The Fair Food Frenzy is coming to Macon for First Friday this week, and more than 15 local businesses are joining in on the culinary competition.
MACON, Ga. — Central Georgia diners are in for a treat.
The Fair Food Frenzy is coming to Macon for First Friday this week, and more than 15 local businesses are joining in on the culinary competition.
Cashman’s Pub is one of the restaurants getting in on the fun. Jasmine Gregg, one of the Kitchen Managers at Cashman’s Pub, said they’re looking forward to the challenge.
“At Cashman’s Pub, we usually participate in competitions or events going around,” she said. “We keep it pushing and keep on going.”
Gregg said at Cashman’s, they’ll be bringing forward a foot-long, deep-fried, chili cheese coney with melted jalapeños.
She said the Cashman’s kitchen was “bouncing around ideas,” when they landed on the chili cheese coney, a different kind of delicacy than you’d usually find in Central Georgia.
Gregg said the creative drive to create new items is one of several interesting aspects of the competition.
“It brings out the ideas in our kitchen’s head, and it’s fun to do,” she said. “It’s also a big thing for getting our name out there.”
Gregg said the competition reflected the kind of environment that they’re trying to create at Cashman’s: good times and good food.
“It’s a great atmosphere, a place to have fun and relax,” she said of Cashman’s Pub. “We have events going on, specials every day. We have trivia, bingo, live performances, all types of thing.”
The following establishments will all be competing in the Fair Food Frenzy, according to the Downtown Macon Facebook page:
Bearfoot Tavern: The Pink City Footlong (12-inch battered All-American cheeseburger on a stick)Cashman’s Pub: Fried Coney Footlong (deep-fried corn dog topped with house-made chili, melted nacho cheese and fresh jalapeños)Hello Boba Cafe: Bubble Wand with Powdered SugarIncisura Clothing & Accessories: Elephant EarsJust Tap’d: Nutella Funnel Cake Ice Cream Sandwich (vanilla ice cream sandwiched between two crispy funnel cakes, drizzled with Nutella and topped with strawberries)La Bella Morelia: Elotes, Tajín/Lime Fruit Bowls & Aguas Frescas Longleaf Distillery: Cotton Candy Cosmopolitan + Mini Corn Dogs (served with ketchup, mustard and hot honey barbecue)Loom & Hightales: Carnival Punch & Marinated Chicken Kebabs (Marinated Chicken Kebabs with Spicy Harissa Aioli, Bell Peppers & Onions and a Carnival Punch made with coconut rum, pineapples, strawberry lemonade, lime juice and lime soda)Macon Water Ice: Loaded Chicken Nachos (nachos chips, nacho cheese, shredded chicken, ranch or blue cheese , jalapeño peppers, sour cream and signatures wing sauce)Ocmulgee Brew Pub: Funnel Cake Burger and Kielbasa sausage sandwich with Peppers & OnionsRookery: Jalapeño Cheddar Pimento Cheese CorndogThe Rose Room: Jakarta Nightcap Old Fashioned of infused Japanese whiskey giving toasted rice & butter popcorn notes.Satterfield’s Barbecue: Fried Apple Pies with Caramel SauceSweet Eleanor’s: Churro FriesThe Social Duck: Stuffed Oreo Blossom (pink sugar dusted fried oreo)Tic Toc Macon: Deep Fried Oreos & Snickers
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