The Lancaster Smokehouse (colloquially The Lanc)[1] is a southern-style barbeque restaurant in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada at 574 Lancaster Street West.
The restaurant is located at a historical building, which was built as a railroad hotel in the 1840s. It was heavily renovated after 4 fires between 1992 and 1994. The building was purchased by Hog Tails in 2011, becoming their second location. The restaurant mostly serves meat-focused dishes which are smoked using aged hickory. The restaurant began a trend of Southern food restaurants in Waterloo Region.