Entangled at the Bacon Bar During Clearwater Beach Uncorked

Datz, a Cater in Tampa, Cooked Up a Bacon Bar Featuring Oscar Mayer Bacon, During Clearwater Beach Uncorked, Feb. 7, 2015
Datz, a Cater in Tampa, Cooked Up a Bacon Bar Featuring Oscar Mayer Bacon, During Clearwater Beach Uncorked, Feb. 7, 2015
Datz, a Cater in Tampa, Cooked Up a Bacon Bar Featuring Oscar Mayer Bacon, During Clearwater Beach Uncorked, Feb. 7, 2015

I learned something over the weekend which should have been pretty obvious. Women earn some serious street cred with the guys when they can do this: scoop up a dripping piece of greasy bacon and gobble it up without shame.

Saturday I dipped my toes in the sand and licked bacon grease off my fingers during Clearwater Beach Uncorked. This food, wine and beer festival is on the beach and steps away from the Gulf of Mexico. Mmm. Let’ get back to bacon.

#video Bacon bar. Need I say more? #CBUCheers #lovefl

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Like other food festivals, Uncorked is an opportunity to acquaint yourself with fancy flavors crafted by chefs, vintners and brewmasters as well as new products from familiar brands. One of the standout experiences worthy of its own post was the Bacon Bar by Datz Tampa featuring Oscar Mayer bacon.

Bacon Bar! By Datz Tampa Catering - Clearwater Beach Uncorked, Food, Wine & Beer Festival. Clearwater Beach, Florida, Feb. 7, 2015
Bacon Bar! By Datz Tampa Catering – Clearwater Beach Uncorked, Food, Wine & Beer Festival. Clearwater Beach, Florida, Feb. 7, 2015

Yes. I repeat. A Bacon Bar serving four different types of sinfully delish pork slab.

Chocolate-dipped. Bacon saltiness marries nicely with the candied, yet bitter dark chocolate

Peanut butter and jelly with cashews. Sweet, savory and crunchy.

Espresso. Giddy-up and go with a light peppery zip.

Maple. How sweet it is!

Visiting a food festival solo with no social expectations or pressures means the only ones judging you for your graceful (or not-so-graceful) foodie indulgences are a bunch of strangers you’ll probably never see again. But, there is that moment when you’ve caught someone’s attention by locking eyes while chomping on bacon and catching the grease rolling off your chin. Then again, maybe it wasn’t my blue eyes that grabbed his. It just could have been the bacon.

After I ran into my friend Rob Neff of Fifth World Art, I felt it was my duty to make another run through the Bacon Bar. I mean, what kind of friend would I be if I didn’t share this indulgent goodness? Check out Rob’s time-lapse video of the bacon extravaganza below, or follow this link.

Bacon. Does it get a thumbs up in your foodie book?

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Jenn

Jennifer A. Huber is an award-winning travel and outdoor blogger and writer in Southwest Florida. Originally from Buffalo, N.Y., a hiking trail led her to a career path in the tourism industry for more than 30 years. She spent a decade with a park management company in Yellowstone, Death Valley, and Everglades National Parks. She founded the travel blog, SoloTravelGirl.com with the goal of inspiring others to travel alone, not lonely. The unexpected death of her former husband in 2008 reminded her how short life is. His passing was a catalyst for sharing her experiences with the goal of inspiring and empowering others to travel solo. Jennifer holds a Travel Marketing Professional certification from the Southeast Tourism Society, is a certified food judge, member of the NASA Social community, and alum of the FBI Citizens Academy. When not traveling, she is either in the kitchen, practicing her photography skills, or road tripping with her dog, Radcliff.

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