Central City BBQ

Central City BBQ Central City BBQ opened in December 2016 to provide delicious, award winning and all wood smoked BBQ. We also have offstreet parking!
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Come check out our award winning BBQ in our spacious restaurant with seating for over 200 inside and 100 outside. Central City BBQ in New Orleans was built by relationships that stem from Chef Aaron Burgau, Chef and Owner of Restaurant Patois. Aaron has been involved in the restaurant business in some form or fashion since he was fourteen years old. He has been fortunate enough to have worked with some of the elite chefs of New Orleans. Aaron and Jesuit High School classmate, Marc Bonifacic, have talked off and on about doing something together in the restaurant business since the late 90s. That is when Aaron would prepare meals for a large contingent of high school friends on a regular basis as he was working his way up through the ranks in the restaurant world. They had talked about different types of restaurants and locations for almost 20 years before 1201 South Rampart became the spot. Where there’s smoke…there’s Central City BBQ. In 2016, Aaron, Marc, and partners restored a building in historic “Central City” New Orleans, combining their passion for smoke, fire, and whole hog barbecue.

10/06/2026

Most sweet BBQ sauce picks one sweetener. Ours uses three. Brown sugar for the caramel, molasses for the dark edge underneath it, honey for the top. Then vinegar and yellow mustard to cut all of it, so it finishes sharp instead of sticky. Made in house, by the kettle, every week. 1201 S. Rampart. Which meat does the sweet sauce belong on?

10/05/2026

Kickoff is 7:15. Eat before you head to the Dome.

The wings get smoked first and then flash fried the second you order them, which is the only reason the skin comes out like that. Half dozen or dozen.

It is Monday, so the red beans are on too - red beans and rice with the smoked sausage cooked into the beans, a leg quarter or rib tips, sweet corn spoonbread on the side.

Lots of off-street parking. Happy hour at the bar runs 3 to 6. Kitchen closes at 7.

1201 S. Rampart St.

10/05/2026

Monday means red beans, and the plate is three things: red beans and rice with smoked sausage cooked into the pot, a leg quarter or rib tips off the pit, and sweet corn spoonbread. Mondays only, till it's empty. 1201 S. Rampart.

10/04/2026

Our other bar takes the ferry. That's Beau, one of the Tap Truck NOLA panel trucks, crossing the river to pour at somebody's event - same family as the pit, and it goes wherever the party is. Weddings, offices, driveways. Booking through the same desk as our catering: [email protected] or (504) 427-4335, ask for Catie Beth.

Kel is a Google Local Guide with 586 reviews behind him. He walked over from his hotel for happy hour and worked through...
10/04/2026

Kel is a Google Local Guide with 586 reviews behind him. He walked over from his hotel for happy hour and worked through half the starter menu: pulled pork nachos, Sweet Corn Nuggets, Smoked Rib Tips, smoked wings and Chicken Thigh Cracklin'. His verdict - good tap list, excellent bartender, portions very generous. Happy hour is Monday through Friday, 3 to 6. Open 11 to 9 today, beef ribs till they're gone. 1201 S. Rampart.

10/04/2026

LSU-McNeese is on both screens in the Pit Room right now, and this is what's coming out of the kitchen next to it. A poblano charred over an open flame, stuffed with our smoked brisket and pepper jack mix, cheddar, cast iron, cilantro lime jalapeno crema. The Stuffed Smoked Brisket Poblano, $22, October only. Open till 9. 1201 S. Rampart.

Game day plate. The Stuffed Smoked Brisket Poblano is three days old and already the most-asked-about thing on the count...
10/03/2026

Game day plate. The Stuffed Smoked Brisket Poblano is three days old and already the most-asked-about thing on the counter - fire-charred pepper, our smoked brisket filling, cheddar, cast iron, cilantro lime jalapeno crema. $22, October only. Beef ribs are on too, Saturday and Sunday until they're gone, and LSU-McNeese is on both screens at 6:45. Open 11 to 9. 1201 S. Rampart.

Two screens the size of a garage door, and every table faces them. This is the Pit Room at Central City BBQ on a game ni...
10/02/2026

Two screens the size of a garage door, and every table faces them. This is the Pit Room at Central City BBQ on a game night. LSU and Saints games are on both of them, with a smoked brisket poblano, wings and a full bar underneath. Come early, the tables in front go first. Open 11 to 9 Saturday. 1201 S. Rampart.

It starts as a plain poblano. Swipe: the pepper gets charred over an open flame until the skin blisters, then split and ...
10/01/2026

It starts as a plain poblano. Swipe: the pepper gets charred over an open flame until the skin blisters, then split and stuffed with 8 oz of the filling of our smoked brisket mix - chopped smoked brisket, pepper jack, red and green onion, our house spice blend - buried in cheddar, and baked in cast iron until it melts down. Last stop is the cilantro lime jalapeno crema. It's our October special, $22, every day through Halloween. Open 11 to 9. 1201 S. Rampart.

09/30/2026

Last day for the hot sausage patty sandwich - it's gone when we close at 7 tonight. This is what takes its spot tomorrow. A poblano charred over an open flame, stuffed with smoked brisket and pepper jack mix, covered in cheddar, baked in cast iron and finished with cilantro lime jalapeno crema. The Stuffed Smoked Brisket Poblano, $22, October only, starting Thursday. 1201 S. Rampart.

Address

1201 South Rampart Street
New Orleans, LA
70113

Opening Hours

Monday 11am - 7pm
Tuesday 11am - 7pm
Wednesday 11am - 7pm
Thursday 11am - 7pm
Friday 11am - 9pm
Saturday 11am - 9pm
Sunday 11am - 9pm

Telephone

+15045584276

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