jQuery Select first and second td

Solution 1:

$(".location table tbody tr td:first-child").addClass("black");
$(".location table tbody tr td:nth-child(2)").addClass("black");

http://jsfiddle.net/68wbx/1/

Solution 2:

To select the first and the second cell in each row, you could do this:

$(".location table tbody tr").each(function() {
    $(this).children('td').slice(0, 2).addClass("black");
});