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This is why I vote! My 2nd great grandfather Isaac Everett registered to vote in 1867 in Alabama. Two years after Reconstruction ended he was a poll worker in the Presidential election of 1880. I honor his legacy every time I vote.      I popped in at my local supermarket Lucky's to get just a few things. I rounded a corner and spotted the familiar bright yellow label that caught my eye. I still get goosebumps seeing my mother’s sauce on a supermarket shelf. Next time you are shopping, pick up a jar or two of Everett and Jones Barbeque “Super Q” barbecue sauce. We have come a long way since 1973. Who remembers when the only way you could buy our sauce was you had to bring your own container, and we would go in the kitchen and fill it up. If you were at the Berkeley restaurant and forgot to bring a container you went next door to the Can Food grocery store, bought a quart jar of orange juice and told us to pour it out and fill it up with some medium sauce...LoL. If you were at the Fruitvale restaurant and forgot to bring an empty jar you went next door to the Liquor store or across the street to the Black & White Market and bought a jar of juice and brought it back to us to fill it up. We got so much free orange juice ...LOL. Ahh yes, the good old days!   We first bottled our sauce in 12 ounce glass jars in 1983, and sold to local supermarkets and specialty stores.    The next President of the United States Kamala Harris! Time to get the band back together for another historic road trip. On January 16, 2009, fifty-four passengers boarded a bus at Everett and Jones Barbeque restaurant in Oakland, California and traveled across country to witness history, the 1st Black President of the United States, Barack Obama for his inauguration January 20, 2009. Let's do it again!       Memorial Day 2024 marks the 51st Anniversary year of Everett and Jones Barbeque. Thanks to our customers we made it to this milestone. Thank you even to the customers who gave us a tough time, always wanting extra meat, extra sauce, extra potato salad, extra bread, extra plate, etc. You know who you are. Thank you even to the always late customers who would run up to the door or window of the restaurant after we have closed pounding on the door and yelling can I get an order pleaseeeeee . . . you know who you are. Thank you even to the customers who would call in their orders and ask everybody in the house what they wanted; while we held on to the phone for 30 minutes . . . you know who you are. Thank you even to the customers who would ask for hot sauce on their orders, boasting that they eat spicy sauce all the time and then bring it back to us and ask us to wash it off. You know who you are. Here is a BBQ tip, do not change. You have made this journey to 51 memorable. We thank you for every minute, every second, and would not change a thing except that time when . . oh wait that is another story. Updated 5/5/2024 We are descendants of Jenny Mclean.  Purchase DVD |
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The Everett sisters organized a bus trip to the 1st President Obama inauguration
Sharing photos of the 1st President Obama inauguration.
Everett sisters Dorothy, Helen, Mary and Shirley @Jack London Square restaurant planning the "We Believe Get on the Bus" trip to witness history - 1st Obama inauguration.
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