ABBQ Meat & Drink
Texas-style barbecue with a real kids menu and a large fenced backyard for cornhole and running around. The green space is the difference between eating with children here and carrying barbecue home.
Bono's Pit Bar-B-Q
Jacksonville has been pulling trays from Bono's since Lou Bono fired up the first pit in 1949. The original moved to Beach Boulevard as the expressway came through, and today's 4907 Beach Boulevard room is the direct link to that story.
MOJO No. 4
The Avondale room in the local MOJO family has served barbecue, Southern sides, whiskey, and blues on St. Johns Avenue since 2011. The patio and giant onion rings make it hard to mistake for a quiet takeout stop.
Mojo Kitchen, BBQ Pit and Blues Bar
Slow-smoked barbecue and a full bar in the Beach Boulevard plaza at Penman Road. The name and the room come from the blues, though its own site says it is not booking live shows right now, so it is not listed for live music here.
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ABBQ Meat & Drink
Texas-style barbecue with a real kids menu and a large fenced backyard for cornhole and running around. The green space is the difference between eating with children here and carrying barbecue home.
The Bearded Pig
Opened at 1224 Kings Ave and moved four blocks down to a purpose-built room in 2021. The backyard is as much of the draw as the tray, which is the sort of thing a menu never tells you.
Pick your Jacksonville barbecue
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Jacksonville BBQ: Starter List
Choose the tray and the room together, from Texas brisket at the beach to Caribbean smoke on the Northside and a Jacksonville name from 1949.
Jacksonville BBQ Institutions and Owner Stories
Meet the people behind a Jacksonville name from 1949, a food truck that settled down, a Texas-trained Mandarin pit and a Navy family cooking Caribbean barbecue.
Jacksonville BBQ Styles and Smoke
Texas brisket, Southern pit barbecue, Carolina pork and Caribbean smoke all live here. Start with the flavor you want.
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Origin Stories
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The Whole Family Table
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Big Groups
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Neighborhood Institutions
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