Lil Red Takeout & Catering
Barbecue restaurant · Columbia City
4225 Rainier Ave S, Seattle, WA 98118
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Highlights
Jamaican & Southern BBQ with tender brisket, mac & cheese
Jamaican & Southern BBQ with tender brisket, mac & cheese
"Just like airport TSA agents screaming about portable electronics at the crack of dawn, a great lunch at Lil Red is guaranteed. This Columbia City Jamaican spot serves some of the best BBQ in town, along with soul food and a menu of specials that work together to make the ultimate comfort meal. Whether your order involves spiced mac and cheese or soft brisket that folds into origami meat sculptures, the only wrong move here would be to skip the garlic mashed potatoes." - aimee rizzo, kayla sager riley
"This takeout counter serves BBQ dishes like smoked brisket, pork ribs, jerk chicken, and escovitch fish (pan-seared snapper topped with peppers and onions), and it’s all phenomenal. Give us a plate of tender meat, spiced mac and cheese, a cornbread muffin, and a side of hands-down the best mashed potatoes in Seattle. There aren’t many better experiences around town than eating burnt ends and listening to the gospel music pumping out of Lil Red’s speakers." - aimee rizzo, kayla sager riley
"Just like airport TSA agents screaming about portable electronics at the crack of dawn, a great meal at Lil Red is guaranteed. This Columbia City Jamaican spot is not just one of Seattle's best restaurants to begin with—they also serve the best BBQ in town, along with soul food and a menu of specials that work together to make the ultimate comfort meal. Whether your order involves chunks of smokey rib tips to toss back like Skittles or brisket that’s so soft it possesses the ability to fold into an origami meat sculpture, the only wrong move here would be to skip the garlic mashed potatoes or spiced mac and cheese. We think about both more often than TSA agents fantasize about the day that belts might be outlawed." - aimee rizzo, kayla sager riley
"It’s hard to go wrong at this casual Jamaican BBQ spot with an expansive menu of comfort food. But we’d direct your attention to the Big Three: brisket, mashed potatoes, and mac and cheese that structurally holds as much velvety cheese sauce as possible. We love this spot for a leisurely weekend lunch, or for takeout when some alone time in your car eating a tub of said mashed potatoes is necessary." - aimee rizzo, kayla sager riley, gabe guarente
"Southern barbecue meets Jamaican flavors at this takeout-only restaurant and catering operation in Columbia City. The menu ranges from fantastic jerk fried chicken and waffles to barbecue wings to a delectable smoked and fried bologna sandwich. The restaurant also offers catering with platters of ribs, barbecue chicken, brisket, and more. In 2021, Lil Red was listed among one of national barbecue expert Adrian Miller’s 20 favorite Black-owned barbecue restaurants in the U.S., and it was a 2022 James Beard semifinalist in the Best Chef: Northwest category." - Meg van Huygen
