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"It's kind of hard to beat the combination of beer and bacon," said pitmaster Gary Wiviott.
The ninth annual festival celebrating all things bacon will be held the weekend of March 31 at UIC.
Entire fests dedicated to the art of rum and bacon and a parade celebrates children in Pilsen.
Bringing their bacon best, 150 restaurants are expected to participate in the fest this weekend.
Whisk created the Ron Swanson menu item as an homage to the "Parks and Rec" meat-loving manly man.
Mrs. Murphy's will be slinging bacon butties at Baconfest but you can get them at the restaurant too.
Nana Restaurant, 3267 S. Halsted St., will debut its dish Saturday.
Tickets are now on sale to the all-things-bacon festival at the UIC Forum in April.
Demand for this year's Baconfest was so high that organizers decided to expand the event.
The one-day event at Haymarket Brewery will highlight the messy concoction of fries, gravy and cheese.
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