New festival in Ontario will honor the Tater Tot

Freshly fried Tater Tots from Mal's Diner in Vale. (The Enterprise/Joe Siess)

ONTARIO – An iconic potato product – the tot – will get the spotlight at a new event in Ontario.

In 1952, two industrious brothers, Nephi and Golden Grigg, mortgaged their homes to raise enough money to bid for a decrepit frozen food factory in Ontario. The brothers and their investors, with a bid of . . .

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