ReALTO review of Jacob’s Pickles
ReALTO review of Jacob’s Pickles
Jacob’s Pickles
509 Amsterdam Avenue
Photo from http://phude-nyc.com/2012/02/23/jacobs-latter/
At first, I felt a bit lost at Jacob’s Pickles for one simple reason: I don’t like pickles. As it turns out, I had no reason to fear this joint. It seems that they are not just churning out great pickles. They are serving up southern-style comfort food classics, often with surprising, quirky twists.
After pickles, biscuits are king at this spot. They are huge, fluffy, and a bit crunchy on top. If ordered as an appetizer, you get two of these massive home-style biscuits along with house strawberry and orange preserves, local honey, and organic butter. The close attention to detail and fine ingredients pay off here. The biscuits come out nice and hot and the butter and strawberry preserves melt slightly on the surface. This is some great comfort food prepared in a fairly simple way. As old-school as these biscuits are, Jacob’s Pickles modernizes the biscuit experience by providing mini squirt bottles for your strawberry and orange preserves and your honey. This creates a do-it-yourself biscuits and fixins experience, one that is not to be missed.
As old-school as these biscuits are, Jacob’s Pickles modernizes the biscuit experience by providing mini squirt bottles for your strawberry and orange preserves and your honey.
As far as the entrees go, many of them are biscuit-focused, and you simply cannot go wrong with any biscuit choice here. The sausage gravy smothered chicken biscuit has an unexpected spicy zing to it, and it is fabulous. The sausage is salty and hearty and the biscuit is fluffy, buttery, and just delightful. Other chicken n biscuit sandwiches, including a BLT, bacon egg and cheese, and mushroom gravy sandwich are also delicious, and quite filling.
If you are a voracious and adventurous eater, I would recommend the turkey leg dinner, served with mashed potatoes and cranberry sauce. When the plate was served, I could hardly believe my eyes. This turkey leg is the size of a baseball bat. It is not unlike the variety typically served at medieval fairs, but it has much more flavor. The outside is charred, smoky, and slightly chewy and the dark meat is plenty moist and perfect when paired with a bite of the homemade cranberry sauce.
Made with your choice of Abita, Sprecher, or Saranac root beer (all on tap), and a generous amount of vanilla ice cream, this is the perfect frothy treat with a slight bite.
Jacob’s Pickles has an extensive beer and cocktail list, but in my opinion, the one drink that is not to be missed is the root beer float. Made with your choice of Abita, Sprecher, or Saranac root beer (all on tap), and a generous amount of vanilla ice cream, this is the perfect frothy treat with a slight bite. A scrumptious, safe choice is the Sprecher root beer, nice and mild with a hint of honey and a creamy finish. If you are feeling wild, go for the Saranac, which has a lively spice to it that works nicely with the sweet vanilla ice cream.
Jacob’s Pickles may be well known for its pickles, but in my book this place is simply a neighborhood joint that’s serving up interesting comfort food in a relaxed, communal environment. I’m sure I’ll be back for a biscuit-binge sometime soon. At the end of the meal my waitress warmly requested, “Y’all come back now, ya hear?” Indeed I will.
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