Lots of great beer on tap, and our bartender, Shawna (sp?) treated us very well (and is total eye candy if you like them tall and in great shape). The place was pretty packed, but we still found ourselves some good seats. If you go later in the evening (11 P.M.+), the crowd dies out a bit, as I think everyone heads over to Seville's. I didn't get a chance to try their pizza (because my fat-ass didn't need to eat ANY MORE this vacation), but I heard it's some of the best in P-Cola.
Review Source:This is the premier place to go in Pensacola. The food is top notch and the variety of beer is unmatched. The wait service is always accommodating and can give a recommendation on any order. The people at hop jacks are what makes the place so unique, it has people of all ages laughing and having a great time. Whether its your first time in Pensacola or someone who lives in town, it is work checking out. You can never go wrong with the pizza and the duck fat fries!
Review Source:I'm a Native American enrolled in a federally recognized tribe and I felt it was pertinent to share my disheartening experience at Hopjacks.
Approaching the bartender, I was asked for my I.D. Within seconds, my I.D. was returned to me and I was refused service. I then requested to speak with the manager to understand why my I.D. was being rejected. The manager benevolently explained her ignorance of tribal nations and their members, thus compelling her to refuse my card. The manager maintained her professionalism throughout the entire ordeal, even when I became extremely frustrated with her lack of understanding and xenophobic inclinations, and I would like to express my appreciation and commend Hopjacks on that. Additionally, I would like to encourage Hopjacks (and others) to approach my experience as an opportunity to understand and welcome Native Americans at their establishment in the future and educate their staff.
Federally recognized tribal nations share the same political status the other 50 U.S. states and are entitled to the same privileges. Every I.D. issued by a federally recognized tribe must (and does) meet a similar criteria to those issued by one of the 50 states. An identification #, photo, DOB, and address is located on the card to aid agencies in verifying the identification of the cardholder. I use my tribal I.D. at the airport to get through TSA security checkpoints, at the Canadian border, and to purchase wine. I'm pursuing nothing more than the same dignity and respect allotted to the card-holding residents of other U.S. states.
I would further propose that Hopjacks contacts their lawyer, a law enforcement official, a representative within the Bureau of Indian Affairs, or better yet, another card-carrying Native American to verify all of the information I have just shared. I feel, and understand that not all others agree, that if the Department of Homeland Security can validate and honor my identification as a Native American, then certainly this establishment can strive to do the same. to share my disheartening experience at Hopjacks.
Hopjack's is almost always a definite stop when I head out to downtown. The live music is awesome, they've got a huge beer selection and when you get drunchies their food (especially the fries!) just makes the whole experience that much better. If you ever wander around this area on the weekend, definitely stop by.
Review Source:Went here to eat before exploring gallery night. Â I had their version of barbeque in a wrap or something...since I don't really remember it clearly I wasn't impressed. Â The brie drip was great, but I can make that myself. Â Waitress wasn't the best, atmosphere was a wannabe college type dive bar, but the place was overrun with women that clearly didn't get the memo about SPF, wearing age inappropriate attire. Â I'm all about flaunting it if you've got it, but these older ladies most certainly did not have it.
Review Source:Hopjacks was recommended to myself and my girlfriend to visit on a trip to Pensacola.
I usually want to try different/unique things, so I had to try the duck fat fries and the duck/artichoke pizza at the same time. I was not disappointed. Would definitely recommend if you're the type to try new things.
If you have ever drank beer, they will have something you will like. The selection is massive, and I actually had trouble deciding simply because I was afraid I'd miss out on something better!
We went on a Sunday late afternoon, and the atmosphere was a little dull, but that's to be expected. Regardless, the staff was attentive and friendly, and had recommendations for new customers.
Dark Divey Bar with mediocre pizza. Â This place is located in Downtown district, so parking is very limited unless you go on a weekday. Seat yourself only. Outside curb seating and back patio area available.
Bartender and staff are friendly and attentive (for a weekday..not sure about busy weekends). Â Pizza is mediocre at best. Dough is flat, dry and flavorless and a bit undercooked. Toppings are at least fresh but for $16+ for a large I would hope so. Their famous Duck fat Belgian fries are tasty with unique flavor...the accompanying white dipping sauce makes them better.
Impressive Beer selection with 112 on Tap, bottled beer and interesting Hop Blends and Bombs. They have weekly specials so check out their website. Â Live music on Fri/Sat.
Final Note: This is downtown so you will find your usual panhandlers, bums and loiterers later during the night. Â One guy asked for money so he could get some grub. I offered my leftover pizza, and he wouldn't take it! Â This happened twice!!...haha
Been living in Pensacola for over a year and finally made it here. I've always heard stories of how much fun this place is, especially at night. So I dipped my toes in the pool and went at around 3 pm. Â Lol Had a few 1800 Reposado Margaritas...$.6.50. Well would have been $5.00. Not too bad for being a downtown bar. I was expecting the prices to be higher. Food was yummy. Try the Hummus! Outdoor seating in front and back. This place is definitely not known for it's ambiance, but who cares?? Delicious eats and great drinks!
Review Source:If I were rating Hopjacks on their beer selection, I would give their establishment 5 stars. I'm still blown away by their tap selection; wow. If I were to include food with the beer rating, they'd get 4 stars. The food is not bad for a bar; try their famous duck-fat-french fries. However, if I were to then factor in ambiance, Hopjacks deserves 1.5 - 2 stars. The music is too loud, unless you want to drown in your cups like a proper drunk, annoyed with the conversations and socialization of living human beings. But perhaps you like your friends spitting on and screaming in your face. The lighting is also as bad as the sound levels. But like most things in life, there is a good side to Hopjacks; the small outdoor patio in the back of the restaurant. You can still hear the music, but you can audibly discuss their amazing beer selection while hanging brick side in the garden.
Review Source:They do have a pretty good beer selection, which is why they got two stars. The wings were terrible. It's the whole wing and the sauce was watery. Â The pizza wasn't much better. Just meh. Â I asked the cabbie to take me to a sports bar and he brought me here. It comes off as more of a dive bar than anything else. I asked the bartender if she would put the tournament on and she had no idea what I was talking about.
Review Source:Honestly, the 9-Mile Hopjacks is more my scene, but I met an old friend downtown for a few drinks the other night. Unlike the clean, bright ambiance of the 9-Mile location, the Palafox Hopjacks is dark and almost "divey" - it has a bit of a college bar feel (even though it's nowhere near the University!)
Our server was absolutely fantastic - she struck that delicate balance between never having us wait for service, yet not being overbearing. After having a few incredibly awesome California IPAs from their epic beer list, I indulged in the pulled pork pita sandwich with their famous duck fat fries. It really hit the spot...and had me running a few extra miles the next morning. Yes, it was absolutely worth it!
I had to dock it one star (it would only be a half-star if I had the option) because of the darkness and noise, but I realize that sort of scene appeals to some people. If you have a taste for GOOD beer (not that Fizzy Yellow Stuff) and quality pizza/pitas, you've got to hit up Hopjacks.
So, I'll start with the good points. There is a plethora of beers on tap, including a lot of good local beers. The atmosphere was typical of any bar with "beer garden" style seating down the center of the room. It is certainly a good place to kick back a pint or two.
I would definitely not recommend this place if you have even the slightest inclination to grab a bite to eat. The pizza was deplorable. We (my buddy and I) got a half veggie greek and half black and blue. I would have rather eaten Elio's Pizza from my high school lunch line. The sauce was watered down, and the dough was under cooked.
There are far superior places to go to on Palifox. WOB or Tin Cow are both great options. They have great beer selections, and tin cow has good food with a unique ordering process.
Been here a couple of times. Service is decent. The place is usually busy. Good beer selection! Dont be confused, this is a PIZZA place. You must try the pizza with filet mignon. I believe its called the Butcher Block. You cant go wrong with that one. Its delicious! So stop reading and go get the damn pizza!
Review Source:On a recommendation from a friend, I came just for the duck fat fries. I figured I'd either have congenital heart failure, or love them (possibly both, and I love a risk).
They were tasty! Unfortunately, over-salted...but the fries themselves were delightfully crunchy. I also had some "Asian" skewers, which is to say I had some steak, shrimp, and duck pierced on a piece of wood. The skewers were just average, nothing beyond what you'd expect out of what I just described, and also salty.
Today was 1/2 price drafts, of which they have 112 or 121 or some other combination that dyslexia won't allow me to recall. By any measure, it's an ass-ton of beers.
Would eat again, but would wait a while until I try many other places.
Hesitated to give a 4, but the beer selection is awesome, and I mean awesome. It's loud (L O U D)when it's busy- so try a Saturday afternoon or Sunday afternoon and it is at a tolerable noise level. It's so loud at first I thought, crap- I've gotten old- turn the rock music down- but I've heard others younger than me say the same.
The pizza is good at least the ones we have tried. There is a veggie one I like, the cheese one, the white one, the garlic one... They don't taste like Pizza Hut if that's what you are after.
They have great happy hour specials, their martinis are GOOD and they have some nice originals they make- I'm a dirty vodka martini kind of gal- and theirs is spot on (and yes, you can make a bad one, just try Applebee's or Red Lobster, just saying).
The fries are fun, they compliment beer! The bacon dip is frigging heart clogging delicious, their chef salad is one of my favorites (huge!), but the wings and skewers- don't bother.
Ciders, porters and lagers- oh my!
Great place to drink with an impressive beer tap selection on top of an already impressive bottled collection. Â This place is great for drinking, but incidentally has great pizzas for when you get hungry. Â Definitely a good place to unwind and have a conversation if there isn't a band playing.
Review Source:Ok, I'm a little concerned about my review in accordance with others that are so bad! I chose to write this solely based on HopJack's unique culinary perspective. I understand that some reviewers had bad service, I wasn't one. And, as for ambiance, well it's in a old dingy building, so that's what your going to get.
My feeling is if HopJacks was in a well lit, swanky, Euro-designed, modern building with techno lights and i-PAD's to order your food, you would find this place in New York, or LA, but alas if you pretend your in Prague looking out over the Vltava river, then HopJack's fit's perfect in Pensacola's , but you'll be looking out over the Vltava , you'll be looking at Palafox St.
As far as the beers are concerned, this is a beer Mecca, and the bartender she new her beers. I wish HopJack's was a closer drive, as I'd drop in all the time, just to drink down the line. A duck fat french fry in one hand and a Duck Head Beer in the other.
Speaking of Duck Fat, this is the uniqueness I speak of in there culinary skills, a duck fat fried French fry is like a Ferrari suspension, yes it makes a difference. These are the things that elevate HopJacks, there pizza toppings are also tops and a huge draw for my confused pallet, from duck breast, chorizo sausage and banana peppers, I'd love to see clam's and Foie Gras, or a whole wheat crust, but to know avail. I was really tummy happy with duck breast so I'll just pry to Buddha for a Foie Gras hit!
So go pretend your gazing at the Vltava River in Prague eating a Euro-Pizza, staring at those Chez girls gone wild! Then for those who had bad reviews suddenly you'll see your stars!
Another hot popular place that serves awful food service dough. Â Oh yeah, putting tenderloin on it makes it better. Â What a waste. Â No wonder the gulf coast has so few pizza options with places like this setting the standards.
It is a fun place to hang out, but the only other two items I have tried here were the fries which were decent (but not legendary), and Asian chicken skewers that were not fully cooked. Â Frightening!
.....this place is very inconsistent..came back and actually liked our pepperoni and jalapeno pizza..not burnt at all this time, I guess we caught the cook on a good night, if it werent for my bf, Id probably never come here, but he loves the many beer choices...had the fries again too....mmm soooo good. I guess to me, Â Hopjacks is like Walmart...I dont really wanna go inside, but when I leave, I felt like I had a good time...
Review Source:If you are going to Gulf Shores, Orange Beach, Perdido Key, or anywhere in the area and you like good beer, good luck finding awhole lot around here. Make the short drive to Pensacola, ok maybe an hour drive, and go to Hopjacks. They have 100+ beers on tap. Check their webiste for current list. Pizza is De-Lish. Try the crawfish cajun with a Langunitas IPA.....drooooooll......
OH, and there is a HopJacks in Mobile. You could stop on your way down to the beach too. Just Sayin.
A neighborhood bar at it's dive-y best! It's dark, there's a long bar to sit at, it gets crowded to the point where you'll literally be rubbing elbows with Pensacola's finest citizens, they have some great specialty beers that you can't find anywhere else in Pensacola, the food is tasty, and the live music is fun! Â It can get a bit loud at times, so if you're trying to hold a meaningful conversation with friends you may want to go somewhere else after the live music kicks in...
Easy to find, and great location!
Hopjacks is has four parts of amazing that will make your night in downtown Pensacola. With one part pizza, two parts beer and one part live music you can't go wrong. It may get a bit crowded at times but if you're patient and share your night with friends it won't be anything less than fantastic.
- Prime downtown location
- Easy parking north by the basilica
- Crowded at night
- Live music
- Specialty brews
- Belgian fries, gotta try 'em
- Daily specials and drink/food discounts
I've never been to a taproom slash pizza joint that people steal the glass cups from just to commemorate their experience before Hopjacks. Granted, they have a sick pirate ship on them but you can buy a glass for $1 they are getting stolen so often.
While you might visit Hopjacks for music or atmosphere, their saving grace is discounted beer and specialty brews. Almost their entire selection (111 on tap!) is craft with a good mixture of macro brews. They offer some tasty black and tan blended beer. Not a beer guy you say? That's OK, you can get all foo foo with infused vodka too.
My favorite drink in this area is the Rogue DOUBLE Dead Guy ($7.25) which is a strong ale at 9%. This beer goes perfectly with pizza or even Belgian fries with it's rich taste.
The Belgian fries ($5.75) are said to be fresh cut and fried in duck fat but I could only pick out the roasted garlic from the dip I smothered them in. By themselves they are more average than a high school math teacher but with dip they become that cool math teacher that drives a 1962 Shelby Cobra.
Once you get that strong garlic taste in your mouth you'll need something sweet. Hopjacks infused specialties can help you with that. My favorite combo is Pushing Daisies ($7) which contains 1/2 Rogue Dead Guy Ale w/ shot of Citrus Vodka. The combination is a bitter sweet that might empty your wallet before you get drunk but will taste great going down the ol' hatch.
Swing by for a beet, the music or some pizza but be sure to stop by at least once on a weeknight to really experience downtown Pensacola.
Peace, Love, Beer and Cheese.
111 beers on tap!!! That should be enough said but I will go a little further anyways!
Pretty decent Pizza, live music and a pretty cool atmosphere!
Now back to the 111 beers on tap, You get a beer menu that has some info on each beer (where its from, alcohol content, etc...)
Your server will also bring you a few samples to try before you order or if your like me and just want to try them all!!!
If your in the area it is 100% worth a visit.
Three full stars for such an awesome beer selection. Any place that has Dogfish Head 120 on tap is a keeper.
Bartenders are hit or miss. One girl was super friendly one night, invited me back to see her two nights later when she was working again - then totally ignored me when I did return. What the heck?
Pita pizza was atrocious - it should be free, it's that bad. Don't believe me? Spend four bucks and see for yourself. Jalapeño Poppers dip was tasty enough but did an assault on my body that I won't soon forget.
So, I fit in with my tats showing, music is totally awesome, I like the black-walled, subversive vibe and the tall brunette bartender is freakin hot as.... Just don't expect to be satisfied with your food unless you've put away a few pints first at which point anything tastes great.
I Have no idea why so many people seem to like Hopjacks and it is always so busy. Went last night and although I'm 27 I didn't have my ID on me and the bouncer at the door just swiped huge x's on my hands with sharpie... awesome I had to scrub forever before trying to look professional this morning. So definitely bring your ID even if you're not planning to drink. Of course that is what you do when there are so many beers on tap (I was with friends) but when we went in the hostess told us to just "find a free table" of which there were zero. So we finally sat down at one which had really old looking pizza, dirty glasses, and five checks and sort of stacked the mess and waited 20 minutes for a server to come clear it. She was clearly frazzled and super busy but they should have more people on hand- every time I have been it is a similar story.
Finally my friend ordered a personal pizza and when it finally arrived it looked like something you would help a small child "make". Premade looking dough crust with tomato paste and some mozarella.
I think this place is always too loud, dirty and full of drunk idiots. I much prefer the Pensacola Bay Brewery or even McGuires for a good beer. Ozone is much much better on both the beer and the pizza, plus it has good atmosphere.
On Palafox alone I can think of other places that are better- Leisure Club has a selection of craft beers, Jaco's has a great bar and flatbreads.Just be warned if it's good beer and pizza you're looking for go elsewhere. If you like the raucous crowd of people who just like pretending they know something about beer go to Hopjacks.
Five stars for the beers on tap, which number over 110 at the moment. Â
Three stars for the pizza, which is sub-par. Â I've tried it at least 6 times and the crust is always disappointing...hard, not crispy, like the dough was old and the yeast had died before baking. Â The toppings are quality, but that crust just doesn't make it worth the cost to buy a pizza at Hopjacks. Â The only thing that I can stand eating there is a wrap or the Belgian fries, which are cooked in duck fat.
The place is undergoing some renovation work at this time, and there are port-a-johns out back. Â The tap wall has been expanded and the bathrooms are getting a make-over that was long overdue.
Regardless of my pan of the pizza (heh!) here, Hopjacks is a favorite hangout. Â The live music is eclectic and not monotonous, and it's not usually so loud that you can't have a conversation without a megaphone.
Holy draft beer selection, Batman! Lemme tell yah, as a resident of a metropolis, the 15th or 16th largest city in the US, I should not be coming down to a city of 300,000 people and envying the draft beer selection of one of their downtown watering holes/restaurants. That's not to say Pcola shouldn't have a downtown joint with 150+ different beers, it's to say "why the fuck doesn't my town have anything like this downtown?"
Columbus has one place that comes close[1], but it is overrun with and operated by complete morons and asshats. And it's draft selection is still dwarfed by the selection at Hopjack's (whose clientele are far more tolerable). I've been thinking Pcola would be a nice place to relocate, and if there were only a job as good as or better than my gig back home, Hopjack's might well seal the deal.
Now, my friend and I were here during the mid afternoon, from like 2 or 3 til a bit after 5. I notice a lot of lower star ratings, although I didn't take the time to read them. Only a recovering alcoholic would complain about the beer selection so I have to assume the low ratings stem from service or food quality. So maybe the time of visit played a role, but I found both to be pretty impeccable.
I was stoked by the vegetarian options on the menu, and our server was a delight. We had the hummus plate and the southwest veggie pizza. The hummus was scrumptious, only aided by the sun-dried tomatoes draped across the top of the heap. The pizza featured "beef" TVP, which we can't even get up north (well, maybe one or two places[2]), but I've always found the south to offer a better array of fake meat options (basically stuck with tofu above the mason-dixon, for whatever reason). Â Consider yourselves lucky, Pcola. *Jealous*
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Awesome selection of beers, great prices, good food, amazing service!
Their salad was great- fresh greens, sunflower seeds, sun dried tomatoes and AMAZING soy ranch dressing.... my friends got the pizza and loved it. I tried one of their pita bread sandwiches- the bread was good but I didn't care much for the chicken... but the French fries were great. Â
Beers were awesome- they also do mixes and beer bombs- I tried the warm apple pie which had a cider and cinnamon snapps- tasted just like apple juice minus the sugar... the rootbeer is great too. My friend got a blueberry beer and it was awesome
Our waitress was soooo sweet, she gave us great recommendations and the food and drinks came quick.
We left around 9:30 right when the live music was starting... it was busy but not too crowded. All in all a great place.
We read the menu and some of the reviews so we decided to eat here prior to the Pensacola Christmas Parade. We originate from Chicago and so we are experienced in pizza. They brag about pizza that was only ok. The crust they make fresh every day they say. maybe they should let it rest a day and develop some flavor. We ordered 16 inch with Italian sausage, pepperoni and onions, a classic combo that came in at $20.75 for a blah crust, sauce, meat and all round.
On a bright note the Belgian fries (double fried in duck fat) $5.75 were great and the duck Caesar salad  $6.25 we shared was also good, not great but good. They have a nice selection of beers @ $4 - $5 average.
Too many other great places to eat in Pensacola to waste our money here again. Service was good but bathrooms were nasty.
A nice little beer gem in Pensacola. They have 64 beers on tap and it is a stellar collection at that. We stopped in for a bite to eat and a drink. Went with a pizza and it took us a while to figure out which of the tasty toppings we were going to go with. Who knew corn could be so good on pizza?!
The carpet grosses me out a little and the pizza took a little longer than I wanted to arrive at our table, but the service was great, the beers were perfect and the food tasted fantastic.
The first thing I do when I am in a new city is look for the place with the best bar food and beer selection.Well Hopjacks is it for Pensacola!
After reading reviews I had to check it out. It's generally very laid back, decent crowd with open seating and an overall chill atmosphere.
Their beer menu is bigger than their food menu. They have one of the broadest beer selections I've ever seen, better than RFD in DC. Their one page food menu, however small, is filled with greatness!
BEST bar pizza I have ever had. Tops any of the places in DC that once held my heart. Try the Butchers Block, or our good ol standby Pepperoni and Onion. YUMMMM. Also, their chicken wings are delicious, and abnormally large. You will question what type of bird they came from due to their size, but the taste will distract you from caring!
Bartenders are great, servers as well. They all have their own individual recommendations on beer selection and they know their beers.
A must see place. Even if it's how you choose to start off a night out, check it out!
Oh, and they use Pandora, so the music selection is killer! They also have foosball, and a few arcade games in the back. Smoking area out front, a few outdoor tables as well.
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