Hog Tails BBQ

A Canadian BBQ joint?!!! Could it possibly be?

I was on facebook one night and happened to see a posting by an old friend that he was at this restaurant with his family.When I emailed him to see what he thought - he was raving about it.

A couple days later while I was in Waterloo, I picked up my nephew - who also loves BBQ (okay he loves food just like his Uncle) and we went to explore. Now my nephew had just had his wisdom teeth out just before we went so I think he may need a 'redo'.

As you walk in you get that awesome smell of wood smoke. The decor is pretty cool as the owners have posted either T-shirts or pictures of BBQ joints from the States. I have only been to one place that he has posted (Dinosaur BBQ - Rochester). I may need to take notes next time I go (hint - I am going back means something).

I went with an obvious choice - a sampler - mine came with Ribs, beef brisket and wings. The ribs were awesome with right amount of bark, they were not dried out either. The beef brisket was great, they pulled away nicely (things you learn on tv) and there was a nice amount of bark again. The wings was the only thing that was a bit of miss, I found these to be a little greasy for my liking (yes i love wings and have my wing joints). My sides I decided for onion rings and jalapeno hush puppies. The rings were great - beer battered - yum! The hush puppies - OMG they were great - now if you never had hush puppies before - you need to go to this place to check them out.

Now the big warning about this place - it is small! there are not that many seats. So don't be surprised if you show up one evening and you have a long wait. My brother recently tried to go with his wife and my nephew on a Friday night (his mistake) and they told him it was a 45 minute wait. To me that is not bad - I have waited over an hour for a table before - maybe twice (same place)

Now for my rating I give this a 3.5 out of 5 over all - I see big things for these guys and they will need to move to larger premises if they continue to serve this good food.

http://www.hogtailsbbq.com