Porkapalooza 2019 will be held on Saturday, Oct. 5 from 6:30pm-9:30pm at The Root Cellar in Chapel Hill.

This eagerly anticipated porktastic farm dinner will offer 8 small plate courses and feature locally raised pork from Burnette Ranch in Pittsboro as well as beers from Mason Jar Lager Co. in Fuquay-Varina. This is the 8th anniversary of what has become one of the signature food events in North Carolina.

Porkapalooza diners can expect a variety of creative pork-centric dishes including:

• Twice fried ribs with sweet and spicy apricot glaze
• Bacon-wrapped confit pork tenderloin skewers with bourbon soaked figs
  
• Asian 5-spice pork belly with pickled carrots and radish, jalapenos and hoisin sauce on bib lettuce wraps
  
• Southern BBQ egg rolls with sweet and sticky BBQ pork, red onions, collards, and bread and butter pickles, served with a southern coleslaw dip
  
• Twisted Deviled Eggs: with deviled ham and deviled egg salad, topped with sweet heat potato chips
  
• Cornmeal-crusted pork schnitzel with fennel, apple and red onion salad, served with honey mustard vinaigrette
  
• Chile-braised pork cheek tostadas, with fried sweet plantains, spicy pumpkin puree, cilantro, and micro greens
  
• House-made corn dogs with maple whipped butter
  
• PLUS: house-made pork rinds and several suckling pigs
  

Tickets are $69 and include all food, drink and fun but do not include gratuity or fees. We also offer a limited number of dinner only (no alcohol) tickets for $50…perfect for underage members of your family or designated drivers. We strongly suggest you get your tickets now...This event is an annual sell out!