Slow-smoked barbecue & hearty side dishes in a quirky, cypress-paneled space with a full bar. Based on 3 reviews, the restaurant has received a rating of 4.6 stars. Price $$
✔️ Dine-in ✔️ Takeout ✔️ No delivery
Address:
701 Mazant St, New Orleans, LA 70117
Phone: (504) 949-3232
Website: http://www.alwayssmokin.com/
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Hours
| Friday | 11:30 AM–10 PM |
| Saturday | 11:30 AM–10 PM |
| Sunday | Closed |
| Monday
(Labor Day)
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11:30 AM–9 PM
Hours might differ
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| Tuesday | 11:30 AM–9 PM |
| Wednesday | 11:30 AM–9 PM |
| Thursday | 11:30 AM–9 PM |
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Reviews
Lisa E. (Cardigan Queen)
There is no better barbecue in America, trust me.
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John “The Hypoxia Kid” Bezou
Had the pastrami sandwich and a side of burnt ends. Beats anything you could find in Texas (yeah, you heard me!) Not too many people think of New Orleans as a BBQ town – but it’s a FOOD TOWN and so it stands to reason that any type of food done in this city will be great. Strongly recommend!
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Rachel C
Lunch, last day in NoLa and we had to switch it up a little bit and have some of the best rated BBQ in town. Although the meat was perfectly cooked and very tasty, I was little bit disappointed with the barbecue sauce, they only had one barbecue sauce type and it felt like it was very watered down and super salty, after being in Austin, TX I was expecting this place to be as good or better when it comes to flavor and sauce varieties. I do have to admit, the “Brisket Burnt Ends” were AMAZING!!!Beans were very tasty, coleslaw and cornbread not so much, I LOVE cornbread so I’m very picky with it. Place was really nice and neat, nice bar set up, customer service was great.
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Jason Dunn
My second time being at this place and it still rocks! Last time was in 2020 on our BBQ Roadtrip. Today I had the 3 meat plate w ribs, brisket and sausage. 2 sides mac n cheese and coleslaw. Comes with white bread but get some of their cornbread muffins… super good! Everything was great and service was friendly and quick
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Jonathan Canales
It’s pretty solid for a city not known for BBQ.
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Aaron Bonewitz
Bouncing around the big easy and we need some BBQ, but we are in the bayou, what will we do? Find this joint because they are banging out some real deal BBQ. This place is crushing it on a back road behind some old buildings. We went with a 3 meat one side plate and both of us are believers in this Joint’s BBQ. The “un-sauced” rib had me at first sight then blew me away with that first bite. Beautifully smoked with the perfect rub without B.S. BBQ sauce covering up that pork taste. The burnt ends also had fantastic bark with spot-on flavor. The pulled pork is again served naked, juicy with great smoke but we have sauce on the table and it has no name so it’s finger taste to find out what you’re dealing with. A crazy Carolina style and simple apple vinegar and oil, that simple and that good. I mixed them and found me perfect flavor for the pulled pork and my wife just rolled with the vinegar. The smoked potato salad was the great side for this plate. Real deal BBQ is here for sure.
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S Poznan
Really quaint place for BBQ. All was really good but I prefer a little more smoke taste. I also prefer a sweeter sauce. The BBQ chicken has an amazing rub on it and was the best I’ve ever had! The peanut butter pie was great too.
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Glenn Barnett
We had strong recommendations to eat here, but it fell short of our expectations considerably. The meat tasted like it had been cut with a rusty knife, literally like someone had used an old knife that impregnated a metal taste in both of our meals, and neither of us had anything close to the same just a check, we got burnt ends at the end. My brisket was lifeless, and there was no bark, even though I asked for bark, it did have plenty of fat, which can be a good thing, but this was the string a should’ve been cut off before it was cooked fat, my coworker had pulled pork and it was pulled from something, but we don’t know what and finally the rusty flavor returned for the third time in our burnt ends. The macaroni and cheese with lifeless and dry like I’d been reheated for days in the microwave and served finally. The coleslaw was doable and very much a, remember to get that not this next time, and the only thing that really struck us as great was the beans their baked beans were really good. Even the Texas toast that they served with all three plates was again only toasted on one side and had no butter or margarine flavoring, or any reason to eat it either- So for now I’m going to say it was a nice experience. The people were friendly enough and it’s got a cool charisma to it.
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Alexis Ortiz
Love love loved this place! Looks like a popular spot for locals that I just so happened to stumble upon. So worth it. I love white meat so just so all you white meat lovers know you won’t find it there so I ordered the brisket, Mac and cheese, cole slaw, corn muffins and a local IPA… it was all amazing. I was 32 years old when I finally had proper barbecue. This place is a must visit, the food is to die for, the decor is super cool and the service was fantastic.
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Mariah Gonzales
Really enjoyed the atmosphere of the place as a whole. The music and videos that were playing had us going back to our childhood. As a heads up portions are hearty, and don’t forget room for pie!
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