Jake & Joes
The two of us stare up at the newly built restaurant from the parking lot at Jake & Joes in Norwood, located conveniently right off the Auto Mile. I had first saw this new restaurant when I was taking my daily drive to work. Working on the Auto Mile has its perks, car central, plenty of restaurants, and more. The manager of Jake & Joes entered our dealership and handed out invitations that offered a free appetizer, four free entrées, and free drinks. So, needless to say, I couldn’t turn down a free meal! We arrive at Jake & Joes Wednesday night for their grand opening. The parking lot is packed, so we think, first night of an opening usually leads to some chaos in service.
However, immediately when we entered the restaurant, we were greeted with a warm hello and seated. The walk over to our table featured a walk through historical sports moments highlighting the best in Boston sports with Memorabilia from the Celtics, Patriots, Red Sox, and the Bruins. To compliment the sports feel they feature 9 TV’s on each side of the bar (1 monster 50 inch TV!) They have plenty of TV’s dispersed throughout the restaurant to ensure you don’t miss a beat in the Boston sports world. With it being a sports bar it surprisingly wasn’t as loud as your typical bar setting, which was a plus for conducting conversation!
Onto the food! My fiancé and I ordered the Chicken Quesadilla to start and for the Main Event we ordered the Chicken Under The Brick (Joe’s Way) and The BBQ Pulled Pork Sandwich. Our waitress Jessica was very responsive, witty, and friendly. She brought over our drinks in a flash and within 10 mins (expected time) we had our Quesadillas arrive. The appearance was mouth watering…
… they were very full, colorful, and waiting for the first bite. Analyzing the Quesadilla we spotted the tender Pulled Chicken, Diced Tomatoes, Fresh Cilantro, Diced Jalapenos, Onions and Monterey Jack Cheese. All of this was bundled into the warm flour tortilla and was served with sides of Sour Cream, Salsa and Guacamole. The first bites quickly lead to the dish being consumed! Very pleased, granted it’s a Quesadilla, but a fine one at that!
After the Appetizer was demolished, our Entrées followed within 5 minutes of consumption. My Chicken was the reason the food had taken awhile (they do mention in the menu that the chicken takes at least 15 minutes to cook,) but when the dish was placed down in front of me, it appeared to be worth the suspense. The dish featured Mashed Potatoes, Fresh Vegetable of The Day (Mixed Vegetables,) and the Chicken (Very generous Portion.) I cut the Chicken and you could tell how delicious, moist, and tender it was going to taste! The potatoes were very filling with the garlic, butter, and pan gravy (a little dry without the gravy.) The Pulled Pork was ok (very basic) and the size of the sandwich was less than impressive, the onion rings were not very good (tasted more like a Chinese Chicken Tender – Very Greasy.) The deserts were good, but nothing over the top spectacular (Not freshly baked treats, which isn’t a total loss because remember it is a sports bar after all.)
Long story short, I will eat at Jake & Joes again and would eat at this sports bar without question over a chain like the 99 Restaurant. Make sure you sign up for the free MVP awards when you go there and you’ll get a point per dollar spent, discounts on food, and $15 free on your birthday!
Rating: 3.8/5
Location:
475 Providence Highway
Norwood, MA 02062
(781) 349-4880
http://www.jakenjoes.com/
Price: House Bread Sticks $2.99; appetizers, $5.99 to $14.99; main courses, $8.99 to $18.99; dessert, $5.99 to $8.99. Extensive Wine and Beer List.
Details: Open 11:30 am for lunch daily; kitchen closes 11:00 pm except Thursday-Saturday 11:30 pm. Full bar open till 12:00 am.
Rating is based on food, service and ambience, with price taken into account in relation to quality.
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Hi Janet,
I am sorry you felt that way. I am in no way affiliated with the restaurant and can’t speak to the quality of the fish. I had mereley eaten the chicken and my fiance had the pulled pork sandwich, in which I enjoyed the chicken.
Thanks,
Matt
My wife and I went there saturday night aound 8 the place looks great, but the service at the bar needs a little more attention . I asked if we could sit at the bar and the bartender Brian said, “yes.” he wiped down part of the bar area and my wife asked for a cloth to finish drying it, we ordered a drink each and everytime i wanted a drink or when I wanted to order dinner we had to ask and wave at the bartenders to get their attention ,just thought i would mention it. I would come again because the place is very impressive, the food was great, but hopefully the service will be better. I almost forgot to mention that there where people standing behind me that also wanted to order a drink and were waiting for a while and finally left. I’m in the service business too, so I’m just trying to point this out for the restaurant to hopefully see.
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Great atmosphere to watch a game and socialize with your friends! It’s a bonus to have some great food to go along with the wide variety of beer on tap and a lot of large HD TV’s.
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