New Orleans' Best BBQ Restaurants And Grills

Barbecue fans love McClure’s for its six different sauces, each corresponding to a geographic regional preference from Texas to North Carolina. Customers order at the counter and can dine in or take out. McClure’s buns come from Duong Phong bakery, one of New Orleans’ best-known Vietnamese eateries.

Walker’s Southern Style BBQ is a family owned restaurant, boasting a menu that includes favorites from ribs and brisket to potato salad and mustard greens. This barbecue spot may be best known for its famous cochon de lait po-boy, which it sells each year during Jazz Fest – there’s always a lengthy line.

The name Blue Hickory has a double meaning. First, in keeping with the musical traditions of the region, the restaurant’s atmosphere is based on the blues. Second, ‘blue’ refers to the bluish smoke that is produced when meat is cooked over hard wood coals. Chef and Owner Benjamin Doolittle has traveled all over the country, but ultimately returned home to open Blue Hickory Blues and Barbecue.

Located on Canal Street, a quick streetcar ride from the French Quarter, Blue Oak BBQ is a pop-up restaurant located inside of Chickie Wah Wah, a local music venue. The owners are students of Texas barbecue and serve both the classics and creative sides, such as pork egg rolls.

Open for lunch and dinner, Bar-B-Q-Kings is located in the Gentilly neighbourhood of New Orleans. The decor is simple and casual, putting most emphasis on the food: diners rave about the ribs, the chicken, and most of all, the sauce.

Originally Black Label BBQ, a pop-up located inside of Barrel Proof bar, it then became Black Label Icehouse after such great success. Known for its Texas-style barbecue, the bar/restaurant serves barbecue influenced food, American spirits and regional beers on tap. Barrel Proof is a dimly-lit, upscale whisky bar, and the atmosphere compliments the smoky barbecue.