AWARDS
BLUFF CITY SMOKERS
TEAM CCBBQ WINS GRAND CHAMPION AT "HOGS FOR THE CAUSE"
TEAM CCBBQ WON FIRST PLACE WHOLE HOG 2020
2019 BEST OF THE BIG EASY - BEST BBQ RESTAURANT
CENTRAL CITY REIGNS AS BBQ CHAMPS OF BUTTS AND CLUCKS
TEAM CCBBQ
SCORES TOP 3 IN RIBS AT THE 2019 BBQ WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, "MEMPHIS IN MAY"
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A HUNGER FOR SUCCESS - CORPORATE REALTY RECIPES 2023
“I always enjoy a good barbecue with all the fixings, and the smoked ribs at Central City BBQ are a favorite; the smoky taste mixed with the rub and the slow-grilled style results in a tender, delicious dish. Cole slaw, pit-style beans, and the sweet corn spoonbread complete my meal.“
- DENNIS ALLEN, Head Coach for the New Orleans Saints
MASTERING THE FUNDAMENTALS - CENTRAL CITY BBQ RACKS IT UP
Barbeque is a curious thing. It carries with it not just a method of cooking but also some serious cultural trappings. You don’t often see a restaurant spill out of its dining room to encompass patios, music stages, boat docks and play areas for the kids, but you will see this with barbeque joints, which often sprawl like smoky kudzu across rural landscapes. - JAY FORMAN
SAINTS' MARCUS WILLIAMS OFFERED FREE FOOD AT CENTRAL CITY BBQ
Today we reached out to The New Orleans Saints rookie, Marcus Williams to show our respect and admiration the best way we could think of...with BBQ! What can ease the pain of blowing a win in a playoff game? How about a plate of smoked meat. Central City BBQ wants to show the rookie Saints player Marcus Williams that there are no hard feelings about how the game went Sunday night. They invited him into the restaurant to have some barbecue on the house. - TODD A. PRICE
BUT NEVER HAS NEW ORLEANS SEEN A BARBECUE RESTAURANT AS FULLY FORMED AS CENTRAL CITY
Burgau, best known for his French-leaning Southern bistro cooking at Patois, brings a touch of erudition to the proceedings — the kitchen is stocked with Maldon sea salt — but Central City isn’t about pushing barbecue into a higher tax bracket. For proof that New Orleans barbecue has finally arrived, pull up a bar stool. - BRETT ANDERSON
CENTRAL CITY BBQ IS THE BEST BARBECUE RESTAURANT NEW ORLEANS HAS EVER SEEN
The smoked meat is exemplary — if I had to pick two, it would be beef and boudin — and they’re flattered by sauces house-made with local ingredients, such as Steen’s cane syrup and molasses. Other details (like the salt) seem to borrow from the playbook of fashionable bistros. - BRETT ANDERSON
TOP 10 BARBECUE RESTAURANTS IN NEW ORLEANS
Restaurant critic Brett Anderson toured New Orleans-area barbecue restaurants over the past few months in an effort to find the finest smoked meat in a barbecue scene that has never been more competitive. The results are listed in alphabetical order. - BRETT ANDERSON
GAME TIME
Grab a roadie for the walk to the Dome and remember that no matter the outcome of the game, the pits at Central City BBQ will still be smoking after the final whistle blows. - PETER THRIFFILEY
