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Big Ed’s BBQ Restaurant Review

305 Rt. 34 (Amboy Rd.) Send to Phone
MatawanNJ 07747
732-583-2626 | Menu
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Extra big napkins and extra big appetites required to dine here.

Cuisine

Open

Lunch & Dinner daily

Features

  • Kid-friendly
  • Full bar
  • Reservations suggested (weeknights); call ahead we
  • Karaoke Sat. nights
  • Open late Fri.-Sat.
  • Parking lot
  • Casual

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Dining room at Big Ed’s BBQ, Matawan, NJYou get a whiff of Big Ed’s BBQ long before you park the car in what looks like a fenced-in barnyard. It’s great smelling smoke, too, redolent of ribs and chicken and sloppy pulled pork. Granted it’s odd to see a Southern roadhouse on a suburban New Jersey highway, but believe your nose and turn in to try some real down-home cooking. The menu is loaded with options---barbecued everything served with slaw, corn on the cob and a choice of potato. The interior is rustic to say the least, with wooden booths and red and white checked tablecloths, but the eating is good and the staff mighty friendly. The “combos” offer a wealth of flavors, perhaps some unique to the Northeast, such as a platter of baby-backs and fried clam strips. There are steaks and seafood, too, all served in generous portions. Big parties are welcomed here. Just bring the gang and come on in.

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