Join us as we welcome Nueske’s Smoked Meats in support of SafeHouse Center!

Tuesday, March 31st 6:30pm

The Roadhouse is counting down the days until our most sizzlin’ event of the year—our 11th annual Jelly Bean Jump Up in support of Ann Arbor’s SafeHouse Center! This dinner will be one of our most celebrated, as we welcome our partners from Nueske’s Smoked Meats to host a Mini Camp Bacon in our newly renovated dining rooms at the Roadhouse!

We’ve had the great pleasure of cooking, serving, and eating Nueske’s smoked bacon every day at Zingerman’s for over forty years as a much favored ingredient across our Roadhouse menus. We couldn’t be more excited to welcome our friends from Nueske’s for a very special evening as we savor a four course menu featuring what we think is the best bacon you’ll ever eat. Nueske’s also played a prominent role in celebrating their smoked goodness at our former annual event, Zingerman’s Camp Bacon, and we are excited to revive the same sense of community by bringing back Mini Camp Bacon to the Roadhouse for our beloved Jelly Bean Jump Up event. Please join us as we welcome Nueske’s as they regale us with stories about what they do best—bacon.

For this event, Chef Bob has created an incredible four course dinner showcasing just how good Nueske’s smoked bacon is in a variety of ways. We will taste an incredible fusion of artisanal flavors such as brown butter chicken stuffed with bacon sausage, smoked Lake Superior whitefish with an applewood smoked ham salad, local mixed greens tossed in a bacon and sorghum vinaigrette, and more!

We will also be raising money for an amazing cause with the 11th Annual Jelly Bean Jump Up, in memory of Ari’s beloved Corgi, Jelly Bean, who used to jog with him past SafeHouse Center in Ann Arbor. SafeHouse Center just celebrated their 50th year supporting the empowerment of domestic violence survivors and the cultivation of social change in Washtenaw County, and Zingerman’s is humbled and honored to support them in their efforts.

Due to popular interest, our annual JBJU online silent auction will run through the event on March 31st, and the bidding results will be announced at the dinner. There are additional donation levels available with the purchase of your ticket, and by “jumping up” to donate any of the following amounts, you’ll be directly funding an important community resource and assisting the families SafeHouse works with.

Be among the first to enjoy our very first special dinner in our brand new dining room space at the Roadhouse, as we connect two of our most celebrated events in support of SafeHouse Center—Jelly Bean Jump Up and Camp Bacon! What a night it will be!

DONATION LEVELS

• $100 Jump Start
• $200 Trampoline Jump
• $500 Bounce House$750 Pole Vault
• $1,000 Rocket Launchpad

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We are humbled by the sponsorship of Nueske’s for this event and their donation of delicious applewood smoked bacon for this mouthwatering menu.

Plated Appetizer

Wittenberg Splits & Steakhouse Deviled Eggs (GF)
Bacon-wrapped Nueske’s beef hot dogs stuffed with Hook’s 7-year aged cheddar cheese and a pickle. Served with local, free-range deviled eggs topped with bacon and nori. 

Plated Salad

Local Greens with Bacon Vinaigrette (GF)
Garden Fort organic mixed greens, topped with a bacon and sorghum vinaigrette. Topped with pickled shallots and SarVecchio parmesan cheese.=

Family Style Entrées & Sides

Whitefish & Ham Salad (GF)
Smoked Lake Superior whitefish, topped with a warm Nueske’s applewood smoked ham and celery salad.

Brown Butter Roasted Chicken (GF)
Whole Amish free-range chickens basted with brown Vermont Creamery cultured butter. Stuffed with bacon sausage.

Seasonal Roasted Carrots (GF)
Local carrots from Tantré Farm, sautéed in bacon fat. 

Carolina Gold Rice (Vegan, GF)

Plated Dessert

Zingerman’s Bakehouse Wisconsin Kringle (V)
A traditional tender, flaky, buttery pastry with frangipane filling and slivered almonds.