The classic car show attracted plenty of interest during the Ontario Tater Tot Festival, Saturday, Sept. 16. (The Enterprise/PAT CALDWELL)
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ONTARIO – There was music.

And Harley-Davidson motorcycles and a car show.

And Tater Tots.

Ontario’s Tater Tot Festival kicked off Friday, Sept. 15 and ran through Saturday, Sept. 16 in front of the old Ontario Train Depot on Depot Lane.

The event was geared to celebrate the Tater Tot, invented in 1953 by Ore-Ida founders F. Nephi Grigg, Golden Grigg and Ross Butler Sr.

While there were tater tots at the festival there was also a classic car show, food booths and live music.

The event was sponsored by Revitalize Ontario.

Leslie Grigg, Idaho Falls, the great nephew of F. Nephi Grigg, one of the inventors of the Tater Tot, holds up one of the original casts used to make the tasty dish at the Ontario Tater Tot Festival, Saturday, Sept. 16. (The Enterprise/PAT CALDWELL)
Charlie, Lane and Milo Paulson, Ontario, are all smiles as they climb aboard an Ontario Fire Department truck at the Ontario Tater Tot Festival, Saturday, Sept. 16. (The Enterprise/PAT CALDWELL)
Robin McKay, Huntington, enjoys a bite to eat at the Ontario Tater Tot Festival Saturday, Sept. 16. (The Enterprise/PAT CALDWELL)
Brandon Lyons, of Honeytrail Music, tunes his guitar before a concert at the Tater Tot Festival in Ontario, Saturday, Sept. 16. (The Enterprise/PAT CALDWELL)
Right: Brandon Lyons and Bregken McClure, Kuna, of Honeytrail Music tune up their instruments at the Ontarioi Tater Tot Festival, Saturday, Sept. 16. (The Enterprise/PAT CALDWELL)
Tater Tot dishes of all sizes and shapes were the focus at the Ontario Tater Tot Festival Saturday, Sept. 16. (The Enterprise/PAT CALDWELL)
A line of classic cars ran along the length of the Ontario Tater Tot Festival, Saturday, Sept. 16. (The Enterprise/PAT CALDWELL)
The annual Tater Tot Festival attracted a good-sized crowd to downtown Ontario, Friday, Sept. 15 and Saturday, Sept. 16. (The Enterprise/PAT CALDWELL)
Jim Collins, of Awesome Blossom, Sand Hallow, prepares an onion dish during the Tater Tot Festival in Ontario. (The Enterprise/PAT CALDWELL)
Along with classic cars, there were also plenty of shiny motorcycles at the Tater Tot Festival in Ontario, Saturday, Sept. 16. (The Enterprise/PAT CALDWELL)

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