Morse et Marteaux BBQ at the Neptune Drive-In

Smoked BBQ and drive-in classics, served under a seventy-two-foot screen.

The Neptune Drive-In has been a Shediac landmark since the 1960s. When the lights dim and the film begins, it is possible to forget you are in the twenty-first century entirely. Morse et Marteaux runs the canteen on the Drive-In grounds, which means that the forgetting can be done with a brisket sandwich in one hand and a bag of popcorn in the other.

The menu here runs in two directions at once. On one side, the drive-in classics every theatre-goer expects: hot dogs, poutines, fries, popcorn, ice cream, and the kind of large drink that justifies the walk to the washroom halfway through the feature. On the other side, what our smokehouses do everywhere else we go: brisket, pulled pork, and ribs, pulled straight from the same approach that fuels our downtown, beach, and arena locations. The overlap is our favourite kind of cooking. A poutine topped with smoked brisket is not a drive-in classic anywhere else. It’s here.

1000 Gallons of Smoke

The smoker that feeds this canteen is a 1000-gallon Texas-style offset smoker, the largest in Atlantic Canada, parked on the Drive-In grounds and visible from the field. It runs before every show, sending a low hardwood scent across the gravel lot that is genuinely part of the visit. If you have not smelled brisket while waiting for the sun to set over a movie screen, there is a specific Saturday evening waiting for you.

The canteen is open for every show night through the Drive-In’s operating season, and again on Saturday mornings throughout July and August when Bazar Neptune takes over the grounds. If there is a crowd on the field, we are feeding them.

The Walrus, in the original poem, was fond of gathering people and feeding them. The Neptune canteen agrees with him on that point, and on very little else.

Briskets and wrapped ribs and smoked chickens inside a smoker.
Jacqui presenting two burger platters at the Morse et Marteaux BBQ Canteen at Parlee Beach

Hours of Operation

MAY & JUNE: Showings on Friday, Saturday & Sunday. Gates & Canteen open at 8pm. 

JULY: Showings 5 nights a week, from Friday, to Tuesday. Gates & Canteen open at 8pm.

AUGUST: Showings 5 nights a week, from Friday, to Tuesday. Gates & Canteen open at 7:30pm. In late August, Gates & Canteen open at 7pm.

SEPTEMBER: Showings on Friday & Saturday only. Gates & Canteen open at 6:30pm.

OCTOBER: Showings on Friday & Saturday only. Gates & Canteen open at 5:30pm. In mid-October, Gates & Canteen open at 5pm.

The kitchen stays open for one hour after the first movie starts. Concessions are open until after the second film begins. 

Four Locations in Shediac:

Morse et Marteaux BBQ at the Shediac Festival Arena

84 Rue Festival
Shediac, NB
E4P 2L5

(506) 532-4006

Morse et Marteaux BBQ at the Neptune Drive-In

693b Route 133
Pointe-du-Chêne, NB
E4P 4Z9

(506) 532-4006

Morse et Marteaux BBQ Smokehouse & Lobster Shack – Parlee Beach 

185 Parlee Beach Road
Pointe-du-Chêne, NB
E4P 4M9

(506) 532-4006

Morse et Marteaux BBQ Smokehouse & Lobster Shack – Smith & Main

395b Main Street
Shediac, NB
E4P 2B1

(506) 532-4006

Shediac Wonderland is the family of Alice-in-Wonderland-inspired businesses created by Sébastien Després and Heather Wright. Le Moque-Tortue (our board game bistro), Morse et Marteaux BBQ (our smokehouses throughout Shediac), Le Griffon (bed & breakfast), The Neptune (our Drive-In Theatre), Adorable Chocolat (our artisanal chocolaterie), Bazar Neptune (Saturday market), the Shediac Renaissance Faire, and Witzend Tours & Adventures (tours, escape rooms, and concierge): each one a chapter of a larger story about what happens when a community decides to take play seriously.

Adorable Chocolat

Artisanal chocolatier 
Great coffee 
House-made desserts 
Soups & Croissan’wiches  

Bazar Neptune

Outdoor market
Saturday treasure hunt

Le Griffon B&B

Bed & Breakfast
Four stars
Comfort & privacy

Morse et Marteaux BBQ Smokehouses & Lobster Shacks

Texas BBQ, Acadian Style
Wood-fired 
1000-gallon offset

Witzend Tours & Adventures

Excursion concierge
Discover our region

Le Moque-Tortue

Bistro & Cocktails
Summer patio
Live music 

Witzend Ghost Tours

Legends & stories
Local secrets

Shediac Renaissance Faire

A medieval experience 

The Neptune Drive-In Theatre

72′ Screen
4K projection

Shediac Wonderland Music School

Private Lessons
Countless instruments

Stories

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