Big Ed’s BBQ opens in new, larger Waukegan location; ‘The meat just fell off the bone’

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Big Ed’s BBQ opens in new, larger Waukegan location; ‘The meat just fell off the bone’

Big Ed’s BBQ is now more than five times larger than it was at its former location a few hundred yards north on Lakehurst Road, and its workforce is three times larger since the Waukegan eatery moved into a former banquet hall Ed Nero and his partners purchased in May. New workers received real-life, on-the-job training preparing meals and serving them to less than 100 “friends and family” at a soft opening Saturday, as longtime customers talked…