Lil Red Takeout and Catering

Lil Red Takeout and Catering, is a Jamaican restaurant in Seattle's Columbia City / Rainier Valley area, in the U.S. state of Washington. Erasto Jackson is the owner.

Description

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

Reception

Adrian Miller has called Lil Red one of the best Black-owned barbecue establishments in the U.S. In Seattle Metropolitan 2022 list of the city's best barbecue, Allecia Vermillion called Lil Red "one of the city's most exciting destinations for smoked meat". Jackson was nominated for a James Beard Foundation Award for Best Chef. In 2023, Lil Red was included in The New York Times list of Seattle's 25 best restaurants.