Lil Red Takeout and Catering

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Lil Red Takeout and Catering
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Lil Red Takeout and Catering
Restaurant information
Owner(s)Erasto Jackson
Food typeJamaican
Street address4225 Rainier Avenue South
City Seattle
CountyKing
StateWashington
Postal/ZIP Code98118
CountryUnited States
Coordinates 47°33′53″N122°17′20″W / 47.5648°N 122.2888°W / 47.5648; -122.2888

Lil Red Takeout and Catering (also known as Lil Red Jamaican BBQ and Soul Cuisine, [1] Lil Red's Takeout and Catering, [2] or simply Lil Red), [3] is a Jamaican restaurant in Seattle's Columbia City / Rainier Valley area, in the U.S. state of Washington. [4]

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Description

Lil Red is a Black-owned, counter service [5] barbecue restaurant on Rainier Avenue South in the Columbia City / Rainier Valley area of Seattle. [6] [7] The menu has included brisket, fish or pork ribs, jerk chicken, yams, collard greens, macaroni and cheese, mashed potatoes, cornbread, and lemon buttermilk pie. [3] The restaurant has also served oxtail, snapper, wings, and house-smoked bacon and sausages, [8] roast beef, [9] and a fried bologna sandwich. [6]

History

Erasto Jackson is the owner. [10]

Reception

Adrian Miller has called Lil Red one of the best Black-owned barbecue establishments in the U.S. [11] [12] [13] In Seattle Metropolitan 's 2022 list of the city's best barbacue, Allecia Vermillion called Lil Red "one of the city's most exciting destinations for smoked meat". [5] Jackson was nominated for a James Beard Foundation Award for Best Chef (Northwest and Pacific). [1] In 2023, Lil Red was included in The New York Times 's list of Seattle's 25 best restaurants. [14]

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  3. 1 2 "Lil Red Takeout & Catering Review - Columbia City - Seattle". The Infatuation. 2022-01-21. Archived from the original on 2023-04-02. Retrieved 2024-01-02.
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  5. 1 2 Vermillion, Allecia (2022-06-07). "BBQ Restaurants in Seattle". Seattle Metropolitan. Archived from the original on 2022-12-26. Retrieved 2024-01-02.
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  13. ↑ Clement, Bethany Jean (2021-04-27). "This Seattle place made the cut on a barbecue expert's list of the top 20 Black-owned BBQ spots nationwide". The Seattle Times. Archived from the original on 2023-12-12. Retrieved 2024-01-02.
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