UPDATE May 2014: Looney’s has been sold. The new owner will open a Mexican/American restaurant.
We had returned to Looney’s back in February and had a pretty good dinner. I liked my tri-tip quite a bit, Mike was enthused about his ribs, but they were good enough, and Camila was happy with her French bread pizza. We all loved being able to try all the sauces.
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We love BBQ. More to the point, we love Everett & Jones BBQ. We want our ribs slowly smoked for hours and presented with a complex and exciting BBQ sauce. We don’t want uniformity and we want a good value.
Looney’s can’t offer any of it. To be fair, I think new environmental regulations do not allow for the type of commercial smokers that make E&J’s BBQ as amazing as it is. But, well, that just means we have to drive a bit further. We got the spare ribs at Looney’s and were pretty disappointed. They were tough, uniform in texture – which suggests they had been boiled – and pretty tasteless. The BBQ sauce was pretty generic, somewhat vinegary but also just blah. For $20 for a half-rack we expected more.
In addition to BBQ and BBQ sandwiches, Looney’s offers burgers (~$10), stuffed potatoes ($6 + $2-$3.50 for toppings), steaks ($18-24), jambalaya ($15), catfish ($20) soups and salads and pizzas.
Looney’s Southern BBQ
14680 Washington Ave
San Leandro CA
510-969-8889
http://www.looneysbbq.com/
M-Th 11am-10pm
F-Sa 11am-1am
Su 8am-10pm
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