Bacon Fest

We don’t want to brag………

Wait!

YES WE DO!

Miami Valley Restaurant Association Fraze Pavilion Bacon Fest

🥓🔥 Well, Bacon Fest 2026 was officially extra crispy! 🔥🥓

It was a HOT one yesterday at Fraze Pavilion, but Dayton still brought home the bacon! After plenty of sizzling competition—and some very happy judges—the winners are:

🏆 MOST BACONLICIOUS
Amber Rose Restaurant & Catering
Bacon Grilled Cheese

🏆 CRITICS’ CHOICE
Fatty Daddyz Finger Foodz
Bacon Cheese Curds

🏆 MOST CREATIVE
Little Boijon Asian Cuisine
Bacon Jalapeño Egg Rolls

🏆 BEST DISH
El Meson
Bacon Hot Honey Arepas

🏆 BEST SIDE
Smokin Double D’s
Broccoli Bacon Salad

🏆 BEST DESSERT
Heather’s Gourmet Caramel Apples
Bacon Chocolate-Wrapped Caramel Pink Pigs

🏆 PEOPLE’S CHOICE—BEST DAMN BACON DISH
Sweet-ummms
For serving up some of the best damn desserts in the land!

A huge thank-you to Fraze Pavilion, our fabulous judges, Allison for helping me run all the food, every one of our hardworking vendors, and all you wonderful people who braved the heat to pig out with us! You’re the reason this event continues to sizzle! 🐷❤️

We also selected four lucky People’s Choice voters to each receive a $25 Dine Out Dayton Gift Card! Winners, watch your inbox—we’ll email you to request your name and mailing address so we can send your prize.

That’s all, folks! Until next year…stay crispy, Dayton! 🥓🐷

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🥓 One of our Bacon Fest judges this year is Dayton’s very own social media icon, Crustymcg!

He’ll be helping us decide which bacon dishes deserve the glory—tough job, but someone has to pig out and do it! 🐷🏆

Stop by Bacon Fest, say hi and see if you can tempt him with your favorite bacon creation!

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🥓 CAST YOUR VOTE & BRING HOME THE BACON! 🥓

Who has the Best Damn Bacon Dish at Bacon Fest? You get to decide! Vote for your favorite dish in the People’s Choice competition, and you’ll automatically be entered for a chance to win 1 of 4- $25 MVRA Dine Out Dayton Gift Card!

Look for the QR codes at each vendor, simply scan, vote, and your entered!

Taste. Vote. Win. It’s a pretty bacon-tastic deal! 🐷🏆

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🥓🐷 BACON FEST 2026 FOOD LINEUP! 🐷🥓

You asked for bacon—and our restaurants and food trucks understood the assignment! Come hungry because this lineup is completely HOG WILD:

🥓 Amber Rose Restaurant and Catering
Garlic Toast Bacon Grilled Cheese and White Cheddar Bacon Mac & Cheese

🥓 Batter Up Funnel Cakes
Bacon Funnel Cakes

🥓 Eddie’s Roasted Corn
Roasted Corn with Bacon Salt

🥓 El Meson
Bacon Empanadas

🥓 Fatty Daddyz Finger Foodz
Bacon Cheese Curds

🥓 Heather’s Gourmet Caramel Apples
Bacon Bark and Chocolate Caramel Apples with Bacon

🥓 Home Cooked Vibes
Hot Honey Bacon Jalapeño Popper Dip with Tortilla Chips, Bacon & Cheddar BBQ Chicken Egg Rolls, Bacon Reese’s Cup Cheesecake Egg Rolls and Bacon Bourbon Maple Cinnamon Rolls

🥓 Lilia's Outside Cafe
Chicken Bacon Tacos, Loaded Bacon Fries and Bacon Cheeseburgers

🥓 Little Boijon Asian Cuisine
Jalapeño Bacon Egg Rolls, Orange Chicken Bacon Mac & Cheese Bowls, Bacon Mac & Cheese and Dole Whip

🥓 Louisiana Passion Catering
Chicken, Bacon & Sausage Jambalaya

🥓 Lumpia Queen
Menu surprise coming soon!

🥓 Nothing Bundt Cakes
Raspberry Lemonade Bundt Cake

🥓 Renny’s Henny Wings
Loaded Bacon Fries and Bacon Cheeseburger Quesadillas

🥓 Smokin' Double D's
Bacon on a Stick, Candied Bacon, Bacon Sliders and Bacon Bowls

🥓 Starters BBQ
A juicy smoked burger topped with melted cheese and house-made bacon jam

🥓 Sweet-umms
Milk and White Chocolate-Covered Bacon, NEW Bacon Cheesecake Flight and Bacon Pineapple Upside-Down Cake

📅 Saturday, August 8
⏰ 4–10 p.m.
📍 Fraze Pavilion
🎟️ FREE admission!

This is only the beginning—there will also be live music, cold b**r and a bourbon tasting! Grab your stretchy pants and get ready to pig out! 🐷🥓🍺🥃

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Congratulations Crustymcg !! If you aren't following, you should!!

I can’t thank you guys enough. I really appreciate that you keep letting me do this! What should we do next?

🥓🧀 Amber Rose Restaurant and Catering is bringing the ultimate comfort-food combination to Bacon Fest!

Their menu will feature:

🥪 Bacon Grilled Cheese piled high with gooey melted cheese and crispy bacon on golden garlic toast—just $10
🧀 Creamy White Cheddar Bacon Macaroni and Cheese

Grilled cheese, mac and cheese, and bacon? Apparently, Amber Rose understood the assignment! 😂

📅 Saturday, August 8
⏰ 4–10 p.m.
📍 Fraze Pavilion
🎟️ FREE admission!

Come hungry and get them while they last! 🐷🥓🔥

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