Bacon Night has been a mainstay event in my weekly schedule for a while now, and seeing as I am a vegetarian, this seems a little odd to most of my friends. Yet, week after week, I drag all my meat-lovinâ?? friends here to share some drinks and watch them partake in the mass consumption of the cholesterol-laden pork product.

Ive placed over one pound of the most delicious bacon anyone has ever seen before my cohorts. It is sitting there just inches from them, making their mouths water. Its even making my mouth water.

The smell of the fried meat has permeated the air of Comet Café, almost to the point at which no one realizes that we are seated in the smoking section.

Its an odd trade off “ cigarette-smelling clothes for fired pork-smelling clothes “ but I like waking up with the smell bacon leaves on your clothes in the morning. Its almost as if someone cooked your breakfast and is waiting for you to wake up.

But, the best part about all this bacon is that it came with my beer. Buy anything worth $2.50 or more from the bar and get all-you-can-eat bacon. In other words, the bacon is free.

Let me say that again in case grease from your arteries has clogged your ears: free bacon!

It is Sunday night at Comet Café, and Sunday is known as Bacon Night in these parts. Bacon Night has been a mainstay event in my weekly schedule for a while now, and seeing as I am a vegetarian, this seems a little odd to most of my friends.

Yet week after week, I drag all my meat-lovin friends here to share some drinks and watch them partake in the mass consumption of the cholesterol laden pork product.

Now, I know what youre thinking, Why is a vegetarian promoting the ingestion of a dead animal? Doesnt that go against the rules of his grass-eating tribe or something? Well, for some vegetarians, yes, it does go against their veggie beliefs, but not mine.

I know my friends love bacon. I know I did at one point too, so how can I be a good friend and not bring my carnivore friends to this social gathering? Its not possible. And there is also the added bonus of getting to torture them with the bacon.

I like to make all of my friends eat what is now known as the bacon log on their first visit to Bacon Night with me. Whats a bacon log you ask? Its something I witnessed on my own first trip to Comet on a Sunday night long ago.

I was seated at the bar when a rather loud, but interesting group of individuals at the other end of the bar began cheering on one of their members consumed an entirely new heaping basket of bacon in less than 30 seconds.

He did it and won whatever bet his friends had placed with him. I was inspired.

I wanted all my friends to suffer the fate of that man. From now on I would force my friends to consume one whole basket of bacon in less than 30 seconds on their first visit. It would be an accomplishment that I hoped they would never forget and cement me in their memories forever “ my legacy so to speak.

I notice that the trick to eating the pile so fast was to smash all the bacon into one solid log so it could be wolfed down as contestants in a hot dog eating competition do.

Snap back to this trip to Comet. After about an hour and the initial basket of bacon, my friends keep commenting about how sick of the bacon they are getting, but yet they keep picking at it. I love this. Its there and it tastes good, so they must eat it.

Comet has found something better than popcorn or peanuts to snack on. Now only if they also offered all-you-can-eat veggie bacon, I would truly be in heaven.

I really wish that I could bring everyone I have ever met to Bacon Night, and share in a night of pork-filled debauchery and laughs.

Comet Cafés Bacon Night is every Sunday beginning at 5 p.m. and lasts until 10 p.m. The bacon lasts for awhile, so dont panic if you show up at 9 p.m.

Comet Café is located on 1947 Farwell Ave. They have many nightly drink specials and a large selection of beers.

And if you think that vegetarians cant love Comet too, youre wrong. They have one of the best vegetarian menus in town. So they can always partake in some other tasty grub.

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