{"id":133025,"date":"2024-03-21T11:26:48","date_gmt":"2024-03-21T15:26:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/?p=133025"},"modified":"2024-04-03T13:08:56","modified_gmt":"2024-04-03T17:08:56","slug":"big-johns-alabama-bbq-named-best-bbq-in-florida","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/?p=133025","title":{"rendered":"Big John\u2019s Alabama BBQ Named Best BBQ In Florida"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"Default\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-133013\" src=\"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/MS-Big-John-640x363.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"363\" srcset=\"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/MS-Big-John-640x363.png 640w, https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/MS-Big-John-1280x726.png 1280w, https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/MS-Big-John-160x91.png 160w, https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/MS-Big-John-1024x580.png 1024w, https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/MS-Big-John.png 1510w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"Default\" align=\"center\"><b>Big John\u2019s Alabama BBQ<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"Default\"><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"BodyA\" style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\"><b>BY MONIQUE STAMPS<\/b><b><\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"BodyA\" style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\"><b>Sentinel Staff Writer<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"BodyA\" align=\"center\"><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"Default\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0Repeating the honor they received in 2021, East Tampa\u2019s Big John\u2019s Alabama BBQ has once again been named Southern Living Magazine\u2019s 2024 Best BBQ Joint in Florida.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"Default\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<b>Corey Miller<\/b>, grandson of <b>Rev. John A. \u201cBig John\u201d Stephens<\/b>, says that the family is grateful for the recognition.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"Default\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cThis is such an honor, and it goes back to my grandfather. He instilled in all of us the values of hard work, dedication, and humility. We appreciate Southern Living selecting us. We have been mentioned by them 3 times as a place for good food in Florida.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"Default\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0Big John\u2019s creates authentic southern BBQ with delicious traditional sides, collard greens, mac and cheese, potato salad, and baked beans, They offer BBQ sandwiches, platters, and entrees. Big John\u2019s also offers catering.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"Default\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The story of the restaurant shows one man\u2019s determination to bringing God and entrepreneurship to Tampa. In 1968 the late <b>Rev. John A. \u201cBig John\u201d Stephens<\/b> opened Big John&#8217;s Alabama Barbeque in East Tampa, Florida on 40th Street North. \u201cBig John\u201d migrated from Eufaula, Alabama to Tampa with his family. He ran the restaurant until he passed away in 1994. The family still runs the restaurant, now located at 5707 N 40th St.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"Default\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Big John&#8217;s Alabama BBQ is open from 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Monday-Thursday, 11 a.m.-8 p.m. Friday and Saturday and is closed each Sunday. The phone number is 813-623-3900.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-5658155045760562\"\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"Default\"><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Big John\u2019s Alabama BBQ \u00a0 BY MONIQUE STAMPS Sentinel Staff Writer \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0Repeating the honor they received in 2021, East Tampa\u2019s Big John\u2019s Alabama BBQ has once again been named Southern Living Magazine\u2019s 2024 Best BBQ Joint in Florida. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0Corey Miller, grandson of Rev. John A. \u201cBig John\u201d Stephens, says that the family [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":88889,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-133025","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local-news","pmpro-has-access"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133025","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/88889"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=133025"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133025\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":133042,"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133025\/revisions\/133042"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=133025"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=133025"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=133025"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}