best bacon

[mikeylikesit]

now that tj's has stopped selling niman ranch uncured bacon i am going through withdrawl. 

what is your favorite bacon?

[redteamo]

Marin Sun Farms' house-made bacon is absolutely amazing. Thick-cut, perfectly seasoned, comes out nice and crispy.

www.marinsunfarms.com

[mrs bacon]

For me, Fatted Calf or Hobbs are among the best out there.

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Fatted Calf
644-C First Street, Napa, CA 94559

[chocolateninja]

I'm a huge fan of Black Pig Meat Co.'s bacon. I was mainly eating the Niman Ranch bacon until my local Oliver's Market started carrying Black Pig, and I was pretty much an instant convert. Love that it is local to me too.

http://blackpigmeatco.com/

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Oliver's Market
461 Stony Point Rd, Santa Rosa, CA

[Robert Lauriston]

Hobbs is good. Golden Gate carries it.

Fatted Calf's is good.

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Golden Gate Meat
Ferry Slip, San Francisco, CA 94111

Fatted Calf
320 Fell St, San Francisco, CA 94102

[pacheeseguy]

One of the best. Nueskes. The "crack cocaine" of bacon.

http://www.nueskes.com/smoked-bacon.aspx

[Steve Green]

+1

[Ruth Lafler]

Yes, Neuskes is very good. But even better, I think, is the wild boar bacon I get at Baron's in the Alameda Market Place. They carry both the wild boar and the Nueskes in slab form and hand cut it into nice thick slices. Ummmmm....

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Baron's Meat & Poultry
1650 Park St, Alameda, CA 94501

[pacheeseguy]

I agree. I have wild boar, bison and also black bear bacon,
and I still prefer Nueskes.

[wolfe]

I am assuming bison and black bear are not brand names and that they are also not pig bacon and should therefore be disqualified from this thread. ;-)

[pacheeseguy]

Good point, but the topic was "best bacon".
I also had a wonderful BLT at a little cafe in Park City Utah, made with the chef's
homemade Lamb bacon. Delicious.

[wolfe]

The USDA, FWIW, defines "bacon": "The term "bacon" is used to describe the cured belly of a swine (hog) carcass."

[pacheeseguy]

Thanks for the info wolfe.
Perhaps the USDA needs to update its definition.
Or come up with new term for all these knockoffs.

[wolfe]

Thanks to the farmersdaughter , Benton.
http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/773955

[drewskiSF]

Aunt Mary's Cafe in Oakland serves Benton's bacon. Delicously smokey.

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Aunt Mary's Cafe
4307 Telegraph Ave, Oakland, CA 94609