Toronto’s famous Hogtown Smoke is replacing Wendel Clark’s in Hamilton

While longstanding sports bar Wendel Clark’s has closed the doors of its Lister Block location on King William Street, a new restaurant is already preparing to take their place and set the local food scene ablaze.

That would be Hogtown Smoke, a popular Toronto fixture serving up Southern style barbeque dishes like pulled pork, smoked brisket, fried chicken, and much more.

To more closely tie the Toronto establishment to its forthcoming Hamilton location, the King William restaurant will be dubbed Steeltown Smoke and add itself to a Hammer-based BBQ scene that already includes Saltlick Smokehouse and the newly-opened Uncle Ray’s Food & Liquor just down the block.

New eatery to replace Wendel Clark’s in Hamilton’s Lister Block https://t.co/aOgc2hFUzt

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The nitty-gritty details of Steeltown Smoke’s opening are yet to be unveiled, but Hogtown Smoke’s operating partner Glen Tymchuk expresses hopes that the restaurant will open in Hamilton around March 1st, 2020; or even earlier, if all goes smoothly.

While some locals may lament the loss of Wendel Clark’s, ward councillor Jason Farr believes the closure is a sign of changing times for King William’s burgeoning Restaurant Row.

“It was the odd one out. There are obvious themes happening on King William, and a sports bar isn’t necessarily meeting that theme,” Farr explains.

With this big and sudden change happening to that Lister Block restaurant space, here’s hoping Steeltown Smoke is the ideal fit for Restaurant Row and for Hamilton’s food scene as a whole.

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