So had a coworker, tell us about this place. And then several other coworkers went there and they have all been raving about J&L BBQ. So decided to go to this location vs Snohomish since this is where everyone went. It's conveniently located right next to the Irishman. Austin, was very helpful and very informative of the menu. I went with the the 2 meat, 2 side combo. But I had to try pulled pork slider, because I need a sample of that, cause every now and then I love a good pulled pork sandwich. Added the corn bread, the honey butter that goes with, was delicious. They do have two other locations. One is in Snohomish. That is where they prepare all their meats. Will definitely be returning read more

Ate the pulled pork, chicken, beans, coleslaw. At the Lake Stevens American leagine. Food were really delicious. Love the pull pork with spicy bbq sauce. Definitely will get our bbq here when we don't want to cook. read more

This is an outstanding barbecue restaurant. I ordered the two meat and two side meal, with ribs, brisket, mac & cheese, and collard greens. Every portion of the meal was outstanding. The meat was fall off the bone and the sides had a lot of flavor. I highly recommend this restaurant. read more

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We finally found a REALLY good BBQ place in the PNW. I was raised here, but lived in Florida for 9 years where I discovered the real deal. After moving back here it's been a struggle to find a restaurant that has everything I expect. This place has it. Pork ribs were juicy and flavorful. Pulled pork was perfectly smoked and tender. Coleslaw was fresh, creamy, and lightly sweetened. BBQ beans were delicious as well. And the Corn bread with cinnamon sugar butter? Just wow. The service was fantastic as well. Very helpful and friendly ladies running the place. We will be back for sure! Do yourself a favor and try some legit smoked BBQ. You can thank me later. read more

J & L BBQ - Pork ribs, BBQ beans, cornbread - American Near Me - Everett, Washington

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Love their brisket! Everything I've tried is great, all the sides! I need to try other meats but I'm stuck on the brisket. Highly recommend this place. The ladies working are always friendly. read more

I had a chance to go to J&L BBQ a couple weeks back with some friends. When we went in, there was a line of about 5 people and only one employee working. This sounds like a recipe for disaster, as the line was soon 10 people deep, but that employee just kept smiling, apologizing for the delay, and serving up that delicious BBQ. It wasn't the best BBQ I've had, I think there are several states that would argue if I tried to say that, but I will say that of all the BBQ I've had in the greater Seattle area, this one was my favorite. The prices weren't bad, you get a lot of food for your money. I think I got a meal with one meat and two sides, and the sides are quite large. I got the mac n' cheese, baked beans, and the briskey. It was all really good, especially the mac n' cheese. I also got a jalapeno sausage on the side, which was good but nothing special...not spicy enough. The BBQ sauce could use a little kick as well, but that's a pretty minor complaint. I think if you go to J&L BBQ you might not be blown away, but you won't be disappointed. read more

Friendly, welcoming staff. I always have enough to take home for lunch the next day. Absolutely delicious , photo is the pulled pork dinner! read more

J & L BBQ - Absolute delicious barbecue! I always have enough to take home for lunch the next day. This is the pulled pork dinner. - American Near Me - Everett, Washington

Sides were really good (beans and the potato salad) but the pork was really dry. I will give it another chance.

Ever since Famous Dave's BBQ closed, we've been in a pit, but J & L hit the spot. Our new favorite local BBQ. read more

J & L BBQ - Had two double hand feed myself...it's sooo good - American Near Me - Everett, Washington

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Best BBQ not in Texas. $19 for a sliced beef sandwich that has to come with a side is too expensive. Should sell sandwich alone for $11. Side for $3. Two Good BBQ sauces to choose from at the table. Should include onions and pickles but didn't. (Texas style). read more

Pretty dang good barbecue right off of Colby! Had their four meats four sides deal; brisket, tri tip, chicken, and pulled pork, the sides included Mac and cheese, collard greens, potato salad, and baked beans. The collard greens were hands down my favorite, I could drink the juice! I love collard greens when they're done right and these were perfection! The potato salad was amazing and well seasoned. My favorite meats were the chicken and pulled pork. The chicken was juicy, moist, and full of flavor! The spicy and regular bbq sauces were pretty much icing on the cake, so good! Looking forward to my next big bite. read more

It just wasn't very good. We got the 2 meat 2 side combo with brisket, tri-tip, Mac n cheese and potato salad and almost everything was just bland. The brisket and the tri tip were extremely tender but lacked any sort of seasoning, thankful for the bbq sauce at the tables but come on. The Mac n cheese was creamy but lacked seasoning as well. The one thing we didn't have to fix with salt or bbq sauce was the potato salad. We also had really strange service from the cashier. She looked like she was maybe freshly 16. Didn't say a single word to us just stared at us waiting for our card. When we asked for a water, she just stood there staring at us and didn't say anything, it was actually a little creepy and odd. Overall, not a great experience. Cool looking place, some decent food but inconsistent and not bold enough for a bbq place read more

J & L BBQ - 2 meat 2 sides - American Near Me - Everett, Washington

I give it a four average here's why service 5 stars big portion for me for a fair price, the staff was super super super helpful with either the meal deals or pick what you want meal what I got I just want combo stuff and , they help your to take out trays and extra sauce Togo. Second. The place was clean with I think is hardwood floors but I do admit that the spicy sauce should be change to tangy sauce, but I drown my food in it anyway. I don't know the difference between Texas barbecue or Kansas City style , I just like it messy, my favorite is beef ribs but the pork ribs will do just fine. If you eat at this place and you lick your finger, you automatically have to give this place 4 stars. I got ribs and chicken with Mac and cheese and collard greens, hahah I needed a green veggie and since they didn't have any verde sauce , I have to kept it real. And second meal plate was brisket and beef with cowboy beans and corn bread, I have to admit I like my cornbread yellow just like my coffee without and whip cream and mocha chocolate and syrup not even sugar, black and hot. I really dig how some of the meat had char on it , if you don't know what char is then I guess you eat your barbecue with a knife and fork, well bless your heart as they say in the how. So in all I did like my fingers it was too much to eat for me and I forgot to get extra sauce for home read more

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Terrible service. I was in line and handicap. I had never been to the restaurant before. The lady at the counter yelled at me, " If I didn't know what I wanted to order then I needed to get out of her line." I couldn't believe her. The other customers were really kind and stepped back and told me to take my time because they didn't know what they wanted either. One person said to the manager that she should be fired for yelling at me the way that she did. read more

Food was ok. Service was awful. Employee was rude and slamming equipment while prepping our order on evening on 1-14-26. Used microwave to heat the baked potato and was undercooked. read more

Love the brisket. We have brisket meal and a brisket sandwich dip. Auju is good. Not super salty like the one from a restaurant we had a day earlier. Side dishes we had were Collard green, bbq beans, potatoes salad are all great. Recommended read more

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Place is absolutely fire. Ribs were melt in your mouth. Potato salad, Very good. Bbq beans were the best you ever had. Pulled pork was also delish read more

Another review at an outstanding restaurant. I was in Texas a few weeks ago and had amazing and not so good bbq down there. This is the closest thing to OUTSTANDING Texas I have had! Their brisket was very lean, smokey and fall of your fork tender. Their beans and collards are as good as my favorite place in Texas. One of these days they will have a Texas beef rib but until then, mmmmmmmm! I can still taste the brisket two days later!!!!! read more

I'd give 6 stars if I could. The owners are absolute sweet hearts, such genuine people. I don't know them personally, so I'm saying that as a stranger. The BBQ is top quality, the prices are fair, the sauces are excellent. My only 1 minor nit-pick complaint is the Spicy BBQ sauce is not Spicy. But, literally everything else they got is out of this world, I always leave a deserving tip. read more

Every single item is good I just need good quality stuff and this place checks all my boxes!

Best Brisket in the state . Soooooo damn good . .. Great people great food . Thank you for your great food.

I was impressed with the service. The gals were friendly, welcoming and helpful. The food was delicious. My son and I had pulled pork, sandwiches, beans and hot links. The pork was moist, tender and flavorful. The beans were delicious. I highly recommend J&L!!! Stefan Nellenbach read more

Um.... wow. I am very glad I found this spot! I was craving BBQ and found this little gem. Ordered the brisket and a side of macaroni and cheese, and potato salad. Now I'm ALWAYS disappointed by potato salad when I go to a BBQ spot, but NOT HERE! Definitely one of the best potato salads I've had! It was really delicious! The brisket was fantastic, smoky and very flavorful! I enjoyed it immensely! The mac and cheese was pretty average. Neither bad nor amazing. Staff was friendly and helpful. Excellent experience and highly recommend a visit! read more

J & L BBQ - Whole lotta yumminess! - American Near Me - Everett, Washington

The food is great, the staff are always friendly and helpful. When dining in, it's a great space to grab lunch with some friends.

In town visiting relatives and we had a craving for BBQ. Man, am I glad we did, the whole family LOVED it!!! The coleslaw was excellent and the Cowboy Caviar was a gigantic hit with my Mom, who loves bean salad. All of the meats we tried were amazing as well and smoked to perfection and still moist and juicy! The lady who served us was very helpful and friendly as well, so there was not a solitary issue anywhere, making for a well deserved 5 stars! It will be a new family tradition for me to stop in and bring BBQ to my folks' place whenever I'm in town for a visit. read more

This is great! Good smoke and flavor on the ribs and the brisket! The staff were so nice! Helped us get the right combo so everyone got what they wanted! Beans were good (they are my favorite part of Bbq) one kid loved the spicy sauce and the other loved the mild. Great expertise all around. Restaurant ambiance is clean, quiet for the most part. Band playing in parking lot in the back was enjoyable and added a party feel read more

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These guys offer a solid menu of BBQ favorites. Probably as close as I could come to writing a classic core menu off the top of my head would be the menu these guys light up every day. Prices are fair, service is super duper nice, and the setting is fine. It's right downtown off Colby, and as far as I know is essentially the same menu and personality as their other locations east toward the mountains. It's right next to the Everett Theater, which is probably a lot cooler than I ever realized, but that's an adventure for another day. At the moment I'm finally getting another BBQ place under my belt in my quest to survey the local bbq scene. This place has a few tables inside a long narrow space. There's a lot of counter, a lot of kitchen, a lot of office, and just 8-10 tables or so out front. It's cool seeing somebody barbecuing right in the downtown core of a city (even a small city), but it sure does eat up a lot of space that another joint might could use for more seating. Toward the back of the dining room, you get your drink out of the cooler. They do have a couple beers on tap, probably an IPA and a Vitamin R, maybe a couple other kegs hooked up. The bathroom's way in the back, and like most bbq places, it's at about a convenience-store level of cleanliness and invitingness. Lots of paint and painting supplies stored in there yesterday. Kinda cracks me up how so many bbq places always look like they just opened and are still finishing up some details. But what really matters here is the food. The brisket was juicy and tender, good flavor. Quite a bit of fat but that's fine. Tri-tip was super tasty, just begging to be turned into a sandwich (I skip carbs throughout, but you should get the sandwich). Collards had nice flavor, not oversweetened, showing their natural leafy bitterness. Chicken thighs were fantastic, just cooked to the exact point of perfect doneness where they're not too soggy nor too dry. I'd love to try more of the menu based on what we tried yesterday. Overall, everything this place does is classically styled on bbq tradition. They're not throwing any twists at you with offbeat specials, or an alternate rub on one of the meats, or anything too unconventional. I have to say I'd happily eat this again anytime, but I could also always drive a few more miles in one direction or another and get something with a little extra personality on the table. So it'll all come down to how much time I have for a meal. read more

I'm full and happy! Super quick service and the staff is lovely. Everything is homemade and great portion sizes! The mac n cheese is creamy and the potatoe salad has a nice pickle taste. The coleslaw is mayo based and thin so it's not too rich. The brisket oozes with juice and has so much flavor! But if you like your meat saucey there's yummy bbq sauce options on the tables. The corn bread was moist and delicious! Come here to enjoy the fun music inside and good food! read more

J & L BBQ - Potatoe salad, mac n cheese, coleslaw, brisket slider, corn bread with cinnamon butter - American Near Me - Everett, Washington

Ordered brisket with sides of macaroni & cheese and coleslaw. The brisket was overcooked and was given beans and potato salad. I HATE beans. Since it was a to go order I didn't find wrong items until I got home. Not a good experience for the first time ordering from here. They claim generous portions but alas, 3 small, thin slices do not generous portion make. I will hesitate to go back. read more

Off the charts delicious!!! Worth every penny. We did the four meats four sides special then added one additional side cowboy caviar plus cornbread w cinnamon honey and hot links too! Meat was tender and juicy, mac snd cheese was homemade yummy and red mash potatoes w gravy amazing! Brisket was perfection with an amazing bark! I loved the chicken and Tri Tip too! Potato salad & coleslaw were perfection! My favorite side was the cornbread, moist and I generously spread on the honey cinnamon butter. We will be loyal customers and highly recommend! Support local small businesses!!!!! read more

J & L BBQ - Potato Salad, Red Mashed Potatoes w chicken gravy, Coleslaw and Cowboy Caviar - American Near Me - Everett, Washington

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Awesome food and service . Parking leaves a lot to be desired. Gotta type more to post lol

What a cute little BBQ place! I am so glad my family and I decided to stop in here. We were in town to checkout the Funko store. The food was AMAZING!! The corn bread is HELLA good. I went back for seconds. If they have it straight out of the oven, ask if you can have that. SOOO DREAMY! Writing about it makes me want to go back!! Definitely get the brisket... YUUUM!! And the potato salad OMG!!! I will come back here with my fam the next time I am in Everett. Thank you for the good food and the hospitality!! read more

J & L BBQ - Brisket, Mac & Cheese, Potato Salad, Corn Bread.... - American Near Me - Everett, Washington

Food was delicious, service was great. We were there with friends, hung out for a while, staff was totally okay with us just sitting and talking even long after we were done eating. read more

Brisket sandwich is on point and the pork spare ribs are great good friendly service

I haven't been to J & L BBQ in quite a while, and when I did, I usually went to the Snohomish location, which is small and mostly take out. I always loved their BBQ, but we moved further away, and it wasn't convenient to go there anymore. This time, we were attending a show at the theater next door and decided to eat here at the Everett location. The service was awesome. There were two ladies at the counter taking orders and dishing up, and they were great. We had brisket, pork ribs, collard greens, baked beans, and corn bread. The meats were excellent, the collard greens were amazing, and the cinnamon butter for the cornbread really did the trick! I honestly wasn't a huge fan of the baked beans, though. They were a mix of red and yellow beans, and the sauce wasn't what I typically see in a BBQ restaurant. Besides that, the food is great, and if you are in the area and hungry, you will definitely get your money's worth here. read more

Some of the best BBQ I've had outside of the south. The service was fast and the place smelled like a true BBQ restaurant which was really refreshing. The brisket isn't dried out like most places, thae Brisket Sandwich is to die for. read more

Of course the food is good but I want to talk about something else. If your business is only as good as your employees then J and L BBQ has a GEM in Tina! That lady provides a level of customer service that focuses on satisfaction like nothing I've seen in such a casual atmosphere. That gal got a great tip ftom us as she is one of the few that earns her tips. As long as she eorks there, we'll be back! read more

Ordered 2 brisket meals for pickup they said it would be ready in 10 minutes, as we know parking on Colby is a nightmare so had to park with my hazards on behind a couple of cars. I went in and they lady behind the counter couldn't find the order, when she asked the manager, she said she forgot to make it. She asked if I still wanted it and said yes but needed to park my truck as I was illegally parked. I left and had to find a parking stall, and when I went back in she still hadn't made it. Needless to say I wasn't happy about this, and she said I could leave if I didn't drop the attitude. She had 1 table of customers mind you. Terrible, recommend another place. read more

Wonderful ribs, pulled pork sandwiches and beans. We often order takeout. Very delicious

This is by and far the best barbeque in Everett and some of the best in the state. Their brisket is flavorful and tender and the ribs are equally as delicious. The chicken is good too. I also really enjoy their mac and cheese and the corn bread is fantastic. The service is top notch and they're always trying to give you samples and extra in your order. read more