I used to go here a lot. It was one of my favorites places to dine but I stopped going cause the service is sooooo terrible! Last time I was there the waitress didn't refill any of our drinks for our table of five so we asked for water and she says she'll be right there! Minutes pass and no water. After maybe 12 to 15 min pass we ask another waitress for water and he gives a a glass of warm water with no ice. I stopped dining in and started ordering take out but I'll soon stop doing that because the people taking your order on the phone are still rude. The food is very very cheap and taste really good but even that doesn't help when the staff is so rude!
Review Source:I've been here once now and I've got some mixed emotions about the place.  I love dive bars, and this is a pretty good example.  If you do not like smoking, DO NOT come here.  There is a bar and restaurant side, however they are only divided by an imaginary line.  The food is good and some dirt cheap prices.  I got a good size NY strip with 5 large fried shrimp  and 2 sides for $8.95.  I can't think of anywhere else in York that has that kind of deal on good food.  The drink prices are also very reasonable.
For me, the downside of this bar is location. Â It is not in the worst part of the city, but it is the city nonetheless. Â This by nature, seems to bring in some somewhat sketchy clientele. Â They do close at midnight though, to cut down on any late night nuisances. Â
If you are looking for a good meal and few drinks for cheap, check this place out. Â Just remember you will be surrounded in cigarette smoke as you eat. Â Make sure you also bring cash, as I am almost certain they only take cash.
this place is simultaneously one of the shadiest places i've ever been and also one of  the best. let me explain...this is a 'hood bar/restaurant. lots of people from the surrounding neighborhoods and work places come in here. there is a pretty good mix of blue collar/redneck/white trash/ghetto/pimps/all colors that come in here and i wouldn't really recommend for the ladies to go here unaccompanied.
that said it is a throwback to another era. the absolute cheapest drinks (even cheaper than the social clubs like legion or elks). think $1 beers and $5 surf and turfs. Â and it is good -- not the best you've ever had-- but the price is what really makes it outstanding. service is usually good but it can get really busy and the servers can only do so much. the owner tries to keep things civil in here and that is the reason for the sometimes old fashioned and slightly arbitrary rules...gotta draw a line somewhere and jerry rules with an iron fist.
notes: cash only and the whole place is smoking. plan accordingly.
Fond memories are sometimes very hard to erase from the human mind.
Many years ago, being young and having no regard to the ill effects of overwhelming 2nd hand smoke and artery-clogging grease, I used to frequent Jackie B's. Â I remember the food as being tasty and the clientele interesting.
Time passes and now I have a family.  We were coming  through York and everyone was hungry so I headed for this place - knowing that nobody besides myself had ever eaten here.  The faded sign out front still proclaims "FAMILY RESTAURANT" in big letters.
As we unloaded, an old WWII vet in a wheelchair says, "They don't allow kids in there". Â I point to the 'family' part of the sign and he just shrugs and zips away on his motorized device.
Being quite hungry and able to smell the aroma of frying food, I walk inside to confirm this statement. Â A nice waitress says that because they chose to stay a smoking establishment no kids are allowed. Â I comment that this is 2011 and question the business sense of this. Â Her reply was that the staff is eager for the law to eventually truly eliminate smoking inside (it is now riddled with loopholes and exemptions ) and that when it does - kids will again be allowed.
I wondered how many bridges this current policy has caused to be burnt and went back to my car. Â I took my family a few short miles away to Kelly's where I deposited the $60 that could have been spent at Jackie B's.
A lung cancer doctor should setup a mobile clinic outside as the smoke was so thick you needed a machete to chop through it.
Reading some other reviews and adding my latest first hand experience I wonder who is at the helm of this seemingly misguided ship.
Thanks for nothing.
The food may be decent and cheap... but first you have to be allowed to eat there.
Jackie B's has a strict rule about dining in- they ONLY allow it if you have a PA State ID. I do understand, being that it is a bar they want patrons to be over 21 years of age- however they refuse to serve anyone that does not have a PA State ID. It seems pretty ridiculous to me, especially since my fiance and I were just trying to eat dinner... we didn't even want to order alcohol. Also, we were sitting in the dining area, not at the bar.
What makes this rule completely stupid is that York PA is only about 30 minutes from Maryland and people come and go across the PA/MD border here every single day. Everyone in this area has family and friends from Maryland that they may want to bring out to dinner sometime... Why would you want to turn that business away?
And they were completely rude about it, too. The manager who refused to let us order there said: "My kids can buy an out-of-state ID online" as his reasoning for not letting us eat there... Seriously? Your kids can buy a PA ID on the internet just as easily.
I would also like to add, that its not like my fiance and I looked like 20 year old kids trying to sneak a drink. We are obviously of age. 1) We did not even want to order alcohol, 2) He is almost 30 and I am 25. 3) I am 6 months pregnant. 4) I'm wearing an engagement ring 5) We had plenty other forms of identification to prove who we were... credit cards, debit cards, medical cards, insurance, etc... etc... No sane person would question that our ID's were in fact, real.
And by the way, who ever heard of a restaurant that refused to serve a pregnant woman food? We had wanted to try this place for a while, but heard that it was smokey so we purposefully went around 5pm and sat in the separate dining section to avoid the hoards of smokers that congregate there later in the evening.
All in all, I have never been so humiliated at a restaurant in my life. They said that we could put in an order and take it to go, yeah right... I will never patronize or bring these people any business after that experience.
This place is great! You CANNOT beat the prices, anywhere!! And the food is actually pretty good. I always get the crabcakes, with 2 sides and a dinner roll, all for only $9.95. Drinks are cheap too, cheaper than anywhere I've ever been to be honest.
Like previous reviews said, the place does get crowded, and is smoky, especially if you're in there at a real busy time. My advice, go early, beat the crowd, and beat the smoke.
If you're there late, to drink, it also gets crowded, but overall a pretty friendly and diverse crowd. Some would say it's a little ghetto, but those people probably shouldn't be there anyway.
I suggest at least checking the place out, give it a chance. It won't cost you much at all, and you may just find a diamond in the rough!
Hood little rinky dink bar. I guess you can call it a restaurant. When my kids got older I took them in, only because the cigarette smoke is so bad. Everytime I go out  in York or just want to chill somewhere and talk for an hour or two I come here. Drinks are about $1.70-$2.50 for mixed drinks all night every night! You can't beat that! The food is excellent, We always warm up here 1st and order wings and cheese sticks before our night out.
Morgan the bartender keeps the drinks coming and knows the usual crowd by their drink of choice just by eyeing them in the crowd. She starts a tab for those she knows which is kinda trusting and old skool. Speaking of which, between 9 and 11 the crowd is ridonkulous. We usually have to stand when we get there, but, knock on wood, within 20 minutes we snatch (literally) some seats from people leaving.
The crowd is diverse from old to young, country to hip hop. People will generally strike up a conversation with anyone sitting near them. The only thing is ever since the shootings (did I say it's in the hood) kitchen closes @ 11 and last call @ midnight, but you can order drinks in advance to hold you til 2. Good luck finding a seat, but worth a trip in. If your never not sure what to do, go to Jackie Bs with whatever you have on.
This place gets 5 stars because of its cheap food :). Â
The quality of food is not the best but when you are looking for cheap food and cheap drinks this place is #1 in York.
Place gets very loud in the bar but the employees have always been friendly and it is a fun atmosphere.
Lots of tv's :)
Jackie B's is amazing. (when the good cook is on. Name Unknown.) How can you really beat the Jackie B's Special? A mysterious, yet delicious steak with two sides for $4.95? York urban legend declares the price has not changed since the 70's. I would have to agree. A draft beer is 90 cents. Mixed drinks are $1.70. Â Yes, its a little ghetto and grubby, and yes you might get mugged by the 'white tee shirt' gang on your way out, but I certainly think its worth a $5 steak! Oh yeah, and there are...TWO...count-em...TWO ladies rooms. yes.
On a side note, I would recommend NOT getting any drink that has fruit in it. The bartender is nicknamed "Fruit Tits" and I cant even begin to describe why.
Cheap eats at this neighborhood bar make it a reasonable choice for a quick cheap lunch.
Classical American food are the staples, as are cheap ($1 draft) beers and a smoky ambiance. Â There is some grime.
Not for the shy, the terribly discriminating, or for those that demand clean cutlery all the time.
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