Pack Jack -b-que - Sebastopol

Gotta be open the hours you say you are. Got a very disappointed family. Sunday, 6:31, all social says you are open…. You are not. Feel free to reach out and explain.

Skip this place if you like legit bbq. Texas style this was not.The restaurant itself looks straight out of the 60s. But not a nice restaurant out of the 60s, just.. somewhere that needs a desperate update.When we walked in we sat down for about 10 minutes before we were greeted, given a menu (after being asked if we knew what we wanted) and served. The chef/server/only person there was very pleasant.In terms of drinks, there were Pepsi (just Pepsi, no diet, no other soda), water, and Budweiser.I ordered a combo plate to try two meats but honestly wouldn 't have been able to distinguish them. All the meats we tried were sitting in oil (I 'm not going to take a picture of the remains in my styrofoam box since that 's gross, but I am talking a solid 2 3 tbsp of oil floating in the box). Why so much oil? There was no meaningful seasoning on any of the ribs, which were tough. Also, this is a basic barbecue prep pull off the silver skin membrane off the back! They all had the ridiculously tough papery membrane on the back which doesn 't break down during low and slow cooking, and there 's no reason for that to be left on.I gave it one star because the guy was pleasant, but sadly I wouldn 't recommend this place to anyone.

I hate to have to rate this restaurant so low because we met the original owner there who happens to be a very sweet man. But, man, oh man! He needs some serious help with the cooking! The food was pretty disgusting. The sole cook acknowledged to us that making bbq wasn't his forte and that he was only trying to help his friend, the owner, out so that the place wouldn't have to close. I'm sure the restaurant was probably amazing in its glory days when it was at its pique. We only came here because we wanted to frequent a black owned bbq establishment in the area and this was the only one. The owner, Don, was in a wheelchair and greeted us so warmly. He suffers from Parkinson's disease so he wasn't able to talk much. But he was so kind to show us photo albums of his wife and family during the early days when the restaurant was thriving. We didn't have the heart to tell him that the food was really bad now. It was actually inedible. We pushed the food around our plates the whole time without eating it and spent the majority of our time reminiscing with Don, who was absolutely lovely to share photos of his family with us. We had all of our food packed up to go and left a $100 tip on the table. Needless to say, the packed up food was deposited in the trash can as soon as we got home. I wish there were some way that this restaurant could be revived, but I don't know if the owner's other family members would be willing to put in the time and money it would require. It's too bad... I would love to see it come back to life one day.

The Lamb here is unparalleled.I have eaten a lot of BBQ all over, the finesse and excellence of the lamb preparation here is amazing. I can 't say enough about the Lamb. They have truly mastered it. Suggested plate if you like lamb:Lamb plate with the hot sauce and two potato salad sides.

It took a while to get our order taken but that may be because there was one person doing it all: barbecuing, taking the order, and serving. The place was deserted, with just one couple other than us. Two people came into the take out section but left after waiting 15 minutes. Our waiter was nice and friendly when he came to take our order and he delivered it in decent time. We had the chicken, whose flesh was meaty and juicy but the skin was tough and tightly bound, like a pair of Spanx. The side of potato salad was good; the cole slaw, not so much so. I was impressed with the bidet toilet because you don't often see one of those outside of Japan. Two drinks were available- Pepsi or water. The Pepsi was actually a Royal Crown Cola, which I haven't tasted in years.