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    Sylvester's Ms Style BBQ

    4.8 (61 reviews)
    ModerateAmerican
    Closed 11:00 am - 6:30 pm

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    SYLVESTER'S MS STYLE BBQ ATMOSPHERE

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    Casual
    Dogs allowed
    Good for groups
    Good for kids

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    Rib tips and crinkle cut french fries.
    Karol C.

    Yum yum! Good ole smoked meats and traditional barbeque sides! You know when you pull up to the parking lot and there are no spaces, the food will be the bomb. I stood in line waiting behind six or seven people as the man in front of me complained that he would pass out if he didn't eat soon. He even suggested that I would too! *crying laughing* I finally reached the cashier after staring down the lemonade canister for fifteen minutes. The lemonade looked heavenly, and it did not disappoint. I am tempted to drive back there now for some, but I digress. I also ordered a rib tip plate with cole slaw and french fries. The cole slaw had much too much dressing for my taste, but it was decent. The fries were simple crinkle cut. The tasty tips beckoned me to nibble on them on my drive back home, and I obliged. I love that the meat was served without sauce. I don't usually eat it. The meat was so good, it didn't need sauce. Really good southern barbeque. I look forward to trying the smoked turkey on my next visit.

    Rib tips plate w 2 sides (mac m cheese, potato salad), comes w slice of bread. Ordered small sweet vinegar onion $0.50 but get you a large !
    Joanne K.

    Wow best damned BBQ of my life ! Smoked, you can taste the earth in each clean bite. Generous portions, got 1/2 slab and rib tips plate w 2 sides, could prob feed 4 people. Get the big sweet vinegar onions. Sauce comes on the side and is so unique: caramel and dark, molasses. Got a bottle of that too !

    Jennifer B.

    I wasn't hungry and neither was my SO, but my SO wanted to try some real Mississippi BBQ so we stopped by here. Sylvester's is literally a gas station off the highway outside of Jackson MS. My SO ordered pork ribs with sides of baked beans and potato salad. The cashier was nice enough to point out that it would be cheaper to order the same thing as a rib plate, which he did. I just got one chicken wing just to try something. We also saw the others workers being super nice and polite to other customers. As I just had the one chicken wing (delicious) I'll let my SO take it from here: After eating our way across Mississippi I wasn't really hungry at all, so I ordered my rib plate to go. I thought I'd try it while it was warm though, so we sat down for a moment for me to try a quick bite. Big mistake. The first bite of the rib was succulent, juicy, flavorful, exactly what I was hoping for. This was a five star rib for sure. I knew they made their own bbq sauce though so I got up and asked the cashier if I could get a side. She somehow managed to tell me that it was in the to go bag without making me feel like an idiot, so I sat back down and dipped my rib into the sauce. My second and fatal mistake. Sweet, tangy, very mildly spicy, and another flavor breaking through....maple syrup. I tore into the second rib, then the third. Ignoring my overtaxed stomach and forgetting that this was a to go order I ripped into the fourth, then the baked beans (fantastic, I think they also had maple syrup) and the potato salad (also great) and then back to the fifth rib before I realized what I had done. As I write this I am in some level of pain, but it was worth every bite, and I'm actually somehow salivating thinking about the several ribs I have left in my mangled to go box. Sylvester's is the reason we try really hard to save five star reviews for the really outstanding places. We were already running late and it was a few miles out of our way to get here, but it was completely worth it. Don't pass this by.

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    2 years ago

    Sylvester's food still grilled on an outside grill. The taste is a true grill taste. I love grilled food is why I chose to eat here.

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    Great service, awesome bbq. Highly recommend if you like sweet tangy sauce and perfect cooked ribs.

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    2 years ago

    We LOVE this place! The best bbq and the bbq sauce is so GOOD! Please GO and try it.

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    2 years ago

    Excellent food. Good service. Best ribs anywhere! Good beans and potato salad. Love the pork sausage!

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    3 years ago

    The new spot in Jackson for good African American takeout BBQ ribs. Good service. Be prepared to wait if you go at peak times.

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    This is great food. Chicken , Beef, Pork, ribs or sides...it's all amazing. Ribs are my favorite.

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    3 years ago

    awesome food and great service. sylvester been around forever and is all about the community

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    One of the best bbq around! Rib tips are excellent! Always great customer service as well

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    I love their food. They have friendly service. Wish they were open everyday. The Boom

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