There’s a certain magic that happens when smoke meets meat for hours on end, transforming the ordinary into the extraordinary.
That alchemy occurs daily at Everett & Jones Barbeque in Oakland, where California barbecue pilgrims make journeys of hundreds of miles just to experience what might be the Bay Area’s most perfect ribs.
The unassuming brick building on Broadway with its bright red sign and orange awning doesn’t scream for attention – it doesn’t need to.
The intoxicating aroma of hickory smoke does all the necessary advertising, wafting through Jack London Square and stopping pedestrians in their tracks like a hypnotist’s pocket watch…