A Berkeley staple: Everett & Jones BBQ (San Pablo Location) A
What did I do Memorial Day? I headed to the take-out location for Everett and Jones with a few of my closest friends for some damn good BBQ. Why did it take me four years to finally get my ass over here? I’ll never know the answer to that question, but am really thankful that I finally did make it over there!
Located on San Pablo, right off University Avenue, three picnic tables sit in front of the actual restaurant. One foot in the door and you know you’ve arrived at a BBQ place. Smoke infused air fills your lungs and you make your way over to the counter. Three of my girlfriends and I decided to split a whole slab of pork ribs and opted for the medium spicy sauce. The slab comes with three sides of potato salad and slices of store-bought wheat bread. Served on paper plates and wrapped in foil, this was down-to-earth eating. I was ready to get down and dirty and rolled up my sleeves and got to it. The meat basically fell off the bone and the sauce was SO good- brown sugar perhaps, worstechire, tomato, garlic, molasses… these are all guesses but this is what it tasted like to me.
The potato salad was SO creamy and good- simple concoction, no fancy apples or anything thrown in. The bread was bread. Although our hands were covered in sauce and our plates were soaked through, all of us agreed that Everett & Jones gets a thumbs up, way up.
Fellow foodchick Lydia and boytoy Jason and friend met up with us and thoroughly enjoyed the E&J as well.
So PLEASE don’t be a dumbass like me and wait til your time is up in the Bay Area and get to Everett and Jones on a nice sunny day or evening and be a good carnivore.
As the owner of E&J told me when I lamented how sad I was that this was to be my first and last visit at E&J, “Don’t worry baby, the taste will get you comin’ back up here in no time!” She’s right…
cheers,
melissa joy
What did I do Memorial Day? I headed to the take-out location for Everett and Jones with a few of my closest friends for some damn good BBQ. Why did it take me four years to finally get my ass over here? I’ll never know the answer to that question, but am really thankful that I finally did make it over there!
Located on San Pablo, right off University Avenue, three picnic tables sit in front of the actual restaurant. One foot in the door and you know you’ve arrived at a BBQ place. Smoke infused air fills your lungs and you make your way over to the counter. Three of my girlfriends and I decided to split a whole slab of pork ribs and opted for the medium spicy sauce. The slab comes with three sides of potato salad and slices of store-bought wheat bread. Served on paper plates and wrapped in foil, this was down-to-earth eating. I was ready to get down and dirty and rolled up my sleeves and got to it. The meat basically fell off the bone and the sauce was SO good- brown sugar perhaps, worstechire, tomato, garlic, molasses… these are all guesses but this is what it tasted like to me.
The potato salad was SO creamy and good- simple concoction, no fancy apples or anything thrown in. The bread was bread. Although our hands were covered in sauce and our plates were soaked through, all of us agreed that Everett & Jones gets a thumbs up, way up.
Fellow foodchick Lydia and boytoy Jason and friend met up with us and thoroughly enjoyed the E&J as well.
So PLEASE don’t be a dumbass like me and wait til your time is up in the Bay Area and get to Everett and Jones on a nice sunny day or evening and be a good carnivore.
As the owner of E&J told me when I lamented how sad I was that this was to be my first and last visit at E&J, “Don’t worry baby, the taste will get you comin’ back up here in no time!” She’s right…
cheers,
melissa joy
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