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| - For the record, I like bacon, and I've always liked bacon, but I'll be the first to channel my inner-hipster and say that the whole bacon craze trend is a little out of hands these days. I do believe it's a little overkill with what crazed bacon creations people try to one-up each other on the internet with, and at the current pace, like most things, the joke will be beaten into the ground and pigs will go extinct from over-bacon consumption.
Anyway, I randomly came across this place while cruising down Franklin Blvd, looking for anything interesting at all. "Bacon, Inc." seemed pretty interesting enough, and I coerced my friends into joining me into this adventurous visit.
Location-wise, it's hard for me to say not being a local, but considering Franklin seems to be a major vein in the Gastonia area, I'd say that it's probably a fairly adequate one. Maybe not as effective if it were lumped into the plazas with the more notable franchises, but at least the facade of its complex looks nice and more modern than the others. There's plenty of free parking, which is obviously important.
Upon entering, I got the impression that the place was still kind of new-ish and getting its bearings; the vinyl sign hanging outside and the unlaminated paper menus also lead to that assessment as well. Either way, the place isn't that large, but has a pretty good sized bar, as well as several booths and a few tables. Plenty of televisions, and probably a great place to watch mainstream sports. It's kind of bare-bones at the moment, but I get the impression that they're still a work-in-progress as well, so I'm optimistic. The staff was attentive and quick to seat my friends and I, and was very informative of drink options and answer our questions about their bacon-centric menu.
The beer options left a little to be desired, being primarily domestics, as well as the el cheapo Natty Lights, but this is obviously not an issue if you're not a drinker.
But the food is what we came for, and as alluded to, the menu is chocked full of bacon-infused items, from bacon-wrapped pickles, mushrooms, and bacon-incorporated into everything from fries, chips, wings, and just about any other popular bar food, but matched bacon. I'm glad to see that they truly dedicated to the crusade to make everything unhealthier, albeit tastier, by adding bacon.
The burgers were the obvious highlight of the menu, and what ultimately my friends and I all got. They're available in 1/3, 2/3 and full 1 pound iterations, and they boast being 50% beef and 50% bacon. I ordered a 2/3 pounder since I'm a fatty, and it came with extra bacon on top of it. Seriously, it's like this place was one of those mad scientist internet bacon-obsessed websites come to life.
When it came, it arrived looking fantastic, with melted cheese on top, with cleanly placed fixing on top. The first bite was a great experience, as juice dripped from the other end of the burger; I had skepticism that due to porky bacon being incorporated into the beef, the beef portion of the burger could potentially be dry and tough, but that was not the case. Nor was the case where it seemed like the bacon was just like puree'd and mixed with ground beef, you could actually see chunks of bacon within the burger patty. And to top it all off, it tasted great. I chose to not put any ketchup or condiments on it, and throughout the whole burger, it didn't really need it.
Prices are more than reasonable, and some people will hate me if it comes to fruition, but I'd imagine they could charge more and get away with it, for having a fairly unique item.
Considering the fact that this place is putting all their chips into the current bacon craze, I have to imagine that there's always the possibility that this place could be an unfortunate casualty of the passing of trends. I admire their mission of going in a unique direction, and I'd definitely come back if I lived in Gastonia or nearby, but it's completely up to the locals to support and sustain this truly interesting and quality restaurant.
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