A new location of City Barbecue is headed to town. With three metro Atlanta locations open, one opening this month and another on the way, a sixth is coming to McDonough. The new restaurant, planned for 1220 Jonesboro Road, will be ground-up construction on a cleared lot in front of an existing Life Storage facility.
Every City Barbeque location has three smokers on site and offers smoked chicken, ribs, pulled pork, brisket and host of house-made sides and desserts.
The McDonough City Barbecue location will be about seven miles from the original Shane's Rib Shack, a locally-owned BBQ franchise whose first location is literally located in a shack along Highway 155 in McDonough.
Dublin, Ohio-based City Barbecue entered the Atlanta market with a location along Scott Boulevard in the Sprouts-anchored Decatur Crossing shopping center. A second opened in Johns Creek/Suwanee in Johns Creek Town Center in 2018, followed by a third at Abernathy Square in Sandy Springs in late 2019.
City Barbecue today operates 67 locations in eight states and in July 2023 was named winner of Nation’s Restaurant News’ Barbecue Showdown, in which seven emerging barbecue restaurant chains competed for the title of readers’ favorite.
Planning documents reviewed by ToNeTo Atlanta indicate construction on the new McDonough restaurant is expected to start in October with a planned opening in February.
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