Before there was a smokehouse on every corner in central Ohio, there was Hoggy’s.
Certainly not the first barbecue purveyor in Columbus, Hoggy’s Restaurant and Catering as it is now called is a Columbus original and on the heels of celebrating its 30th anniversary this year.
It’s been a wild ride for the chain, which once boasted 10 locations, the first opening in the summer of 1991 in Linworth.
The lone Hoggy’s is now at 830 Bethel Road.
Kyle Turner, son of Hoggy’s co-founder Mark Turner, said since a rebranding effort that started about a year ago, the restaurant is on the upswing.