You Can Fist Bump Guy Fieri Himself At FieriCon This Weekend

Guy Fieri is the light beer of the food world — everyone loves to talk smack, but the numbers reveal our secretly love. Well, love may be a strong word for a personality like Fieri. He’s an acquired taste, much like his food. But you can’t argue with the success of a man who has his own festival.

FieriCon has been around for three years. It’s not a food convention. It’s a bar crawl started by some people who love to relish in (and poke some fun at) the inventor of donkey sauce, while getting hammered at some of New York city’s finest watering holes.

The whole crawl culminates at the restaurateur’s own personal flavortown: Guy’sAmerican Kitchen and Bar. This year Fieri himself will be there to lean into the laughs and bump some fists. It does say a lot about Fieri that he’s willing to embrace FieriCon and the people who just want to have a little fun with the whole persona.

If you still think this is dumb, the founder of FieriCon threw this gem out to world, “I don’t want to feel persecuted for describing food as being off the hook, I want to be celebrated for that.” C’mon! That comment’s off the hook, bro.

FieriCon also provides a handy guide for dressing up and plenty of memes to load up on quippy Fieri-isms before heading out on what’s bound to be a f*cking lit bar crawl, brah! In case you’re in New York and fancy a bit of a laugh, the crawl starts this Saturday.

Twitter seems pretty excited for it…

https://twitter.com/j_spencer/status/799662807134404609

https://twitter.com/GregMorabito/status/416276227129741312

(Via FieriCon)