Bacon Week arrives in San Diego

It’s time to rejoice San Diegans. Bacon Week has officially begun. To celebrate this joyous occasion, which culminates on Sept. 5 with International Bacon Day and San Diego Bacon Fest, we will be highlighting some of our favorite bacon related food and beverages around San Diego.

To whet your appetite as we kick off our Bacon Week features, we’ve got you covered with this little ditty about 5 ways to enjoy more bacon. We also have last year’s roundup of Best bacon bites in San Diego.

Don’t forget to check back each day to see what tasty bacon morsels we have in store for you.

San Diego bacon roundup

Old Fashioned from Soda & Swine, Liberty Station

Monday munchies: Bacon Week edition

When Pigs Fry sushi from Sabuku Sushi

Southern Rise from Juniper & Ivy

Bacon Bloody Mary from Small Bar and JRDN

Applewood-smoked bacon pizza from Cucina Enoteca Del Mar

House-smoked bacon from Mother’s Saloon

Praline croissant from Counterpoint

Low and Slow Rauchbier from Monkey Paw

San Diego Bacon Fest

When: 1-5:30 p.m. Saturday

Where: Liberty Station, Preble Field 2600 Cushing Road, Point Loma

Cost: $60-$100

Online: sdbaconfest.com

If you’re one who puts bacon on your bacon, then this is the event for you. On Saturday, San Diegans will join together to celebrate this delicious meat candy and International Bacon Day with more than 50 eateries, breweries and spirit purveyors. Keep an eye out for such dishes as bacon sushi rolls, bacon sausage, chocolate bacon cake and, of course, piles and piles of bacon stirps. If you can’t make the main event, there are other events for San Diego Bacon Week including Bacon Study Hall at Quad AleHouse Thursday and Kevin’s Bacon Ale Release at Arcana Brewing Company on Friday.

Source: DiscoverSD