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Slide Show: The People’s Pig Puts Down Roots

August 7, 2014

Allen smokes pork shoulders, chicken thighs, and ribs for hours, forming a thick bark and intensely oak-smoked, tender meat. People's Pig also offers the meat trifecta in sandwich form, held between two slices of Allen’s homemade sourdough roll.

Photography by Brooke Bass

Melt-in-your-mouth tender ribs, smoked to oblivion with Allen's nondenominational barbecue sauce for dipping.He plans to add a few deep-fried goodies to the menu, including hush puppies and ham croquettes. A liquor license is on its way, with the promise

Photography by Benjamin Tepler

The 300 square foot shack holds 20 seats with blueprints to expand into the weed-ridden lot behind the restaurant with outdoor picnic tables and a roof, adding an additional 30 seats.

Photography by Benjamin Tepler

Little has changed inside the down-home North Williams space, formerly Tropicana Barbecue.

Photography by Benjamin Tepler

Supremely crunchy, juicy chicken thighs are smoked for three hours before getting breaded and deep-fried. Pictured here in sandwich form.

Photography by Brooke Bass

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On Monday, wood-fired hotshot Cliff Allen opened a brick-and-mortar version of his successful downtown food cart, The People’s Pig. Instead of his signature slow-roasted sandwiches, Allen is trying his hand at barbecue, thanks to a converted fireplace/smoker built into the North Williams shack. We caught up with Allen to get the inside scoop on his cart-to-brick transition.
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