Lem's BBQ Restaurant Review!

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Aug 30, 2026
Where can I find the best BBQ in Chicago? If you've ever asked yourself this question, I have your answer. Come with me as we explore Lem's BBQ and taste to see if it is the best in Chicago!
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AI GeneratedA food reviewer visits Lim's Barbecue on Chicago's South Side to try the \"JBL Special.\" The meal, which costs $25.47, features a variety of meats and sides. The reviewer highly praises the seasoning and tenderness of the ribs and chicken, awarding the establishment an 8.5/10 for its food quality, packaging, and customer service.
Come with me as we check out Lim's Barbecue on Chicago's South Side. Look at this line. I feel
like this line is already telling me what I need to know about the barbecue, but let's check it out.
I just got my food. I got the JBL special. The JBL special has two chicken wings, two bones,
so rib bones, some rib tips, a sausage, so a hot link, some fries, and I ordered a side of coleslaw
and potato salad. That spent a total of $25.47. Let's get into it. All right, they start off
I got my forks and they put my cold items in a separate bag. Let's go. Let's go.
Starting off wonderful so far. Here is... Oh my gosh. Let's see here. Let's do it again.
Okay. And we got the bread on the side. All right. We got sauce on the side,
extra sauce. I didn't even ask for it. I feel like this is about to be amazing already just
from the packaging and the consideration that they took. Let's get it. All right. This is stuffed,
you guys. This is stuffed. Dig in. Dig on in. All right. All right. So the wings
are breaded wings. They're breaded barbecue wings. All right. Let's try it. Smoking hot.
Wow. Wow. Delicious. Let's go in with one of these bones.
It's meaty. The sauce is dripping off. Let's go in. I'm going to help him.
Nope. This is ridiculous. So this barbecue is seasoned, first of all. Let's not talk about
the sauce first. Let's talk about how well this is seasoned. I can taste all the herbs and spices.
I can taste the garlic. I can taste the vinegar and it's fall off the bone. Delicious.
Oh my goodness. Fire. I'm going to go and clean this bone. It's such a sunny day today.
All right. So we already know the ribs bussing, the chicken bussing. Let's go in for the tip.
Now, the rib tip has that nice gristle and it has a little fatty part. Let's go in.
The seasoning is just ridiculous. Now, this particular tip is not as tender as the bone,
but with rib tips, you want that chew. Oh my goodness.
It's the best part. You suck that gristle.
It's the best part of eating rib tip. I got my fries with the sauce. Now, this is the mild sauce.
The mild barbecue sauce. Oh my goodness. Everything is scrumptious.
Everything. Let me go in. I got to try the sausage. First, let me try another tip.
Let me dip the tip in the sauce. Oh my goodness.
You know food is good. After you take a bite, you keep looking at it. You'll be like,
it's really that good. Good barbecue can stand alone without the sauce.
The sauce is supposed to be in the compliment and limbs. The sauce is fire. The meat itself,
delicious. That's where your bread come in. I'm so excited. I'm going to put some of this hot.
The hot link is so big, I'm just going to break it. I'm going to dip it in the sauce.
Put that hot link on that bread like that and just bite it.
I was expecting more of a bite. It's very, very tender. Almost too soft for me. I like
Scott Peterson's, Scott Pete's. If anybody ever has Scott Pete's, it has that little
bite. This sausage is good. It's just a little too soft. The texture.
Look at this. Somebody look at this. These ribs fall off the bone.
This is the dollar size potato salad. It's cool. I don't know if they make it there though.
It tastes like they maybe buy it in bulk and then season it up, juj it up a little bit.
I don't know. Here's the coleslaw. Let me see.
All right, coleslaw. All right. It's hitting, especially if I had a bite of rib.
I'm trying to get that. They make it their taste. You know what I'm saying?
The coleslaw might be outsourced too. I don't know. It's good though. Limbs. Oh my goodness.
It's fat. Taking all things into consideration from customer service to wait time and food,
limbs gets an 8.5 out of 10. I definitely recommend.
