There are many bacon-based or -flavored products out there, and the AV Club has selflessly taste tested a number of them over the past few months. And we've noticed a trend: Many of the ones that are actually good come from Seattle. Bacon Salt? Basically positive. Baconnaise? Better still. Bakon "premium bacon-flavored vodka"? Better than homemade. (That same test confirmed that Bacon Salt beats non-local Bacon Freak seasoning.) And the best review of all came today, when the AV Club confirmed that Skillet's Bacon Jam is super-goddamn-tasty, in both peanut-butter-and-bacon-jam and grilled-cheese-with-bacon-jam sandwich form. Clearly, Seattle knows bacon, so we proclaim ourselves Bacon Capital of the US. Just in time for the trend to die. (Oh, and sorry about the bacon mints.) more ›

It's a dark day for Seattle jokesters, as the iconic Archie McPhee close their Ballard storefront door after ten years of selling fake poop and punching nuns. more ›

Cockroach Love by Archie McPhee Seattle more ›

Back in March when Christine Gregoire proposed the "toxic toys" bill, which would have regulated the toxicity in children's toys through mandatory testing, businesses cried foul, with local institution Archie McPhee's declaring, "If Governor Gregoire allows this bill to become law, Archie McPhee will have to close." more ›

"Maika picks the Abraham Lincoln Head Lollipops" by Archie McPhee Seattle more ›

Sub Pop wasn't the only iconic local business to celebrate a big anniversary this week. Archie McPhee's—the one-stop shop for all things rubber chicken, bacon, and fun-related—celebrated 25 years of business yesterday. The quintessential Seattle store marked the occasion with a sidewalk sale and a serenade from a few of Seattle's own Rat City Roller Girls. Here's to another 25 years of devil duckies, wind-up librarians, yodeling pickles, and whatever wonderful impish toys those crazy kids come up with next. We hope it's just as successful and fun as the first 25. more ›

Archie McPhee's latest bumper stickers, posted in Seattlest's Flickr Pool more ›

The last time we told you about Bacon Mints, Archie McPhee's attempt to test the notion that everything tastes better with bacon, we quoted someone who worked there. "Disturbingly delicious," they declared. more ›

Over in Ballard, Archie McPhee sells a cheerful Lunch Lady action figure for $9.95. Tell the disgruntled lunch ladies in Chicago, who are demanding respect from a school system that pays them peanuts (well, $10.46 an hour) and expects them to serve slop to thousands of kids. more ›

You have to listen to this. Apparently there's some damnation to be doled out for Archie McPhee's Last Supper After Dinner Mints and this woman on the phone is going to do the doling. Not only is McPhee's soul going to be consumed by fire, but they also won't sell a single mint, ever, again, anywhere, thanks to the secret machinations of the Knights Templar or whomever this woman represents. Our favorite part of this voicemail is how whenever the woman seems like she's run out of steam and is going to hang up the phone she starts back up again with renewed fervor. Repent already, Archie! more ›

We've heard -- at least 2280 times -- that bacon makes everything better. But seriously: bacon mints? Bacon mints? Archie McPhee's new candy is certainly demented, but is it genius?

Each one of these mints tastes like a delicious slice of crispy bacon with just a hint of mint flavor to give it that extra punch! It may sound weird but once you taste it, you'll see that mint and bacon is a match made in China.

Monday, loafiing around at home, we noticed a Seattle submission on Overheard in the Office:

He Prefers to Be Called Richard
Guy: I am full.
Girl: Full of what?
Guy: Full of Dick's.

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Father of our nation's energy supply, our library system, our fire companies, and our bathroom humor, Ben Franklin, would have been 300 today. Damn you, Death. more ›

If Seattlest had an "Is this for real?" category this event listing would be firmly inside of it, and in fact we lobbied to have this category created but the argument that nearly every post on the site could potentially fall into it swayed the nay votes. Local novelty purveyor Archie Mcphee has been inducing riotously mild amusement with their action figures for years and Seattlest appreciates the Einstein, the Rosie and the son of god as much as anyone (which is to say, mild appreciation), but our response to Mcphee's Big Lo Super Fan action figure can be nothing but, "Is this for real?" more ›