You may not recognize the address where Matt McBride and Evan Ellington have opened the Estanaula Barbeque Company, but the location is a Jackson landmark.

Matt and Evan – Brownsville natives – opened their business venture at 1450 Hollywood Drive, the home of Poplar Corner Exxon.

Established in 2022, Estanaula is open from 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., today, Thursday, Friday and Saturday, Jan. 25-27.

Next week they will be working in Brownsville – following that, check out their posts on social media – Facebook and Instagram.

But you can look for Matt and Evan to be regulars at 1450 Hollywood Drive.

“We’re working on building out permanent seating,” Evan said, “We’ve been working in downtown Jackson.

“I actually rent the downtown Farmers’ Grill from the City of Jackson and Matt has been running his business out of there for about a year now, and it’s great during the Farmers’ Market season.

“But when the weather gets bad and the Market (closes for the season) it kind of slows down a little bit, so we were looking to get into a higher traffic area, more exposure, higher visibility – so we think this is a great location to do that.”

When asked about how the name ‘Estanaula’ evolved, Matt gave us a little history lesson.

“Estanaula is an old Chickasaw word, meaning ‘river crossing’” Matt said, “There’s a river bottom in Haywood County called Estanaula. I grew up out that way, and I just liked the way it sounded.”

As for the food, there’s classic barbeque items – ribs, brisket, pulled pork, chicken, smoked chicken, and classic sides that include baked beans, cole slaw, greens, potato salad.

Want to call an order in – (731) 780-1347.

(PHOTO: Evan Ellington, left, and Matt McBride open Estanaula Barbecue Company at 1450 Hollywood Drive)