Nazareth: Mad J's BBQ (December 2019)



My spouse and I got take-out from Mad J’s BBQ on a Saturday afternoon in December 2019. Mad J’s is open Wednesdays through Sundays from lunch until dinner (closed on Mondays and Tuesdays). 

Mad J’s BBQ opened in August 2019 on East Lawn Road in Nazareth in a tiny two-storefront strip mall. (The other occupant is RItas Italian Ice.) Mad J’s offers primarily take-out and catering services; however, in the summertime, you can dine outdoors at one of their picnic tables. (Note that there is nowhere to dine indoors, even in inclement or cold weather.) The restaurant was named because the first name of all owners begins with the letter “J”, and the first letter of their middle names spells out “Mad”. 

Mad J’s serves American-style barbecue. We had already eaten lunch elsewhere, but because we do not travel to Nazareth often, we wanted to take home a few samples of their cuisine. We tried the pork burnt ends (excellent), the beef brisket (perhaps even more excellent), and the peach cobbler (yummy but quite sweet). Everthing the business serves is homemade. 

We loved the BBQ at Mad J’s, and we will be sure to stop by again for take-out when we are in the neighborhood.




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