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January 30, 2009 at 1:21 am #589626
cjboffoliParticipantI have been following the progress of Swinery Meats: the new artisan charcuterie makers that produced all of that excellent bacon we enjoyed back in December. Their exceptional products were a huge hit all over Seattle and they were ramping up to start selling at farmer’s markets in the coming weeks. But it seems some city bureaucrats have thrown a huge wrench into the works.
Apparently the City health inspectors have shut down Swinery Meats after giving its owners a Byzantine, bureaucratic run-around that has lasted weeks. But the shutdown order apparently has nothing at all to do with cleanliness or their failure to adhere to health standards. I have no doubt their facilities and procedures passed inspections with flying colors. It seems they have been shutdown out of spite.
I had a report today that the City has refused to permit them to sell their meats because of the chef’s connection to the now-defunct underground restaurant called Gypsy.
This story is still developing. It seems the Swinery website has been pulled down. I have heard rumors of a fire sale to friends and family of their stock of bacon and other meats that they had ramped into production for the farmer’s markets. I’ll post additional information here as it becomes available.
January 30, 2009 at 1:26 am #656649
ZenguyParticipantWho do I call, who do I not vote for?
January 30, 2009 at 1:37 am #656650
cjboffoliParticipantZenguy: I like how you think. But the first order of business is for us to focus on gathering up any bacon that should wash up on the beach. And then we can pick up the torches and storm the castle.
January 30, 2009 at 1:48 am #656651
ZenguyParticipantHave torch and pitchfork at the ready.
January 30, 2009 at 1:49 am #656652
JenVMemberhorrible news, CJB. I shall forthwith gather up what swine I can…let us know when it is time to unleash the bacon catapult on City Hall.
January 30, 2009 at 2:03 am #656653
celeste17ParticipantHave torch and pitchfork ready. Also, have wallet ready.
January 30, 2009 at 2:10 am #656654
miwsParticipantJanuary 30, 2009 at 2:29 am #656655
cjboffoliParticipantYou said it Mike!
I can’t understand it at all. I always thought our elected officials were huge fans of pork.
January 30, 2009 at 2:56 am #656656
clark5080Participantit could be called the Bacon Brigade
January 30, 2009 at 3:34 am #656657
MrJTMemberI get to pour the boiling hot bacon grease from the walls !
January 30, 2009 at 3:44 am #656658
JoBParticipanti will gladly render a couple pounds of inferior bacon for more boiling bacon grease…
i can’t surrender the real stuff even for a good cause:(
January 30, 2009 at 4:06 am #656659
JayDeeParticipantCling fast to the bacon ye have! (Alas, mine has since evaporated since the clandestine trading of lucre for lard…)
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What we really need less of is local food sold locally and more “bacon” shipped from points beyond Port Orchard, like the Midwest, from large corporate hog farms. Hempler’s is my go-to bacon when something fancier and more expensive is not available. But this smells like a tit-for-tat payback for Gypsy and the CC nose-thumbing of the Liquor Control Board.
January 30, 2009 at 5:16 am #656660
charlabobParticipantSemiseriously, I think this can be laid at the hooves of our mayor — more of his ongoing attack on any kind of “nontraditional” culture. I’m still upset about Gypsy — now this! Vendettas do not become our government.
January 30, 2009 at 6:52 am #656661
What TheMemberIf I find some bacon washed up on the beach should I report it to the authorities or eat it? Sure, if it’s bacon stuffed into a running shoe I would report it but just wondering what the regs are?
January 30, 2009 at 7:30 am #656662
inactiveMemberLiberez le lard!
I shall throw a handful of my bacon-flavored salt over my shoulder for you all!
Vive le sel de lard!
January 30, 2009 at 9:21 am #656663
transplantellaParticipantAmericans are such simpletons when it comes to getting around government stupidity.
Have you never heard of black market bacon? Get out your 10 bucks and buy some. Be done with it.
January 30, 2009 at 2:11 pm #656664
KenParticipantGoogle cache link to website.
January 30, 2009 at 2:13 pm #656665
cjboffoliParticipantThe fire sale bacon price has gone down to $8 a pound! Not that $10 was a deal-breaker for anyone.
January 30, 2009 at 2:16 pm #656666
YorkieloverMemberI love bacon!! Please alert when bacon is ready.
January 30, 2009 at 5:50 pm #656667
celeste17ParticipantHow do we get the bacon?
January 30, 2009 at 9:18 pm #656668
rockergirlMemberWonder if there email is still working? sales@swinerymeats.com
CJ are you taking orders again for a bacon run – if so put me dow for 5 lbs. If not let me know so I can pursue this on my own.
Thanks!
February 4, 2009 at 11:16 pm #656669
rockergirlMemberSwinery update – as posted @ http://blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com/devouringseattle/archives/161153.asp
(copy excised – please follow the link – reposting more than a line or two from anyone else’s website is a copyright violation unless they explicitly have a creative commons license stating otherwise – TR)
February 5, 2009 at 12:26 am #656670
cjboffoliParticipantrockergirl: Thanks SO much for the link. I had not seen this. Man alive, the guy is getting absolutely assassinated in the PI food blog.
February 5, 2009 at 1:28 am #656671
rockergirlMemberYeah I noticed that he seems to have quite a few negative comments from people – hopefully he will get his act together so we can continue to enjoy his excellent bacon – although at $12 per pound at the farmers market seems a bit to expensive.
February 5, 2009 at 1:42 am #656672
SueParticipantI noticed that too, Christopher – the comments after that article are brutal! All I know is he makes damn fine bacon. :)
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