Jackie O's Pub & Brewery

What an exceptional microbrewery. Both food and beer and delicious. One of my favorite things to do in the city is to sit on the patio with a Mystic Mama IPA or maybe a Razz wheat. The fish and chips and reuben are outstanding, and the thin crust style pizzas are great for sharing. I usually avoid the "new" side (the one that falls closer to the Union) at night because there's often a cover for a show I don't care much about seeing, but the nice thing is is that the "old" side is almost always quieter albeit smaller. If you want to bounce back and forth, the patio allows you to do so. Service can be surly when they're busy and the mixed drinks tend to be wheat. It's best not to stray far from beer here. If their house brews aren't to your liking (what's the matter with you, if that's true!) then there's an impressive range of other guest drafts to choose from.

I rolled into town with my co workers and we initially wanted to go to an Indian food place, but for whatever reason that didn't work out. So we wound up here. All in all it's not a bad spot. The burritos are square shaped, which was pretty weird, but they had refried beans which is rare in this day and age, as authentic Mexican food and its ingredients are quickly being washed away and diluted by "Health Mex" type places with whole beans, most of which aren't even native to Mexico, and brown rice, and things of that nature.

So anyways, I had a bean burrito. They have a selection of salsas, which I remember as being pretty good. They are very unique, so if all you want is a good traditional salsa roja you may be out of luck.

The tips are included in the meals, and they go to charity. They were also playing a weird selection of R&B pretty loud, which didn't make for good ambience. I always say if you are going to play music, but something light and not loud on. Create ambiance, don't make people have to listen to your music instead of being able to talk to each other, they just get louder and before you know it everyone is yelling to be heard over the music. Thats fine for a night club, but in a restaurant or a bar I think it's pretty counter productive.

In any case, the beans were good, I was satisfied. We also ordered food from here again during our stay but brought it out to where we were working. I don't remember what else was on the menu, but I remember it being kind of new age/ healthy.

How do I say this without sounding like I am playing favorites ? I LOVE this Brewpub, it is Hands down my favorite Ohio Micro Brewery. Not only do they brew some of my favorite beers but the food is excellent with most (if not all) ingredients coming from the local community in and around Athens. The atmosphere is always positive from showing sports on the projector to local Ohio bands rocking the stage on the big side. A nice upstairs patio that connects the two sides is normally where you will find me (cold permitting). Also for those not aware they about to start canning their beer for sale outside of Athens and you can find select brews on tap around local Columbus fav's like Bodega and Brothers Drake.