll have moved to 24th & E Cherry by December SLOG Happy.
FUCK! HATE REGISTRATION CAPTCHAS!!!!!!!!!!!
@14 – I’m in!
You obviously haven’t seen the french fry coated bacon: http://www.lastappetite.com/french-fry-c…
It’s my new religion.