Armadillo Willy’s BBQ

Specialties

Armadillo Willy’s BBQ, locally owned and operated is proud to present a menu featuring real Texas Barbecue, mouth-​watering Natural Angus Burgers, Hand-​Cut French Fries, and fresh and unique Entrée Salads. Ribs, Chicken, Brisket, Links, and our great smoked Turkey. Real food, not frozen and processed but premium meats smoked for hours over a hard wood fire. The freshest produce, locally baked breads, USDA Choice Angus meats, Fresh California Chicken, Sausages from Cattaneo Bros in San Luis Obispo, fresh potatoes cut each morning for our great fries — even Hand-​dipped Real Ice Cream Shakes.

History

Established in 1983.

Back in 1977 my partner, John Carroll, and I opened St. John’s Bar & Grill in Cupertino. In 1980 we opened the 2^nd St. John’s on Lawrence Expressway in Sunnyvale where we are now celebrating our 30^th Anniversary.

In the early years of St. John’s, Sunnyvale there were not a lot of folks living nearby and we had specials to attract people in at night — Seafood, Pasta, Barbecue — the barbecue took off and they rest is history. We spent months traveling around Texas, experimenting with barbecue sauces, cooking with mesquite, hickory, and oak, perfecting our recipes, and finally opening the first Armadillo Willy’s BBQ in Cupertino in 1983. We have been striving to serve up the best barbecue west of Texas ever since. We now have eight locations around the Bay.

Meet the Business Owner

John B.

Business Owner

John has been cooking barbecue for almost 30 years but will never stop trying to make it better. John founded Armadillo Willy’s BBQ in 1983 and still creates all the recipes used in our eight restaurants. John grew up in the Bay Area but has traveled all over Texas eating barbecue and claims to have eaten in more Texas BBQ Joints than any native!