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New Grand Opening · Saturday, October 17 · 11 AM Raising the Bar in Bar-Be-Que.

Southern Luv BBQ Sebring

Premium meats, scratch-made sauces, and sandwiches worth the drive. 3970 US Highway 27 S, Sebring, FL.

Fast-casual — order at the counter or call ahead, hot and ready when you get here.

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Southern Luv BBQ award plaques: 2nd Place, International Cuban Sandwich Festival

Award winning

World’s Best
Cuban Sandwich

2nd Place Winner

International Cuban Sandwich Festival · Tampa

Crowd favorites

Signature Picks

Hand-pulled, stacked high, and sauced to order. These are the plates Sebring is about to fall for.

Full Menu
Award Winning Cuban — Pulled pork, smoked ham, Swiss, pickles, mustard on Cuban bread. Award Winner

Award Winning Cuban

$12.75

Pulled pork, smoked ham, Swiss, pickles, mustard on Cuban bread.

Notorious P.I.G. — Our signature mac bowl — pulled pork and sweet & tangy BBQ. Best Seller

Notorious P.I.G.

$13.75

Our signature mac bowl — pulled pork and sweet & tangy BBQ.

Alabama-Slamma — Pulled pork, bacon, smoked sausage, caramelized onions, Bama sauce.

Alabama-Slamma

$12.75

Pulled pork, bacon, smoked sausage, caramelized onions, Bama sauce.

Hot Texan — Beef brisket, pickled jalapeños, and spicy aioli. Spicy

Hot Texan

$13.75

Beef brisket, pickled jalapeños, and spicy aioli.

Opening Soon Grand Opening · Saturday, October 17 · 11 AM

Sebring — Highlands County

Our newest franchise restaurant opens at Victory Plaza on US 27 in Sebring. Join us for the ribbon cutting on Saturday, October 17 at 11 AM — pecan-smoked brisket, scratch-made sauces and Southern sides, now in Highlands County.

What to expect

  • Takeout
  • Catering

Menu and prices for this location are being finalised. In the meantime, browse the full Southern Luv menu.

Pecan-smoked brisket from Southern Luv BBQ
Sebring, FL
From our pit, to your party.

Catering Built for Big Days.

Corporate lunches, tailgates, birthdays, family reunions. Pick it up, let us drop it off, or add buffet setup — you tell us the guest count and we handle the rest.

10–1,000+
guests served
Pecan
wood-smoked, every cook
7 days
advance notice ideal
Highlands County
full delivery zone
  • 01 Corporate
  • 02 Tailgates
  • 03 Birthdays
  • 04 Graduations
  • 05 Reunions
  • 06 Block Parties
More than a BBQ joint

Faith · Hospitality · Heart

That’s Southern Luv. A good plate is where it starts — not where it ends.

Faith

It grounds how we cook, how we hire, and how we treat every guest who walks through the door.

Hospitality

You're not a customer here — you're a guest at our table, treated like family every single visit.

Heart

We lead with giving. Generous plates, and a hand for the neighborhood when it counts most.

Chef Essi Tadrus, founder of Southern Luv BBQ

Chef Essi Tadrus

Founder & Pitmaster

Born from a plate of ribs.
Built for the neighborhood.

Chef Essi’s love for BBQ started at five years old — his first ribs at a gas station in Fort Hood, Texas, where his dad was stationed. He opened his first restaurant at nineteen and, years later, brought it home to Tampa.

When Hurricane Milton knocked out the power, Southern Luv fired the pit back up and handed out free pulled pork and mac & cheese to neighbors who needed a warm meal. That’s the heart part — and it isn’t going anywhere.

Read our story
Chef Essi Tadrus, founder of Southern Luv BBQ
Southern Luv BBQ small-batch sauces — Sweet Heat and Carolina BBQ, made from scratch in Tampa
Since EST. Tampa, FL
Our story.

More Than a BBQ Joint.

It started with Chef Essi’s first plate of ribs at age five, and grew into a Tampa BBQ family. Today that’s premium meats, everything made from scratch, and a table where you’re treated like family.

Award-winning sandwiches, small-batch sauces, our own chips — and a whole lot of heart. Faith, hospitality, and heart: that’s Southern Luv.

Family-ownedFaith · Hospitality · HeartScratch-madeSebring, FL
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Pull up a chair.

Find Your Luv.

3970 US Highway 27 S
Sebring, FL 33870

Hours

Hours announced soon

Photos from Sebring

The Sebring smokehouse is still being built out. We'll drop real photos of the storefront, the dining room and the pit here as soon as the doors are ready.

Photos coming soon

Storefront

Photos coming soon

Dining room

Photos coming soon

The pit

Questions

Where is Southern Luv BBQ in Sebring?
Southern Luv BBQ Sebring is located at 3970 US Highway 27 S, Sebring, FL 33870.
What are the hours for Southern Luv BBQ Sebring?
Hours announced soon
When is the Southern Luv BBQ Sebring grand opening?
Grand Opening · Saturday, October 17 · 11 AM, at 3970 US Highway 27 S, Sebring, FL 33870.
Is there parking at Southern Luv BBQ Sebring?
Parking details for the Sebring location are available on request.
Does Southern Luv BBQ Sebring cater?
Yes. Southern Luv BBQ caters parties, corporate lunches and events. Request a quote on our catering page.

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