City Barbeque

City Barbeque is a fast-casual barbeque chain founded in Columbus, Ohio in 1999 by current CEO Rick Malir. City Barbeque has 41 company-owned restaurants across six states and is headquartered in Dublin, Ohio.
== History ==
City Barbeque founder Rick Malir grew up on a farm in rural Kansas and, as a teenager, served as National FFA president from 1985–1986. He was introduced to barbeque in college at Kansas State University, where he earned a degree in agricultural economics; Malir also holds an MBA from the University of Illinois. Following graduation, he took a job with John Deere’s marketing and dealer development team, but was always interested in starting his own company. After meeting John Kean, Jim Budros and Mike Taylor, who comprised the award-winning competition BBQ team the Barbeque Boys, Malir decided to start his company: a barbeque restaurant. Malir left John Deere and teamed up with restaurant industry veteran Frank Pizzo and Kean, Budros, and Taylor to found City Barbeque.
The first City Barbeque location opened in a former doughnut shop in Upper Arlington, Ohio (located at 2111 W Henderson Road, Columbus, Ohio, and still in operation as of 2019). A number of delays pushed back the opening of that first location, so Malir started fulfilling catering orders out of his home to sustain the business while waiting for the restaurant to be ready.
== Menu ==
City Barbeque serves beef brisket, pulled pork, turkey breast, pulled chicken with ‘Bama sauce, smoked sausage, bone-in chicken, and St. Louis–cut ribs; all meats are smoked in on-site smokers at each location. Sides include fresh-cut fries, green beans with bacon, mac & cheese, sweet vinegar slaw, corn pudding, hush puppies, cornbread, collards with pork, potato salad, side salads, and baked beans with brisket. The menu also includes salads, samplers, and three desserts: peach cobbler, banana pudding, and triple chocolate cake.
City Barbeque operates a scratch kitchen, smoking meats and making sides and desserts in each restaurant daily.
Category:Restaurants
Category:Barbecue Restaurants