Small Batch Cafe in Dedham Has Closed

A suburban dining spot known in part for its hand-cured bacon has shut down.

A message sent by Leah Klein of City Living Boston indicates that Small Batch Cafe in Dedham closed yesterday, with a Facebook post from the Washington Street eatery saying "Thanks to all, for your support over these last couple of trying years. We wish you all a healthy and happy future." Small Batch Cafe first opened its brick-and-mortar restaurant in the former Roadworthy space in the summer of 2019, with the owners first selling their hand-cured bacon at the Dedham Farmers Market two years earlier and offering sandwiches a year later.

The address for Small Batch Cafe is 125 Washington Street, Dedham, MA, 02026.

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Small Batch Cafe Is Opening in the Former Roadworthy Space in Dedham

A new restaurant that could focus at least in part on a beloved food item is on its way to a suburban space that had previously been home to an offbeat street-food spot.

According to a Facebook post from Roadworthy, Small Batch Cafe is opening in Dedham, taking over the old Roadworthy space on Washington Street. The post mentions that the people behind the upcoming eatery are "bacon masters" and indicating that the place will be open for breakfast and lunch, while a Wicked Local article states that the owners began selling hand-cured bacon at the Dedham Farmers Market two years ago and offering sandwiches a year later. No opening date for Small Batch Cafe has been given as of yet, so keep checking back for updates.

Roadworthy closed in February after being in business for approximately two years; the restaurant called itself "the outlandish destination for fun and delicious foods....Inspired by today's wacky food trucks."

The address for this new cafe in Dedham is: Small Batch Cafe, 125 Washington Street, Dedham, MA, 02026.

[July 16 update: A post within the Friends of Boston's Hidden Restaurants Facebook group page indicates that Small Batch Cafe is now open, and that it features such items as egg sandwiches, biscuits, a bacon and egg salad, BLTs, macaroni and cheese, Boston baked beans, and fried corn with bacon drippings.]

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The Bacon Truck to Open a Brick-and-Mortar Restaurant in Charlestown

by Marc Hurwitz

The people behind a food truck that features a beloved food item will be opening a brick-and-mortar spot in an historic section of Boston.

Boston Magazine is reporting (via a Facebook post) that The Bacon Truck will soon be joined by a restaurant in Charlestown, with the people behind the business saying that the new eatery could be opening sometime in February. Little other information has been given on the place--though it appears that it could be called The Bacon Truck Cafe based on a hashtag--so stay tuned for more updates, including an exact address.

Sam Williams and J.J. Frosk debuted The Bacon Truck in the fall of 2013, offering a variety of bacon-based items such as candied bacon, bacon scallion hash, and several sandwiches containing bacon. The website for The Bacon Truck can be found at http://www.bostonbacontruck.com/

[January 3 update: An update added to the Boston Magazine article mentions that The Bacon Truck's brick-and-mortar restaurant will be located in the former Prescott space at 50 Terminal Street, which is by the start of a small peninsula formed by Little Mystic Channel and the Mystic River at the northern edge of Charlestown. The update also says that the new spot will be a commissary kitchen and cafe offering breakfast and lunch.]

[April 6 update: A Facebook post from the business says that The Bacon Truck Cafe opens on Saturday, April 14.]

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Boston Bacon and Beer Festival Coming to Fenway Park, June 12, 2016

A popular event that features two popular food/drink items is returning once again to Boston.

On Sunday, June 12, the 2016 Boston Bacon and Beer Festival will take place at Concourse B within Fenway Park from 4:00 PM to 6:30 PM, with early bird "baller" tickets already on sale and regular tickets going on sale Monday, May 15 at 11:30 AM. As always, the festival is a fundraiser, with proceeds this year going to The Red Sox Foundation, Community Servings, and Lovin' Spoonfuls. (The original Bacon and Beer Festival--which is now in its seventh year--has raised more than $300,000 for non-profit organizations as it has expanded to seven cities across the United States.)

Early bird tickets cost $105 and include expedited event entry, bacon bites, eight three-ounce beer samples, a Red Sox bobble head, a Kegario T Shirt, one pound of bacon, and a Defend Bacon tote; regular tickets cost $52.50 and include event entry, bacon bites, and eight three-ounce beer samples.

For more information on the 2016 Boston Bacon and Beer Festival, please go to the link below:

http://www.wheretoeat.in/2016-boston-bacon-and-beer-festival/

[May 16 update: The event link above now has a list of restaurants, bars, and breweries that will be participating.]

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2015 Boston Bacon and Beer Festival to Be Held at Fenway Park, June 20, 2015

A popular event that features two favorite food and drink items is returning to Boston once again, and this year, the event will be held at one of the city's truly iconic spots.

On Saturday, June 20, the sixth annual Boston Bacon and Beer Festival will take place in the concourse at Fenway Park, with the event going from 2:00 PM to 4:30 PM. As always, the festival is a fundraiser, this time raising money for Community Servings, Lovin' Spoonfuls, and The Red Sox Foundation. This year, guests will receive 16 tickets redeemable for 1.5-ounce beer samples, and they will also be able to buy certain beers after their use up their tickets. Tastings of bacon-based food items are unlimited until the participating dining spots run out, with a few of the restaurants at the event being Audubon, Brasserie 28, El Pelon, Lincoln Tavern & Restaurant, Night Market, Savvor, Shojo, Sweet Cheeks BBQ, Vee Vee, and West Bridge.

According to the event page, early bird "baller" tickets will go on sale tonight at 7:00 PM. (Regular ticket sales will be offered on May 27 at 10:00 AM.) For more information on the 2015 Boston Bacon and Beer Festival, please go to the link below:

http://www.wheretoeat.in/2015-boston-bacon-and-beer-festival/

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UPDATE: 2014 Bacon and Beer Festival to Be Held at the House of Blues in Boston, August 10

[ED NOTE: The 2014 Boston Bacon and Beer Festival, which was to be held on June 7 at the Landmark Center in the Fenway--but had been postponed--is now on again at a new venue.]

A popular event that features two very popular food and drink items is returning to Boston once again.

On Sunday, August 10, the 2014 Boston Bacon and Beer Festival will take place from 2:30 PM to 5:00 PM at the House of Blues on Lansdowne Street in the Fenway section of the city. This is year five of the event, and as always, it will be raising money for hunger relief organizations Community Servings and Lovin' Spoonfuls. The event page mentions that more than 60 restaurants and brewers will be participating this year.

More information will be coming, so keep checking back for updates; the Facebook page for the event is below:

https://www.facebook.com/events/1421916541408499/

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The Bacon Truck Is Coming to Boston

A new food truck is on its way to Boston, and it will be focusing on one of America's most beloved foods.

According to its Facebook and Twitter pages, The Bacon Truck will soon be up and running, apparently debuting at some point at the SoWa Open Market in Boston's South End. The mobile kitchen will offer salads, sandwiches, side dishes, and desserts, and the folks behind it will also be doing catering as well. A Twitter post from last month shows a stripped-down version of the truck that will be hitting the streets, while a Facebook post shows that they have acquired a health permit and will be opening "real soon."

[August 20 update: A new post from their Facebook page indicates that The Bacon Truck may be planning to debut in the fall.]

[August 22 update: The Restaurant Hub blog for The Boston Globe shows some of what will be on the The Bacon Truck's menu, including a turkey club, grilled cheese with bacon, a BLT with avocado, habanero garlic pickles, hand-made potato chips, and Nutella-covered bacon.]

[September 16 update: According to a new post on their Facebook page, The Bacon Truck had their SoWa debut yesterday.]

The Twitter page for The Bacon Truck is at @BaconTruckBOS while the Facebook page is at https://www.facebook.com/BaconTruckBOS

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2013 Bacon and Beer Festival Planned for May 4

A popular event that features both bacon and beer will be returning to Boston this spring.

According to the event page, the 2013 Boston Bacon and Beer Festival will be held at the House of Blues across from Fenway Park on Saturday, May 4 from 2:30 PM to 5:00 PM, with proceeds helping support the hunger relief organizations Lovin' Spoonfuls and Community Servings. At this point in time, little information has been given on the event, with the page stating "More details to be released in coming weeks including participants, other events, and ticket on sales date. For the MOST up to date information please sign up on the mailing list."

Last year the Boston Bacon and Beer Festival was a week-long event that included a harbor cruise and an art show.

The link below should have more info on the event very soon:

http://wheretoeat.in/2013-bacon-and-beer-fest/

[March 25 update: More info has just been given on the Bacon and Beer Festival--the May 4 event at the House of Blues will include samplings from a number of restaurants and brewers, including Beacon Hill Bistro, jm Curley, Poe's Kitchen, Rising Sun Tavern, Trina's Starlite Lounge, Blue Hills Brewery, Ipswich Ale Brewery, New Planet Beer, and many others, with ticket prices being $43 (tickets go on sale April 5, though tickets will also be available via the Eat Boston mailing list on April 4 as well). In addition to the HOB event, the festival will also include a "Bacon de Mayo," which is a Bacon and Beer Karaoke Harbor Cruise Brunch on Sunday, May 5, and a food-themed art show at Stoddard's (partnering with Super Precious Art Gallery) featuring bacon and beer on Tuesday, May 7. More details will be coming, so keep checking back at the link above for updated information.]

[April 1 update: Tickets for both the karaoke cruise and the art show are on sale now. (As mentioned earlier, tickets for the Bacon and Beer Festival itself will go on sale later this week.)]

[April 5 update: Tickets to the Bacon and Beer Festival go on sale at 10:00 AM today. (Please go to the link above.)]

[April 6 update: The Bacon and Beer Festival is sold out, though tickets are still available for the karaoke cruise and the art show.]

[April 30 update: The karaoke cruise is sold out, though tickets remain available for the art show.]

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Is a Bacon Shortage on the Way?

One of the most popular foods in America may be tougher to find come next year.

Grub Street is reporting (via the Financial Times) that a bacon shortage is "inevitable," as the price of pork will increase during the next year or so due to worldwide drought conditions of late (affecting soybean and corn crops). This in turn will increase bacon prices--and the prices of other pork products--and make bacon and other pig-based items more scarce. An article in the Los Angeles Times mentions that the number of slaughtered pigs could drop by 10% during the second half of 2013, which would double the price of pork from Europe.

More information on the potential bacon shortage can be found at the National Pig Association link below:

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Boston Bacon and Beer Week to be Held April 28 through May 5, 2012

Last week we reported that the 2012 Boston Bacon and Beer Festival is coming to the city in late April. Now it has been learned that the event will actually be a kickoff for a week of festivities related to both bacon and beer.

According to the wheretoeat.in site, Boston Bacon and Beer Week starts on Saturday, April 28 (which is also the day of the Bacon and Beer Festival at the House of Blues across from Fenway Park), and it will run through Saturday, May 5. In addition to the Bacon and Beer Festival, Bacon and Beer Week will include such happenings as bacon and beer pairings at local dining spots, a bacon and beer harbor cruise, an art show that is inspired by bacon and beer, and other events that will likely be announced soon. For more details on both the Bacon and Beer Festival and Bacon and Beer Week, please sign up on the Eat Email List or go to the events page below:

http://wheretoeat.in/calendar/63/24-2012-Boston-Bacon-and-Beer-Festival/

[April 3 update: More information is now out on Boston Bacon and Beer Week. The Bacon and Beer Fest Karaoke Harbor Cruise will take place on Sunday, April 29 from 2:00 PM to 5:00 PM, while the Bacon and Beer Art Show will be held at PA's Lounge in Somerville's Union Square on Wednesday, May 2 from 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM and 8:00 PM to 9:30PM. For detailed information, please go to the link above.]

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2012 Boston Bacon and Beer Festival to Be Held on April 28

A festival that features a couple of food/drink items that are loved by many is returning to the Boston area next month.

According to Eat Boston, the 2012 Boston Bacon and Beer Festival will be held at an as-of-yet undisclosed location on Saturday, April 28. The event will focus on bacon-based dishes from a number of restaurants and food purveyors along with beer from local breweries, and proceeds from the festival will be going to the hunger relief organizations Lovin' Spoonfuls and Community Servings.

Last year's Boston Bacon and Beer Festival was held at Royale, a nightclub complex on Tremont Street in the Theatre District. (As soon as we find out where this year's event will be, we will post an update here--Eat Boston mentions that details on the festival will be out in a couple of weeks.)

People who want details first on the event can sign up on the mailing list at the following link: Eat Email List

[March 13 update: A bit more information on the 2012 Boston Bacon and Beer Festival--the event will take place on April 28 from 2:30 PM to 5:00 PM at the House of Blues on Lansdowne Street across from Fenway Park, and it will be kicking off Bacon and Beer Week, which lasts through May 3 and will feature bacon and beer pairings at local eateries, a bacon and beer harbor cruise, a bacon and beer inspired art show, and more. Tickets to the Boston Bacon and Beer Festival cost $37 each and will be available sometime in early April.]

[March 26 update: Some tickets to the 2012 Boston Bacon and Beer Festival will be available to the general public on Thursday, April 5, but Eat Boston fans will be able to order "presale" tickets on Wednesday, April 4 at 1:00 PM via a password-protected link from this page: http://wheretoeat.in/calendar/63/24-2012-Boston-Bacon-and-Beer-Festival/. (The password will be sent to mailing list members on Tuesday, April 3.)]

[April 3 update: Please note that the days have been pushed back for purchasing tickets to the Boston Bacon and Beer Festival. Presale tickets will now go on sale on Thursday, April 5 at 1:00 PM, with some tickets available to the general public on Friday, April 6. The password (see above) will still be sent out to mailing list members today (April 3).]

[April 6 update: Tickets to the Bacon and Beer Festival are now sold out.]

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Video: A Bacon Christmas Tree

Just in time for the holidays, the folks behind the Epic Meal Time website have come up with a Christmas tree made out of...bacon.

The tree, which can be seen in the video below, is made up of more than 2,000 strips of bacon, along with chicken nuggets (as strings of "lights," or perhaps tinsel) and cheeseburger ornaments. The total calorie count (if eaten) is well over 200,000, with more than 40,000 grams of fat.

Here is the video (thanks to Foodbeast for bringing this to our attention, by the way):

[UPDATE: The video has apparently been taken off of YouTube. Our apologies for this.]
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Boston Bacon Takedown Coming to Somerville, June 19, 2011

A culinary event that focuses on all things bacon is coming to Somerville in June.

An email sent to us from chilitakedown.com indicates that the Boston Bacon Takedown will be held at the Armory on Highland Avenue on June 19, starting at 3:00 PM. The event will feature 20 Boston cooks who will be creating a variety of bacon-based dishes, with guests judging each dish to decide which one is the best. In addition to prizes for the cooks, attendees will have a chance to win a year's supply of Hormel Black Label Bacon.

Tickets to the 2011 Boston Bacon Takedown cost $15. Please note that this is an all ages event, so children are welcome.

For more information on this event, please go to the link below.

http://chilitakedown.com/

The address for the Armory is: The Center for Arts at the Armory, 191 Highland Avenue, Somerville, MA, 02143. Their website can be found at http://www.artsatthearmory.org/

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2011 Boston Bacon and Beer Festival to Be Held April 30

For those of you who missed your chance to go to last year's Boston Bacon and Beer Festival, you'll have another chance next month.

According to the wheretoeat.in site, the 2011 Boston Bacon and Beer Festival is going to be held on Saturday, April 30 at Royale, a nightclub complex on Tremont Street in the Theatre District. The event, which will run from 1:30 PM to 3:30 PM, will feature bacon-based dishes from a variety of restaurants and food purveyors, as well as beer from breweries around the region. Some of the food places expecting to be at the event include b.good, Casablanca, Eat at Jumbo's, The Independent, KO Prime, La Laiterie, Petit Robert Bistro, Roxy's Grilled Cheese Truck, Seasons to Taste, South End Buttery, Vermont Smoke and Cure, and Whole Foods Market (Symphony). Breweries that look to be participating include Blue Hills Brewery, Cape Ann Brewing Company, Long Trail, Mayflower Brewing Company, Mercury Brewing Company, Peak Organic Brewing Co., Smuttynose Brewing Co., and Wachusett Brewing Company.

Tickets to this 21+ event go on sale Friday, April 1. Please note that proceeds from the event go to the hunger relief organizations Community Servings, Lovin' Spoonfuls, and Share our Strength.

For more information on the 2011 Boston Bacon and Beer Festival, please go to the link below.

http://wheretoeat.in/calendar/63/16-2011-Boston-Bacon-and-Beer-Festival/

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