What Happened to Squeal Bar… After You Gotta Eat Here!? (New Orleans, LA)
Current status
As of October 2026, Squeal Bar-B-Q has closed — confirmed via Google, October 19, 2026.
Last verified
What the source shows: A Google Maps listing for Squeal Barbeque at 8400 Oak St, viewed 2026-10-19, is marked permanently closed, and a 2009 New Orleans Magazine item places Squeal Bar-B-Q at the same address.
- Season / episode Season 4, Episode 18
- Original air date
- Address 8400 Oak St, New Orleans, LA 70118
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What happened after You Gotta Eat Here!?
Squeal Bar-B-Q appeared in the 2015-05-29 episode of You Gotta Eat Here! (season 4, episode 18), which TheTVDB's listing describes as a New Orleans-style barbecue joint. According to the restaurant's menu page on SinglePlatform, which carries no date, it opened in early November 2008 on Oak Street at Cambronne in uptown New Orleans, offering pulled pork, beef brisket, St. Louis ribs, barbecue tacos and pork grillades over grits. New Orleans Magazine reported on 2009-03-02 that three Metairie brothers created the restaurant at 8400 Oak St., in the Riverbend area, and that it served lunch and dinner seven days a week. A Google Maps listing for Squeal Barbeque at 8400 Oak St, viewed on 2026-10-19, marks the business as permanently closed. No dated news report of the closing was found.
Featured on You Gotta Eat Here!
- Show
- You Gotta Eat Here!
- Season / episode
- Season 4, Episode 18
- Original air date
- Episode title
- Jukebox Burgers & Bar Laitier, Squeal Bar-B-Q, Campegnolo Roma
- What was featured
- New Orleans-style barbecue at an Oak Street barbecue joint
- Role
- Featured restaurant
- Name on the broadcast
- Squeal Bar-B-Q
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Visit info
- Address
- 8400 Oak St, New Orleans, LA 70118
- Venue type
- restaurant
- Official website
- None found
- State hub
- TV restaurants in Louisiana
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Sources
- TheTVDB — https://thetvdb.com/series/you-gotta-eat-here/episodes/5208025
- places.singleplatform.com — https://places.singleplatform.com/squeal-bar-b-q/menu
- myneworleans.com — https://www.myneworleans.com/restaurant-insider-28/
- Google — https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=Squeal+Barbeque+8400+Oak+St+New+Orleans+LA+70118
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