Went to Blue Oak BBQ last night (pics)

GF Zombie and I drove in from Baton Rouge to go to Celebration in the Oaks and wanted to eat somewhere casual and close to City Park. We arrived at Blue Oak around 5:00 PM, and the place was about half full already. Typical BBQ style restaurant of get in line, order, and sit down. I'm not a fan of these type of ordering systems because I feel rushed, but we did our homework before arriving. Still, it took a little while to order because some of the idiots in front of us decided to finally look at their menu when they got to the woman taking orders.

I ordered the 3 Meat Plate and for $20 it came with three nice helpings of meat and two sides. A really good value. My GF got the Brisket Plate with two sides. With two drinks, the total came out to around $38. Not bad at all.

We sat down and each table had three types of BBQ Sauce - A house, a Carolina style, and a jerk style. The jerk was probably my favorite but all were very good.

Trigger Warning: The word "moist" will be used a lot.



Brisket - Perfection. Smokey, a great crust, and moist.
Pulled Pork - Very good, tasted great, and...moist.
Chicken - Some of the best smoked chicken I've ever had. Skin was crispy and meat was moist.

Sesame Cole Slaw - I liked it as first but the sesame oil really overpowered it. It wasn't sweet at all, and this was a nice break from the sweet sauces and meats. So it kind of worked and kind of didn't.

Brussel Sprouts - Some of the best I've ever had. Beautifully roasted and tasted delicious. A must have.

The white bread, pickles, and onions were perfect to make a little pulled pork taco with. I really liked how thin the onions were cut.




Brisket - Same as before. Perfect.

Cole Slaw - GF liked it a lot despite the strong sesame oil

Mac n Cheese - It was very good and garlicy, but also very dense. I had a bite of hers and it was enough for me to satisfy my carb craving. She enjoyed it.



It took us around 40 minutes, start to finish, and by then there was a nice line of people waiting to order. I highly recommend this place as having some legit BBQ in New Orleans, which we really need in this state. From reading online reviews, they appear to have something special here, and with their consistent product and catering menu, I can see them being very successful for a long time.