Phoenix Restaurant Guide

Town Talk II Creole Style Barbeque is the method in which our families' barbeque is prepared. Meats are cooked slowly over mesquite wood and basted with our special homemade sauce that has been handed down for generations. One can find the sauce to be zesty, lively and lavish in flavor. Creole Style Barbeque is unique and separates itself from other styles of barbeque. Years ago, when the country was young and full of spirit, families in small Louisiana communities would gather for celebrations. At these times, one could always count on a challenge to emerge in a friendly competitive manner. The competitions involved who would cook the best meats, and make the best Barbeque sauce. Side dishes were also desired with the best Red Beans and Rice, the best Dirty Rice, and the best of ANYTHING.

When my Father, Burleigh Rideau Sr. (also known as Papu) moved to Phoenix in 1923, from the small community of Rideau, Louisiana, he brought with him the spirit of being the best. In 1949, he opened the original Town Talk Barbeque, on the corner for 12th Street and Washington. He cooked in a red brick pit, and made sauce from the family recipe. The unique blend of the meats, slow cooked over mesquite wood, with the mixture of his special sauce, provided one of the most flavorful meals to be enjoyed anywhere. That same great taste-with the perfect blend of meats and sauce has been reborn and can be found at Town Talk II.