With so many specialty cuisine spots opening up here in NYC lately it can be a bit dizzying to the average dining patron. With an exploding scene of gastropubs, craft beer joints, cocktail-centric spots, and terrific dining options there is no shortage of new places to discover. So much wonderful food and drink that having a gym membership is almost a requirement just to burn off all the extra delicious calories! One such spot that I am overdue in writing about here is Jacob’s Pickles on the Upper West Side. What’s not to like about this place? Sure, it’s a touch of Brooklyn hipster central located uptown on the UWS, but damn son, Jacob’s Honey Chicken and Pickles are da shizz!
If you have a hankering for good old-fashioned stick to your ribs comfort food then head on in and be sure to loosen up the belt or jeans top button. Always start with their freshly baked fluffy but dense biscuits & fixin’s that comes with house strawberry & orange preserves, clover honey, and organic butter. This in itself is a meal but just a warm-up for the gluttony to come. Oh yes, the honey chicken & pickles buttermilk fried chicken. Oh. Mah. Gawd! What you receive on your plate is a deceivingly fulling portion of finger licking good crispy buttermilk fried chicken slathered with clover honey and hot sour pickles. If they only offered a nap room with hammocks in the back after eating this. Zzzzzz………
Of course, any visit here should include a sampling of pickles. I love a good pickle and they do it up right here. From light and crispy fried pickles to about eight varieties served in pickle jars. Sours, dills, sweet, spicy, and more. Oh, and after all this if one can fit in a dessert check out the banana wafer pudding, fried Oreos and ice cream, or biscuit bread pudding. Yowza!
Can’t forget about the terrific cocktails on the menu to go along with a pretty nifty craft beer selection here that are American based. Enjoy a pint or two with your meal, and perhaps just go with a growler. They even have root beer on tap that comes from Abita, Sprecher, and Saranac!
Terrific atmosphere featuring a rustic woodsy decor and dim lighting to go along with an appealing friendly staff. Seems like it’s always busy here, and a bit loud, but we have never had to wait all that long to score a table for two. Weekends and prime dinner hours are the busiest for sure. Overall reasonable prices that won’t melt the credit card, but make you feel you also get your money’s worth.
Beer. Biscuits. Pickles. That’s comfort food to the max, and always worth a cheat day when it comes to your diet. If you’re a fried chicken lover and fan of pickles it’s worth a trip uptown or across town to sample the goods here. That bathing suit can wait on an extra few days of treadmill training. Burn baby burn.
Jacob’s Pickles – http://jacobspickles.com/
http://www.yelp.com/biz/jacobs-pickles-new-york
Love this place, my roommate works here! Brunch is my fave, it’s alwasy crazy packed though. Their BLT Bloody Mary is sooo bloody good!
Hey Mary!
Good thing it’s not on the UES where I live or I would need two gym memberships and larger clothes! Gotta try that Bloody!
Biscuit bread pudding?? I think I need a few moments alone. The whole menu sounds evil and delicious!!
Hey Teri!
Oh yeah, this spot is the real deal. Very evil to anyone trying to diet and fit into their clothes, but so worth the calories!
Definitely comfort food. I think I’m one of the only people on the planet who hasn’t had fried pickles. I need to get out more . . .
Hey Karen!
Beware the salty crispy briny-ness of fried pickles. They are addicting!
Nope, I’m the other. I love pickles, and these fried morsels are something I’ll have to look for in California…or take my first trip to New York.
Hey Chaz!
Thanks for commenting. Yes, if done right fried pickles are worth a trip!
I love dill pickles, but I do not like the fried variety. I’ve tried them twice in two different locations and . . . yuck. But, buttered biscuits and fried chicken and craft beer? Sign me up! (And that is why you shall not ever see me in one of those swim suits I posted on my blog.)
More good stuff today, Phil.
Patricia Rickrode
w/a Jansen Schmidt
Hey Patricia!
If I keep tempting you with all this tasty food you might really hate me when beach season hits!
Fried chicken and biscuits. Something you just can’t get in New England. At least not any kind of decent version. Jealous once again.
Hey Cassandra!
Really? Not just north of NYC? Well, you do have killer clam chowdah and lobstah up there! I’m also jelly!
Looks delicious but also a bit heavy, like a chicken-version of mac’n’cheese? Nice that they also serve cocktails:)
Hey Mitzie!
Sure, it’s heavy but that’s what comfort food is all about! Yummy in my tummy!
Honestly I’d be happy with just the biscuits. I love a good biscuit!
Hey Emily!
A good biscuit is always a pleasure! Especially when hot and slathered with good stuff!
Mmmm. Fried pickle spears? That one would be new to me. Usually my fried pickles come in thin round slices. Either way, I love them.
Hey Kitt!
You’ve had the round now try a spear! Both are equally delish!
Biscuits! Real biscuits, not just a flat cookie that they call a biscuit here. And fried chicken that gets it! [moans] Some days you make me so homesick for the States…
Hey Barb!
Yuck – I feel bad for you. You need some real biscuits to slather that clotted cream on!
Hi Phil, no fried pickles for me, though I love the raw type, biscuits look nice, and one of my favorite foods in the world- love the fried chicken. Thanks for sharing a great place to stop in!
Hey Peggy!
We all love some good fried chicken, right? Well, unless you’re a vegan. Then I guess just pickles and biscuits for them. Either way sounds good.
Lordy, that’s some supper rich vittles! It looks so good. I think I would not move off the couch for two hours afterwards. 🙂 We are getting a micro brewery opening in our village. I’m quite excited about it. They are already making brew and experimenting with flavors. I’m glad they are taking the plunge into getting a building.
Thanks for visiting my blog during the A-Z challenge.
Hey Cindy!
Hope all is well. Yeah, it’s serious gut busting confort food! Very cool that there is a micro brewery opening by you. Try out all kinds of brews that way!