My Buddy's BBQ & Catering

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My Buddy's BBQ & Catering We specialize in superior quality food and beverages, legendary customer service, and treating our customers like family.
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My Buddy's BBQ & Catering, in Jacksonville, IL, is the premier barbecue restaurant serving Springfield, New Berlin, Murrayville, Franklin, Wi******er, and surrounding areas since 2019. Our menu includes favorites like pulled pork, ribs, burnt ends, sliced brisket, classic melts, burgers, mac n cheese, coleslaw, and much more. Dine-in, pick-up curbside or let us cater! For your next meal, visit My Buddy's BBQ & Catering in Jacksonville. Products:
Specialty Items
Meat Combos
Open Faced Brisket
Pulled Pork
Burnt Ends
Meat by the Pound
Sliced Turkey
Pulled Chicken
Open Faced Pork
Sliced Brisket
Brisket Melt
Brisket Philly
Open Faced Turkey
Turkey Melt
Chicken Quesadilla
Breaded Tenderloin
Ribs
Classic Burger
Double Burger
Bacon Burger
Double Bacon Burger
Open Faced Burger
Classic Melt
Horseshoe
Ponyshoe
Mashed Potatoes
Fries
Chips
Mac n Cheese
Tots
Pork Steak
Nachos with Cheese
Wood Chips with Cheese
Pulled Pork Nachos
Stacked Wood Chips
Loaded Fries
Smokin Wood Chips
Jalapeño Hush Puppies
Pig Skin Pizza
Coleslaw
Vegetable of the Day
Buddy's Sauce
T-Shirts
Open Faced Smoked Meatloaf

Associations:
Chamber of Commerce

03/17/2026

We will be closed tonight March 17th
For a St. Patricks Day catering
Thanks for understanding

03/15/2026

What an incredible day at the Touch-A-Truck event 🚒🚜🚛

I want to say thank you to everyone who came out and supported the event.

From the families that brought their kids, to the volunteers, the drivers who brought their trucks, and everyone who stopped by to grab some My Buddy’s BBQ.... we truly appreciate you showing up.





We are setup next to fire station by the firetruck! Come touch a truck! Here till 2pm
03/14/2026

We are setup next to fire station by the firetruck! Come touch a truck! Here till 2pm

03/14/2026

Lately we haven’t been posting as much or constantly putting ourselves in front of everyone like we normally try to do.
Truth is… we’ve just been incredibly busy. And that’s a blessing I don’t take for granted.

What means the most is seeing that even when I’m not actively reminding people we’re here… you all still remember us. You still show up, still stop in, still tell friends about us.

I’ll be honest… I’m exhausted. But this is something I asked for.
This is something I prayed for.
And in a lot of ways, it’s everything I dreamed of.

Running a small business can feel like you always have to stay on people’s minds, but lately you’ve reminded me that when people truly believe in what you’re doing… they remember you anyway.

So thank you.

For showing up.
For spreading the word.
For keeping us busy.
I’m grateful for every single one of you.

— Buddy

⚠️RESTAURANT WILL BE CLOSED SATURDAY MARCH 14TH FOR DOWNTOWN EVENT!! WE will have most of our menu on the truck tho! ...
03/13/2026

⚠️RESTAURANT WILL BE CLOSED SATURDAY MARCH 14TH FOR DOWNTOWN EVENT!!

WE will have most of our menu on the truck tho!

Her is our kids meal for touch a truck event!
Along with regular menu!

Dont wanna touch a truck?! You can still come get bbq!

Wanna touch a truck, tractors, ect. ADULTS ARE FREE!

This Saturday, March 14th, I’ll be set up at the Touch-A-Truck event supporting the Jacksonville Crisis Center, and it’s...
03/12/2026

This Saturday, March 14th, I’ll be set up at the Touch-A-Truck event supporting the Jacksonville Crisis Center, and it’s going to be a great day for the kids and the community.

Kids will get the chance to see, touch, and explore all kinds of vehicles — semi trucks, emergency vehicles, tractors, race cars, and more! 🚒🚜🚓

The event starts immediately after the St. Patrick’s Day Parade and runs until 2 PM at 305 N. Main St. in Jacksonville.

👧 Kids: $5
👨‍👩‍👧 Adults: FREE
💛 All proceeds go to the Jacksonville Crisis Center
I’ll be there serving up BBQ favorites, so come hungry, bring the kids, and enjoy a great community event for an even greater cause.

Huge thanks to Tia for organizing this!

Starting WEDNESDAY till St. Patty's day! Our famous reuben sammich!
03/10/2026

Starting WEDNESDAY till St. Patty's day!
Our famous reuben sammich!

🚨 Burn Ban in Effect, Morgan County 🚨That means no brush piles… no trash fires… and definitely no backyard BBQ experimen...
02/27/2026

🚨 Burn Ban in Effect, Morgan County 🚨

That means no brush piles… no trash fires… and definitely no backyard BBQ experiments right now.

So if you’re craving that smoke flavor, let the professionals handle it 🔥

👉 Translation: Don’t light the grill… come to My Buddy’s BBQ instead.

We’ve got the smoke under control and the flavor turned all the way up.

Stay safe. Support local. Eat good.

02/27/2026

Was ribs on your mind?
Well now they are!
And many of you was thinking the same at lunch!

Address

733 E College Ave
Jacksonville, IL
62650

Opening Hours

Tuesday 11am - 2pm
4pm - 7pm
Wednesday 11am - 2pm
4pm - 7pm
Thursday 11am - 2pm
4pm - 7pm
Friday 11am - 2pm
4pm - 7pm
Saturday 11am - 2pm

Telephone

+12174610407

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My Buddy’s BBQ mission is to enrich the lives of our guests, our employees and owners. We do this through superior quality food and beverages, legendary customer service, and treating our customers like family. We believe that our customers are our most important resource and our success depends upon creating and retaining a staff capable of delivering an exceptional dining experience to every customer, every time!

We believe in providing legendary service. Our goal is to provide the kind of unique and genuine sort of personal care and attention that our customers tell stories about.

We believe that good enough isn’t enough. We never stop trying to do it better, no matter how good we are. We constantly strive to "raise the bar.”