Pig Out: Baconfest Returns to the Royal Oak Farmers Market

Simply put, Baconfest Michigan 2013 is a celebration of all things bacon.

It's back. Baconfest returns to the Royal Oak Farmers Market  from 7-11 p.m. on June 1. Baconfest Michigan 2013 is an indoor and outdoor-tented festival celebration of all things bacon.  Now in its second year, 2012 saw over 1400+ attendees celebrating their love & obsession with bacon! Can you say BACON?  There will be samples of more types of bacon than you could possibly imagine, served up in the most creative ways by participating restaurants!  There'll be bacon wrapped around other foods, as well as a wide array of bacon-themed desserts.  If you can imagine it with bacon, then it’s going to be here!  Restaurants, celebrity chefs will join you and vendors all in one location helping celebrate the love (some say obsession) with all …

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Pig Out: Baconfest Tickets Go on Sale Today

Simply put, Baconfest Michigan 2013 is a celebration of all things bacon.

It's back! Baconfest tickets go on sale at 8 a.m today for the June 1 event at the Royal Oak Farmers Market. Baconfest Michigan 2013 is an indoor and outdoor-tented festival celebration of all things bacon.  Now in its 2nd year, 2012 saw over 1400+ attendees celebrating their love & obsession with bacon! Can you say BACON?  We’ll have samples of more types of bacon than you could possibly imagine, served up in the most creative ways by our participating restaurants!  We’ll have bacon wrapped around other foods, as well as a wide array of bacon-themed desserts.  If you can imagine it with bacon, then its going to be here!  You’ll be joined by restaurants, celebrity chefs, and vendors all in one location helping us celebrate our love (some …

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Mmm...Bacon: Ticket Holders Wrap Around the Farmers Market for Baconfest

Bacon lovers pig out at a sold-out Baconfest Michigan in the Royal Oak Farmers Market.

You could smell the bacon from a block away. They had to turn people back that followed their noses to Baconfest Michigan on Saturday, as 1,200 ticket holders filled the sold-out event at the Royal Oak Farmers Market and an adjacent tent in the east parking lot. "When we got here, the line was wrapped around the building to get in," said Mayor Jim Ellison, who attended Baconfest with wife Jodie. Nearly 40 vendors passed out samples of everything from bacon-banana cupcakes with bacon-chocolate buttercream to sweet corn and bacon bisque soup to bacon jam on crostinis and crackers to bacon stuffed squash. One-Eyed Betty's, of Ferndale was serving bacon-wrapped pork belly. "We are doing really well tonight," said Claire McCaflury, of One-Eyed …

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Judi

2:21 pm on Tuesday, June 5, 2012

I agree. The drink lines were very long. Perhaps there could have been lines for each drink, especially the cocktails as it took longer to make them.   more ›

Pig Out: Baconfest Goes to Market Saturday

Nearly 40 food vendors in place to welcome the cult of bacon at the Royal Oak Farmers Market.

City Approves Sidewalk Cafes, Valet Parking, Extended Bar Hours and more

A spring and summer of activities and special events lies ahead for Royal Oak, including the Oak Apple Run and Baconfest. City Commission also approves outdoor cafes for Zumba and 526/Tequila Blue.

The Royal Oak City Commission took four hours to work through a long agenda at Monday night’s regular meeting. A Special Event Permit for the Oak Apple Run was adopted unanimously. The annual event – which takes place on June 2 in downtown Royal Oak–offers a 10K race, 2 mile run run/walk and a 1/4 mile kids run. The events run on barricaded streets. Organizers anticipate approximately 3,000 people participating in the event and an additional 3,000 spectators. A Special Event Permit for Baconfest Michigan was adopted unanimously. Organizers requested permission to host an outdoor portion of the June 2 event in the Farmers Market west parking lot. More than 40 area restaurants are participating in the 21 and up bacon celebration. The …

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Master Plan, Oak Apple Run, Baconfest, Sidewalk Cafes and More on City Commission Agenda Tonight

Amending the City of Royal Oak Master Plan, special event permits, and sidewalk cafes are among the many items to be discussed at City Hall.

Commissioners will consider approving an amendment to the City of Royal Oak Master Plan when they meet at 7:30 p.m. today at City Hall. The amendment commissioners will consider includes three new sections—The Non-Motorized Transportation Plan, the Woodward Avenue Transit-Oriented Development Corridor Study, and the Rochester Road Access Management Plan. Separate studies for each were completed between 2009 and 2011.

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Pig Out: Baconfest Goes to Market on June 2

Nearly 40 food vendors now in place to welcome the cult of bacon at the Royal Oak Farmers Market.

Thirty restaurants, four dessert shops and two food trucks will bring home the bacon on June 2 for the first Baconfest Michigan event at the Royal Oak Farmers Market.  “All the restaurants are creating something fun and unique,” said Matthew Peach, the mastermind behind the pork extravaganza. “They are all trying to out do each other.”  Pork lovers will join the chefs to celebrate all things bacon related—from smoked bacon to Canadian bacon to turkey bacon—there will be plenty of samples. In addition there will be bacon-themed desserts and other types of foods wrapped in bacon, because as Peach will tell you, everything tastes better with bacon. Seven Royal Oak establishments are participating: Café Muse, Holiday Market, Lily’s Seafood, …

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John Davids

9:05 am on Thursday, May 31, 2012

can't wait to eat some bacon!   more ›

Last Chance: Baconfest Offers 'Tax Break' Discount on Tickets

Offer is available until midnight tonight for the pork lovers' paradise event at the Royal Oak Farmers Market on June 2.

Bacon lovers have until midnight tonight to get $5 off tickets to Baconfest Michigan 2012. Organizers of the June 2 event at the Royal Oak Farmers Market are offering the tax-filing deadline break to those who enter the discount code TAXBREAK for general admission tickets today.  Restaurants from across Metro Detroit and beyond will be on hand with inspired bacon-infused creations, and for one inclusive price you can join in on the celebration.  You might just recognize some of these powerhouses joining us on June 2: Bourbon Steak, Cliff Bells, Cafe Muse, Cheekey Monkeys Foods, Cork Wine Pub, Dino's Lounge, El Guapo Mexican Grill, Grange Kitchen & Bar, Green Dot Stables, Green Lantern Pizzeria, Green Zebra Food Truck, Lockhart's BBQ, …

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Lianne Mathie

6:24 pm on Monday, April 16, 2012

Sorry, the price is still too high for a first time event. Yes, I know it's expensive to do something like that, but 45 and 75?. Maybe I'll look for it next year.   more ›

Entreprenuer Brings Home the Bacon

Producer Matt Peach has an idea that sizzles: Baconfest Michigan 2012.

Bacon lip balm? Bacon hand sanitizer? Bacon ice cream? “Bacon is a cultural movement,” said Matt Peach of Livonia, the producer of Baconfest Michigan 2012. “It’s one of two food cults. The other one is Nutella" chocolate hazelnut spread. Peach said he developed a yearning for a festival of pork strips about a year and a half ago and started looking for one online. “I thought someone else is going to eventually do this. Why not us?” he said. So he came up with the concept to have a food tasting event that revolved around bacon — not pulled pork, not barbeque, not ribs — just bacon. Peach, an entrepreneur and film producer, has never produced an event. He says his bacon festival will not be like going to a five-star restaurant, but it’ll be …

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Alan Stamm

5:46 pm on Thursday, February 2, 2012

I see at another online news site that Lockhart's BBQ, Treat Dreams, Dino's Lounge and Toast are among participants, and that the Detroit Derby Girls will serve as celebrity bartenders (Bacon-tinis and Bacon Bloody Marys, anyone?).   more ›