EAT: Ethical Butcher Bacon Party this Friday.

Berlin Reed, the Ethical Butcher
jumped the meat shark,
Berlin Reed
The Ethical Butcher
Kate Williams' WW story about him
BCN/PDX Fridays
, a twist on his locally made, small batch "bacon of the month" club. Get a taste of his
wildly flavored bacon
at the commercial kitchen he's now sharing with adorable community-supported outfit
Salt, Fire, Time
on Friday, April 30.
sign up for a year or six months worth of Reed's bacon
delivered every month, or to buy meat on the spot at monthly BCN/PDX "Lazy Friday" events.
At the launch Reed promises tasters of three of his piggy creations, including bacon coated in "tequila, lime, Serrano and jalapeno peppers, guajillo chiles and cornmeal" as well as "Stumptown Burundi direct-trade coffee, dried cherries, stone ground mustard and cloves." He'll also give revelers a heads up on what the flavors for the first official BCN/PDX shipment—made from Deck Family Farms pork—will be and offer
GO: BCN/PDX Fridays Launch Party takes place at 609 SE Ankeny St. Unit A. 7 pm Friday, April 30. $10. Info at theethicalbutcher.com.
Photo of Berlin Reed at work by Alison Picard.

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