Better with Bacon

Today was the start of NY Comic Con. And to my surprise, Baconery had a booth, selling bacon plush toys, socks, tee-shirts, and maple bacon lollipops! I sampled a lollipop and it was most yummy, maple with bits of bacon inside.

Now That's a Big Gun

Superman Insignia

Lollipop Wrapper

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More Bacon

Another of my friends is also a bacon lover, so I told her about the delightful Baconery on Manhattan's Upper West Side and we met there for lunch. She had The Babe, which is the eggs, bacon, and cheese sandwich I had the first time I went there, and not being as hungry, I opted for the delicious Miss Piggy (Geez, that sounds awful, doesn't it? Poor Miss Piggy), which is a grilled cheese with bacon. Bacon is the main ingredient in these sandwiches, nice thick pieces of bacon with the eggs and/or cheese or whatnot added in almost as extras. Nothing can overwhelm the bacon flavor!

My friend's a coffee drinker and enjoyed her bacon-free coffee, while I had a hot chocolate, sans bacon this time because, really, the hot chocolate is so rich, it doesn't need anything else. I asked one of the owners about it (and I wish I'd gotten his name) and he said, no, no cinnamon in it, but it does have a kick which must come from the cocoa powder added to the chocolate.

I got a nicer photo of the hot chocolate this time. I also got a couple of bacon chocolate chip cookies to bring home.

Hot Chocolate

This is a fun, friendly, yummilicious cafe. I wish it was closer to where I live/easier for me to get to, but it's a nice excuse to visit a neighborhood I lived in for about a year in the '70s and where I enjoy strolling along the photogenic streets.

Feeling: sated


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The Joy of Bacon

I love bacon. It's one of my main food groups. My main food groups are:

• Chocolate
• Bacon
• Cheese
• Eggs
• Potatoes

Truly, these foods go with anything and can be prepared in myriad ways. So, how could a friend and I resist the lure of the Baconery? Located on Manhattan's Upper West Side, near Columbia University, the shop offers baked goods and sandwiches. We had sandwiches for lunch and I tried a bacon hot chocolate that was amazingly rich -- I'm sure I tasted cinnamon in it -- though the texture of bacon bits in the creamy liquid was weird. The salty bacon flavor worked well with the chocolate, however.

Hot Chocolate

I had the bacon on the side for the hot chocolate because I wanted to taste it pure before dumping in the bacon bits.

The Babe: Grilled Cheese/Egg/Bacon Sandwich

After, I bought a thick bacon chocolate chip cookie which I ate today. Again, there was the textural aspect to get used to, but the flavor was rich and divine. The chips were still melty and a nice, rich dark chocolate. The bacon bits were nice chewy pieces.

Bacon Chocolate Chip Cookie

They also went, uh, whole hog on the decor.

BaCoN Pillow

I'll be paying the Baconery a return visit!

Feeling: sated

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