Five Tallahassee barbecue restaurants, seven locations, from Miracle Plaza and South Magnolia Drive to Timberlane Road, with hours from their own sites.

Last checked 2026-10-11. Refreshed every three months.

Tallahassee’s barbecue is mostly chain smokehouses spread across town. Thomasville Road has 4 Rivers Smokehouse at Miracle Plaza and Willie Jewell’s farther north. Mission BBQ is on South Magnolia Drive by Governor’s Square, and Sonny’s has restaurants on Timberlane Road, North Monroe Street and Dick Wilson Boulevard off Capital Circle Southeast. E&J’s BBQ is on South Monroe Street.

How we made this list. The places come from OpenStreetMap records inside Tallahassee’s city limits, the same records that feed our local directory, checked against each place’s own website on Oct. 11, 2026. Places with no website, and places the map missed, are confirmed from Florida’s restaurant license records, with addresses checked against the U.S. Census Bureau’s city-limits map. Korean barbecue is on our sushi and Asian list. The list is alphabetical. It is not a ranking or a recommendation, and nobody paid to be on it. A place can write to us to correct its entry.

Name Address Hours as published Phone
4 Rivers Smokehouse 1817 Thomasville Road, No. 100 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday to Saturday; 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Sunday 850-397-0322
E&J’s BBQ (no website) 1622 S. Monroe St. Not posted Not posted
Mission BBQ 216 S. Magnolia Drive, Suite 101 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday to Saturday; 11:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. Sunday 850-702-3513
Sonny’s BBQ, Timberlane 1460 Timberlane Road Page shows only the day’s hours: 10:45 a.m. to 10 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 11 850-906-9996
Sonny’s BBQ, Dick Wilson 3101 Dick Wilson Blvd. Page shows only the day’s hours: 10:45 a.m. to 10 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 11 850-878-1185
Sonny’s BBQ, Monroe 2707 N. Monroe St. Page shows only the day’s hours: 10:45 a.m. to 10 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 11 850-385-2167
Willie Jewell’s Old School Bar-B-Q 5442 Thomasville Road Not posted on its locations page 850-629-4299

The places

4 Rivers Smokehouse, 1817 Thomasville Road, No. 100. A smokehouse chain’s Tallahassee restaurant in Miracle Plaza in Midtown. It takes online and catering orders and sells bakery boxes and its own sauces and rubs.

E&J’s BBQ, 1622 S. Monroe St. A barbecue restaurant on South Monroe Street. We found no website; the state inspected it in March 2026.

Mission BBQ, 216 S. Magnolia Drive, Suite 101. A barbecue chain’s restaurant on South Magnolia Drive. It closes on eight major holidays a year and posts holiday hours on its page. Catering uses the same phone number.

Sonny’s BBQ, three locations. The barbecue chain has restaurants on Timberlane Road, Dick Wilson Boulevard and North Monroe Street. The Timberlane page lists dine-in, takeout, curbside pickup, delivery and catering. Each page shows that day’s hours.

Willie Jewell’s Old School Bar-B-Q, 5442 Thomasville Road. A fast-casual barbecue chain that calls itself the sister concept of Bono’s Pit Bar-B-Q and smokes its meat low and slow, it says. It takes online and catering orders.

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Frequently asked questions

Where can I get barbecue in Tallahassee?

Five barbecue restaurants operate inside the city limits: 4 Rivers Smokehouse, E&J’s BBQ, Mission BBQ, Sonny’s BBQ (three locations) and Willie Jewell’s Old School Bar-B-Q.

Is there barbecue open on Sunday in Tallahassee?

Yes. 4 Rivers Smokehouse lists 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Sunday and Mission BBQ 11:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. Sonny’s Tallahassee pages showed 10:45 a.m. to 10 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 11.

How many Sonny’s BBQ restaurants are in Tallahassee?

Three, according to Sonny’s own site: 1460 Timberlane Road, 3101 Dick Wilson Blvd. and 2707 N. Monroe St.

Does Tallahassee barbecue do catering?

4 Rivers Smokehouse, Mission BBQ, Sonny’s and Willie Jewell’s all take catering orders through their own sites.