Blooming Glen Catering

Blooming Glen Catering catered our wedding this past weekend, October 3^rd, 2015. The weather was FREEZING COLD and WET and the entire reception took place outside. Blooming Glen did such a fabulous job! The food was incredible and the staff was cheerful and accommodating. Everything was perfect! They made a beautiful spread of food, helped with the cake and were totally on top of everything. I can’t thank them enough for all that they did. They get my highest recommendation!

So guys. I was super bummed out about being forcibly relocated from London back to suburban Pennsylvania. The thing is that everything in the food universe is right at your finger tips in London. No matter what I’m craving to cook or have cooked for me, it’s only a tube ride away.
This definitely isn’t the case in Bucks County, and I’m not gonna try to argue that in this review. I will, however, argue that sometimes a sleepy suburb will surprise you and some damn good smoked meat will come out of the woodwork. And, to be honest, it helped to dull some of the pain of having to move back home.
My boyfriend and I drove by this place on our way to another food adventure (review forthcoming)…well, it wasn’t really on the way. This place is actually two minutes down the road from the first place and we accidentally drove too far the first time. We turned around in this place’s drive way and, upon seeing the cute pig sign and the closed down BBQ pit announcing that Saturday was the day for fresh prepared food, made a mental note to come back the next day.
So we came back on Saturday, just moments before this place packed up. I’m so glad we did. Everyone who worked here was polite and helpful. We left having spent sixty bucks on two giant platters of smoked brisket and pulled pork, a pound and a half of the best bacon I’ve ever had, a half pound of hot Italian sausage and a 20 pack of hot dogs. Everything we have tried so far (the pork, brisket and bacon) has been out of this world.
Will return soon. :)

I try to reserve 5 stars for the best of the best and Blooming Glen deserves all 5 for their pulled pork. I have had several roasted pigs from here and they were all excellent. I have not had any of their other food so I can’t say myself but I have heard their other foods are good also. But they have smaller sizes of pork available if you don’t need an entire pig. A very easy to make meal most people will like. All you need to do is heat up the pork and put out some rolls and bbq sauce.

REAL, REAL, BBQ!
First time coming here a few weeks back and I made the mistake of showing up at 3:00. There was no pulled pork left and only a little brisket. I did pick up a ½ rack of pork ribs and they were dynamite. Slaw just so-​so (I am hard — pressed to find a good homemade slaw in PA). Sauce was solid, especially the «spicy» chipotle sauce. Price a tad high (ribs were $ 14). Next time I have to get here by noon. Cashier guys was nice; the lady taking orders, not so much.
Will come back again soon!

This is for the retail store — which I Love. Love. Love. The employees are all fabulous. Helpful but not pushy (and very patient!). The bacon is phenomenal. The pork is phenomenal. The ham. The many salads (broccoli, potato, coleslaw). They also have pulled pork. Brats. Excellent hot sausage. I mean, honestly, we haven’t had anything there that we haven’t loved. Oh — they also sell long rolls that beat Amoroso rolls and I never thought I’d find anything better than Amoroso. If you make your own pulled pork, these rolls soak up the BBQ sauce yet still remain buttery and soft without falling apart.
ALSO — they have big giant smoked bones for dogs for two dollars EACH. Not per pound. You’d pay 15+ for these bones in a pet store.
They have bakery treats that vary but if you find any cinnamon rolls with thick icing — BUY THEM. (You can also call and order them –even if it’s only one). These are the BEST ROLLS I’ve ever ever ever had. I’m quite sad it took me so long to discover this place, but the upside is we did and it is WONDERFUL. Can’t recommend enough!!!

The brisket and pulled pork is amazing. The sandwiches are stacked with meat. They’re not skimpy on the portions. Their bbq sauce is so good as well. I only use it when making my own

Wow… I’ve never had real BBQ until now. Don’t get me wrong, I’ve been to BBQ joints and thought I was eating the real deal. But I never knew until right now what real BBQ is supposed to taste like… How it melts in your mouth and the hint of smoke just soothes your soul. Simply amazing… Take the trip and enjoy the real thing.

Do yourself a favor and give this place a shot. Their food is absolutely incredible. I went there for the first time on April 26^th this year and have been back every week since, usually with guests who find themselves equally as impressed. I’ve tried just about everything on the menu, with the exception of the chicken, but that is mainly because I am hopelessly addicted to the brisket. The brisket is absolutely the best I have ever had. They thin slice it and soak it in some kind of stock (not sure if chicken, beef or veggie) to keep it moist. It doesn’t make you feel like you have to struggle to swallow it from lack of moisture like many bbq places’ brisket does. The pulled pork is great, and don’t even get me started on their ribs. The one unique thing they have that you will not be able to find elsewhere in the surrounding areas is pig wings. They are cut from the leg of the pig and are eaten like a rib. These are absolutely fantastic. The meat just falls right off the bone. It might take a little bit of courage being we don’t normally eat this part of the pig up here, but trust me, when you get that first taste, you will be blown away.
Now, I will say there are three things I would change about this place. First, more seating. They only have two little tables and a bench to sit at, which makes for a lot of people eating in their cars or taking the food home. Some people even bring their own chairs from home. Second, more hours! They are only open from 10am to 4pm on Saturdays. Having to go a whole week to fulfill my constant craving for this food is tough! Heck, I don’t know what I am going to do all winter without them. Last, I’d like to see maybe a weekly special. For instance, maybe a twist on something they already make… like taking their already amazing mac n cheese and adding bacon to it. I think that would put it absolutely over the top.
All in all, this is the best bbq that you are going to find north of the mason-​dixon line and maybe even a couple hundred miles south. I would honestly drive a couple of hours if I had to in order to get this food. Oh, and while you are there, don’t forget to stop in the store as well. They have great cold salads (the red potato is amazing) and pork products.

THEIR SATURDAY OUTDOOR PIT IS BBQ !! Better than a fancy steakhouse dinner. The brisket is GREAT — smokey flavor and moist. Ribs are SUPER TENDER, full of meat like no other rib you ever had and great FLAVOR. The Pig Wings are a heavenly chunk of pork smoked and coated with BBQ sauce just right. Didn’t touch the mac-​n-​cheese, because I didnt want to eat it all at once and pass out, as it looked way too good to just have a few forkfuls of. Forget adding the extra bbq sauce to any of this food, it just gets in the way. A MUST STOP !

If I worked at this pit, I would be fired in less than 2 minutes. Why? I would be eating the food instead of selling it.
Finally…REAL BBQ in PA! An oasis in an otherwise baron BBQ wasteland.
The pigs wings nearly brought me to tears as they touched my lips. The pulled pork was freaking fantastic and the ribs were decent. If you can smoke a tender and tasty brisket like Big Bob’s does, that is your sign that you have arrived at a true BBQ destination. The mac n cheese was down home and down right delicious. Oh… and if you like sauce on everything — BB’s has perfected 3 different ones.
If the pit wasn’t so hot, I would have hugged it and I would camp there if they would let me.
Cons: Only open on Saturdays 10 – 6 and only Apr — Nov. This is a TRAVESTY!
Please open up a restaurant.

We love stopping in to Blooming Glen for beautiful cuts of meat and delicious smoked pork products. And their pulled pork is to die for! We had them cater our wedding and the food was budget-​friendly and tasty, and the staff was friendly and professional. Their catering coordinator was a joy to work with throughout the process. We received tons of compliments from our guests, too! I highly recommend Blooming Glen to cater your event, or if you just want to stop in and pick up something yummy for dinner.

I grew up in so philly where pork is bland pink and wrapped in plastic — this place shows you what pork should be like. Fresh and delicious! please go there when I’m not (not to cause a long waiting time) and try their offerings. the Jalapeño hot dogs are «to die for», if you like hot dogs

Not sure how I missed rating this everything pork store but if you like pork GET GOING!!! The sausage stuffed pork chop wrapped in bacon may be a heart attack on a plate but what a way to go!!! Why are you still reading… GOOOOO!!!

Welp, been going here before Unilocal was born. Always loved the sausages and most of the chicken plates. And the service is always good (except for grumpy old Bob, lol) Portions use to be huge, now they seem smaller. Would luv to see the good ol’ days with monster portions.
Went there this past Sat. Got a rack of babyback ribs and a pulled pork and a texas bbq (brisket) sandwich plus 2 sides, 3 drinks $ 47 plus for the 3 of us.
The brisket was really good and along with their sauces definitely worth 4 stars. As for the rest… btw, we all get something different and share.
I was so looking forward to the ribs but the ribs were wrapped in plastic and were overcooked (burnt/​dried out ends) and cold in the center! I know they’re thinking the wrap will prevent dryout but they need to take it out of the plastic/​customer and serve it right. They should be coming off the smoker for walk up retail customers, period. when you try and pull off the catering thing and precook everything too far in advance and wrap it and store it, you lose a lot of quality/​flavor and most of all– freshness. And that’s all Bob’s fault. I luv ya Big Bob but ya gotta stop cutting corners. Serve it upon butcher’s paper for us walk up customers!
On to the sandwich… The pulled pork was really dried out. I don’t know why they don’t just add or seep in more juices. Maybe it was because they served it from the top instead of mixing it from the bottom, probably just a rookie server mistake, especially if sits there outside in a pan all day, anyway was pretty disappointed. Had to put a ton of sauce to get it down.
The rolls were good for sopping up the wonderful sauces.
Still love the slaws.
Would love to see juicier bigger fatter St Louie ribs and big beef Texas ribs, deer ribs, It’s funny a place called Big Bob’s only serves little babyback ribs!
I worked in Texas for a few weeks last year and BBQ is damn serious out there. And they never serve it «sauced up.» But they got all the self serve sauces you could want. So when I lived here BBQ from Bob’s and a few other places were my norm. Now the craving for Texas BBQ or any award winning BBQ is ridiculous, I now understand alcoholics and their compulsion!!!

Best Bacon –hands down
pork cutlets are fresh, pink and tasty
ground pork — nothing fresher to make lettuce wraps Thai style
rolls are fresh baked and make great breakfast sandwiches (the yellow-​y egg-​y ones)
hot and sweet sausage-​for amazing stuffing or grillers
all beef hot dogs are pretty much exactly like Nathan’s dogs, so good.
Go here for all your pork products-​it is their specialty. And if you don’t eat pork, well I don’t feel bad for you.

This place is a butcher shop specializing in everything pork.
I stopped in yesterday to pick up lunch, and was impressed by the large array of products they had to offer, including pork products in every form imaginable, barbecue, and dips.
I’m especially fond of their Cajun crab dip, which my girlfriend describes more as Cajun crab salad because it needs nothing to dip to make it awesome.
In addition, I also purchased their Southern Style barbecue pork and pork ribs. When eating these products, we could tell that the pork was not smoked, which deterred from the experience of barbecue. However, the texture of the southern style pork sandwich is far better than your typical pulled pork offering. Although the pork wasn’t smoked in this instance, I plan on stopping by during the warm weather months when they have their large barbecue pit set up.

Mikes review says it all.
The smell alone is to die for. Ribs are awesome; pulled pork sandwich is a favorite. «A six napkin special»
Mike describes the 3 sauces perfectly. hard to choose between them depends on personal taste.
I now have to go back for the BB chicken after his recommendation!
They will accept credit cards. You get a receipt at the tent then take it into the store (they do catering) to have it swiped.
Dont miss Big Bob’s this spring and summer!

If you ever happen your way up Rt 113 on a Saturday afternoon, past Souderton and Silverdale you’ll find the village of Blooming Glenn and the best BBQ (other than When Pigs Fly in Dover, DE) this side of VIrginia. I stopped there yesterday because I was told it was good and I wasn’t disappointed. In fact, the friend who told me about it lied. It wasn’t good, it was outstanding. Pulled pork BBQ, Texas beef BBQ, half and full chickens, brisket, half and full rack of baby back ribs and one strange menu item homemade BBQ hot dogs. I chose a medium takeout of the pulled pork as well as a fullchicken, Sweet mother of God, they piled on enough pulled pork to feed 10 people. There must have been 3 lbs of pulled pork in the takeout container. They offer NC sauce, traditional and cajun. I took 3 of each. I got home and tried the pork with the NC sauce… sweet, spicy with a nice pungent punch of vinegar. My next sandwich was with the traditional… spicy, rich and carmelized tomato flavors mixed with the most tender pulled pork I have ever had. My wife tried the the traditional and then the cajun. She enjoyed them both but said she would pass on the Cajun if offered again. The BBQ chicken… oh that unbelievable BBQ chicken literally fell off the bones as soon as I took it out of the foil container. The chicken was beautifully smoked, the moist smoky meat literally melting in my mouth. The price was also incredible. The pulled pork was only $ 27.00 (considering there was at least 3 lbs of meat in the container it was beyond a bargain) and the whole chicken was $ 5.50. I could have fed a family of 10 with all the food I brought home. The service was fantastic and friendly. Everyone behind the tables had a smile and a friendly hello to every customer. Again, if you ever have a lazy saturday when you’re bored or looking for something new, try driving out to Blooming Glenn and have the best BBQ in the area.
FYI: You can also order sandwiches of any of the menu items (including the ribs as they pull it from the bones) for less than a value meal at Burger King or McDonalds.