Easton Bacon Fest Hopes 30,000 Pounds Of Bacon Lasts Through Two-Day Festival

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The first year Easton hosted Bacon Fest, it sold out of bacon by 11:30 a.m.

The second year, all the bacon was gobbled up by 1 p.m. And that was with a crowd estimated at 17,000 people.

This year, the free festival will mark its third year by covering two days, Nov. 8-9.

And after Fest 300 named Bacon Fest as one of the top 300 festivals in the world in May, organizers are preparing for a crowd of 50,000. At a news conference Wednesday, Easton Farmers’ Market Manager Megan McBride says they expect guests to go through 30,000 pounds of bacon.

Read more: http://www.lehighvalleylive.com/food/index.ssf/2014/10/easton_bacon_fest_hopes_30000.html

Six Lehigh Valley Foodie Events This Weekend And Next, That Will Leave You Stuffed

Dig in!

The next two weekends are jam-packed with tasty events.

Here’s your outlook this weekend:

Bacon 5K Challenge and Bacon & Brews Bash – Friday and Saturday, Allentown

Coca-Cola Park, 1050 Iron Pigs Way, is hosting a Bacon 5K Challenge on Friday where participants need to consume a half-pound of bacon when they reach the 2.5-kilometer mark. A post-race party follows.

Read more: http://www.lehighvalleylive.com/food/index.ssf/2014/09/foodie_forecast_the_next_two_w.html

Pottstown’s Newest Breakfast Spot – Ice House!

Ice House recently started serving breakfast.  This morning I made a spur of the moment visit and must confess that it was excellent!  I have eaten at Ice House for years and have always enjoyed their food, so I was expecting big things from breakfast and was not disappointed.

Ice House hired a new breakfast chef and came up with a pretty comprehensive breakfast menu.  My friend and I both ordered the same thing but with variations.  One of the best deals on the menu is their combination platter.  Two eggs (any style), two pancakes or pieces of French toast, two strips of bacon or sausage patties and toast (white, wheat or rye).  There was so much food we each had two plates!  I had scrambled eggs, sausage patties, rye toast and French toast.  My friend had eggs over easy, bacon, French toast and either white or wheat toast.

The French toast is made with two thick slices of brioche.  The sausage patties are huge, made fresh and the bacon is thick sliced.  You also get your choice of homemade jam for your toast (strawberry, blueberry or raspberry).  I had strawberry and my friend had blueberry…OMG!  A breakfast fit for a king or queen, for only $7.99!

In addition to what we ordered, there are breakfast sandwiches, omelets, breakfast scrambles, eggs Benedict, creamed chipped beef and the list goes on and on.  Another homemade delight on the menu is donuts.  My friend had one with breakfast and took six home.  $2.49 for a half-dozen and $4.99 a dozen.  She said the donut was excellent!

Between adding breakfast and the new remodel, Ice House is poised to be around for another 20 years.  Two Roy’s Rants thumbs up for price, quality and quantity.  If you have not already tried Ice House for breakfast I hope you will give them a try.  I do not think you will be disappointed.

Ice House Steaks & Pizza

Corner of King and Manatawny Streets

Pottstown, PA  19464

Voice (610) 326-9999

Internet  http://icehousedelivers.com/new/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=82:breakfast-ice-house&catid=30:themenu&Itemid=78