E & L Barbeque — Restaurant in Jackson

You here about these bbq places or even watched episodes on YouTube about bbq places from state to state but mainly in the south...this recipe vs that recipe...this wood vs that wood, etc. I'm from California and I love bbq and I've always wanted to try bbq from the south. My current job has me traveling the country overseeing (superintendent) construction projects. The last three months I was in Tennessee so I tried some brisket and it was fire!!!! I didnt try the ribs because the brisket was so good I ddint want to ruin it. So now I'm here in Mississippi for the next 3 months, it's my second day here and when I woke up this morning and googled bbq, I had three main choices and I picked E&L. Simple menu, simple layout of the restaurant and its away from busy streets, on way in and one way out, great prices. This place must be popular because there was a line when I got there and there was a line forming when i was still in the middle of the line. The proficiency of this 4 team crew was beyond amazing, lights out great job!!! The food: ordered a full rack and two banana puddings. The first bite was amazing, my mouth was singing songs of love, warmth, smoky bones and more. I ate half and the other half will be for later😇, oh ya, the other banana pudding will be excellent later after I eat the ribs or maybe I'll eat the banana bread first. In any case, I can say that i fulfilled my fantasies with Southern BBQ...Jackson, Mississipp representing BBQ 110%...thank you to the family of E&L who have continued the path that Eddie and Lula have paved for you guys...every time I see a old Cadillac now, I'll think of Eddie and...

Now if you came to the comments to see if the food was good, I'm just going to say yes. it's good but I will say the reason why I gave it a three is because of the atmosphere or the area. The building is probably one of the nastiest building I've ever gotten food from. They have booths but they look really old and some have holes in them The building literally looks like an abandoned building on the inside. The wait is also always super long. I went recently but it's been years since I've been and if memory serves me right, the wait has always been extremely long. I believe it always takes over and out but it could be the times we usually choose to pick up food. I went on a Saturday around 5:00 p.m. The way it may be shorter on some days but this time it was about hour and a half. Also the building may look run down but that doesn't mean it's dirty. It's always clean but it's just always run down looking. and the part at the front where they have the grill doesn't look as run down to me is the back. It's just the back where people waited that looks extremely creepy. I probably wouldn't go back unless guests requested it, as they did this time, but I will say I am always glad to have a plate of their...

I'm done with this place,they should change the name too,because this is not the E&Ls I grew up on.Im a born and raised Jacksonian and I remember when going to E&Ls was a real treat,After a few years and some changed faces this place has gone to the dumps.I went just yesterday to get what use to be my favorite rib plate.I ordered Ribs and chicken plate,and for my wife I ordered the dark meat chicken plate they gave me rib tips and and a plate with 3 skiny dried out ribs and a half cooked thigh,And my order could have been right if they had taken the Time to look at the orders on deck.And this is just one of the few of many bad visits to this place,Im tired of spending my hard earned money on these places that employ people who don't give a dam about there job,and in return the customer is on the short end,that's bad business so i don't recommend any one visit E&L Bar B Que because they don't value u as customer and the place is nasty the area is not safe and the...