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_ â€"â€"â€"â€"_*I 16 - H \l I ltl I H l( IIRUNILIJ ' “i Illlt'\titl‘v lltlll‘ J JtlIU Whole hog l l I « Waterloo 5 first down home barbecue restaurant offers a taste of the South By Gnu; MMlDONAu) - . 2‘7": . . w.) - “a. .. ,' :- (‘hromcle Stuff E F ' ' ' ‘ 7‘ E ‘ .‘E v» 1‘ ‘ . l - , » ~ l? ‘ " t a. . ou might have to work a bit to lind f. a i t , D! 'Hog Tails, Waterloo's first southern 1" g “ / i , .4 " .‘. barbecue restaurant. but that‘s the ad‘ 3 , .3 ”it" ' L ‘ ‘ ‘ 'i ’ (if way owner (ihris (Lorri an wanted it. . , . j; ,. 7E" ., f ., i ’ _..' llog'l'ails is tucked inlay in a plaza across ”w “M - 'i ‘9' 3' 'i 3 3 V 7’ “' from Sir lohn A. Macdonald Secondary 3 , “ r I if: H 4 7 ‘ 5 School, alongside a pizza place and a dollar ‘3 2 = 1 .. " Q . " store. ‘ ' g .3 " 3 2:» r . . It“ tin-- 12;”; ll s the perfect location for award-Winâ€" r - i » u». u... . A. _‘ 4-! 1,1; rung Southern cuisine. (Iorrigan said. . ‘g h - f I}; . “It's modeled after the best barbecue » ? Ayn. ""“‘” . . ‘ w ..I ‘ )oints down in the States." he said. ' . 1‘ ‘ v» a ' , 1 ,. "'[hey‘re always in hard-toreach places â€" . ‘ Ii 3’34 if 3"” ' g . L" _ , at the end ofthc road. down by the lake. -' ‘ ' :p =9 ‘ t g ” l ' “if- t :3 -. 73,323" "But those are the places where_vou‘ll i ‘ g r V, ‘ 33»; 73")”: ‘ find the best barbecue." . ‘1 x V “f (.orrigan would know lhe walls at Hog "‘ 7w '2; . .3 liiils are covered iii pictures from barbecue ' \l\ 3 ’ events across the llnited States i \ i f: ' ~ I'he Slyearrold and his Will' are avid har- i ‘5 I. ' hecuers. They've competed across America ‘1.” 7" : § 1 at events held by the Kansas (at) Barbecue , J, (7“..m‘_ \ociety. '5“ "n.5,. ‘s a. , Barbecue is pure comfort food ~ pulled ‘2’ pork. brisket. ribs and other spiced and -,-.“w‘ smoked meats. .1” (Torrigan. who used to run ati ofi‘ice-sup- *3. ply company. became hooked on Southern “ ‘ ; as ‘ (iiisine during business trips iii the 1980s. W $5 ‘ “I would go to Dallas-Fort Worth and the i"‘ i "A, guys down there would take me otil to the y- g k middle of now here to these barbecue ‘ ' places." (lorrigan said " | here‘s nothing like ‘ , 3; ll around here " . 3 He fell iii love \\ith the food and within a ., ’ touple of years had his own smoker ’ _' h! “I was sort til 2i ‘honie chef and i started P " “ ‘ experimenting and l rust got realh itito it." I a ( orrigan said . - 7 Soon ht m” l‘lmlPt‘tiHR and “1mm”; Kevtn Corrigan, owner of Hog Tails BBQ at the intersection of Laurelwood Drive and Erbsville Road, IS an award-winning barbecue chef awards for the quality of his food. By the “"6““mmmw early 2000s. he “as a lodge for the compett "Initially we were lust going to rim the in, we're where we were supposed to be two But at its core, the restaurant is a "neigh- tions ‘ catering oiil of here," said ('orrigan. the yearstntoour business plan." bourhood joint," (Iorrigan said. catering to Ioday he and his Wllt' train tiidges for the main chef at the resturant. His daughter The brisket and ribs have heroine partit people in and around laurelwood Isl HS Shannon. a graduate of ( onestog‘a College's ular favourites, he said. (Zorrigan. a motorcycle enthusiast. hopes (orrtgan's harbet lll‘ hobby turned into a hospitalitt program. decided to come Word of mouth has been key to the bust to be able to ride off into the sunset some iarcer soon after he sold his business in aboard and the tatering husiriess qui(k|y ness‘ growth as has the support of the day,|ea\1‘ngllog lailsiiiagoodpositioti goo? His hitiuly had dotie a little bit ofcater morphed into a restaurant lot al tech community. (.orrigan said "We really opened this place for fun.” he mg and were looking to llllll a kitchen to Hog Tails has been open since August of A lot of customers LOHIl‘ from high tech said "But now it's something l hope I can operate from last year and has gained a loyal follomng in torripaiiies suth asl)pen lext and RIM leave my kids. Already. we're able to leave they (l('( Illt'tl on a lot atioii near the the city. “ l‘he highrtet’h firms ret ruit a lot of pen the restaurant for the weekend and get on llllt‘l’sl'( tion of l rhsville Road and Laurel "It's taken off sigiiilit .iotly beyond our ple frotn the South so for them this is the the hikesdown to the States." \sood Drive expectations."( orrigaii said. “Nine months taste of home." 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