PR: Nicky's Smokehouse Grand Opening Marks BBQ Return to Mother Road Market
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Katy Hall: 918.813.1111 // katy@lobecktaylor.org
Nicky’s Smokehouse Grand Opening Marks
BBQ Return to Mother Road Market
Grand opening Saturday, July 26
Tulsa, Okla. | July 24, 2025 - What started in childhood, Nick Corcoran’s passion for barbecue is now his driving force. Corcoran grew up cooking with his father and turned that experience into a hospitality career beginning at 18 years old. In 2011, Corcoran started on a path to bring his own spin on Oklahoma barbecue.
“BBQ platters have five constituent parts — bread, meat, side, pickles, and sauce,” Corcoran explains. “Part of our philosophy is how do we add our take beyond what is expected.”
Every detail is considered and elevated. Instead of white bread, Nicky’s Smokehouse serves flour tortillas fried in beef tallow. For meats, they offer traditional salt and pepper brisket alongside things like Bulgogi inspired burnt ends and rubs that feature ingredients like dried orange peel and ginger. Their sides include traditional selections but they add their extra touch with street corn and smoked mac and cheese.
Even the humble pickle and onion is exchanged for soy-marinated cucumbers, pickled onions, mandarin oranges and candied jalapenos. In addition to a rotating list of sauces, Nicky’s Smokehouse offers their fans Chimichurri, Carolina style sauce, fire roasted salsa and of course traditional Oklahoma.
Corcoran also credits his relationship with Hasty Bake, a fellow Tulsa Market District business, to his particular style.
“Being at Mother Road Market, I can see Hasty Bake down the road,” Corcoran jokes. “I cook over an open flame and Hasty Bakes are how we bring a smokey flavor to everything.”
Corcoran has teamed up with Hasty Bake to create a real-world show room in his Mother Road Market restaurant. “I have three custom cookers and can use their differences as needed and demonstrate to others why that matters,” Corcoran explains. Hasty Bake has been a leading smoker and grill manufacturer since 1948.
“Barbeque is a labor of love and takes passion for the time and skills it takes to cook. Nick and his team are dedicated to their craft and it shows in their one-of-kind take on barbecue," said Katy Hall, chief communications officer. “Route 66 evokes iconic food memories and favors, chief among them mouth-watering barbeque and we are very excited to welcome it back to Mother Road Market.”
Nicky’s Smokehouse will celebrate their grand opening on July 26. They will be open Tuesday-Sunday, starting at 11 a.m. inside Mother Road Market. For more information, follow Nicky’s Smokehouse on Instagram.
ABOUT MOTHER ROAD MARKET: Mother Road Market is the first and only nonprofit food hall in the state of Oklahoma. A program of Lobeck Taylor Family Foundation, it is located on historic Route 66 in the heart of the Tulsa Market District. Mother Road Market is a vibrant community space, allowing Tulsans and tourists alike to eat, sip, shop and enjoy over 20 business concepts, all on one campus. From hot chicken to street tacos, Brazilian cuisine to artisanal ice cream, Mother Road Market supports local food entrepreneurs by providing them with rent assistance, marketing resources and support to grow their concepts into standalone brick and mortar food establishments. Visitors at MRM can browse specialty gift items in retail store spaces and enjoy local brews and cocktails at The WEL Bar. Mother Road Market is also the home of Kitchen 66, Tulsa’s kickstart kitchen that operates the Takeover Cafe, Takeover Cafe Residency, Landmark Food Truck and General Store. MRM features a demonstration kitchen for cooking classes, indoor and outdoor seating areas with views of downtown Tulsa, nine holes of Putt 66 Mini Golf and rentable event spaces. For more information about Mother Road Market, visit www.motherroadmarket.com.
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