best barbecue restaurant in San Jose
Question · by early_in_sj_95112 · Member since Sep 2026 · 1 post · 8w8 weeks ago
Barbecue restaurant in San Jose, CA
4.6 · 2,080 reviewsClosed todayClosed today
Soul food & Texan-style grilled meats served in an informal dining room with a contemporary vibe.
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Updated Oct 27, 2026Last activity 1 month ago, a question from first_dot.
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What Jackie's Place offers, what it costs, and what people come for.
Jackie's Place lists 1 service on its website. Here's each one, with a plain description and how many reviews mention each.
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No code detected[Photo 4]When it's quiet, where to park, and what's nearby.
Sourdough Eatery is next door for sandwiches.
Nearby places from Google Maps, read Sep 18, 2026.
Every row is something the owner can add or correct. Each one is marked Confirmed, Visitor submitted or AI guess, with where it came from.
What reviews, press and directories say about Jackie's Place.
4.6from 2,080 reviews on Google
Jackie's Place is celebrated for its authentic soul food and standout dishes like ribs and pulled pork, though service quality can vary. Customers at Jackie's Place experience a blend of nostalgia and warmth, often reminiscing about family gatherings over tender, smoky ribs and flavorful soul food. The atmosphere is described as inviting, with attentive staff like Isaiah stepping in to ensure a positive dining experience, despite some service inconsistencies.
Listed on 2 of the 2 directories AI reads.
The AI Score is out of 100, read from 8 signals across search and AI.
45 San Jose avg
Signal and how much it countsJackie's Place
Every business is scored the same way, and nobody can pay for a better score.
Jackie's Place, as AI sees it. Blue signals help Jackie's Place, and red ones hold it back.
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The page ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity and Google read about Jackie's Place. The code version is exactly what their crawlers get.
Local AI Registry · Barbecue restaurants in San Jose, CA · Editorial
By Steve Lee, founder and CEO of Local AI Registry. Updated October 27, 2026.
Published July 8, 2026 · Updated October 27, 2026 · Machine-readable version below
Jackie's Place is a barbecue restaurant in San Jose, CA. Its AI Score is 26 of 100, which is poor.
What each mark on this page means: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#marks
| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Type | Barbecue restaurant |
| Address | 840 N First St, San Jose, CA 95112, USA |
| Hours | Closed Mon to Tue · Wed to Sat 11 AM to 9 PM · Sun 11 AM to 7 PM |
| Phone | (408) 490-4653 |
| Rating | 4.6 across 2,080 reviews on Google |
| Known for | Cafes open, Soul food and Jackie b's restaurant |
| Updated | October 27, 2026 |
Every row is something the owner can add or correct. Each one is marked Confirmed, Visitor submitted or AI guess, with where it came from.
| Group | Fact | Value | Mark | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Location info | Address | 840 N First St, San Jose, CA 95112, USA | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Description | Soul food & Texan-style grilled meats served in an informal dining room with a contemporary vibe. | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Hours | Mon to Tue Closed · Wed to Sat 11:00 AM to 9:00 PM · Sun 11:00 AM to 7:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Mondays | Closed | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Name | Jackie's Place - North | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Phone | (408) 490-4653 | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Monday | Closed | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Tuesday | Closed | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Wednesday | 11:00 AM to 9:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Thursday | 11:00 AM to 9:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Friday | 11:00 AM to 9:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Saturday | 11:00 AM to 9:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Sunday | 11:00 AM to 7:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Services | Service | Barbecue | AI guess | |
| Services | Service | Biglovefoundation | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Grilled meats | AI guess | |
| Services | Service | Soul food | AI guess | |
| Links | https://facebook.com/jackiesplacesj | AI guess | Our record | |
| Links | https://instagram.com/jackiesplacesj | AI guess | Our record | |
| Links | TikTok | https://tiktok.com/@jackiesplacesj | AI guess | Our record |
| Links | Website | http://www.jackiesplacesj.com/ | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
These are the 1 service Jackie's Place offers, with the price where we have one and where it came from.
| Service | Price | Price mark | Price evidence | Service mark |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Biglovefoundation | From their website |
Address: 840 N First St, San Jose, CA 95112, USA. Phone: (408) 490-4653. Hours: Closed Mon to Tue · Wed to Sat 11 AM to 9 PM · Sun 11 AM to 7 PM. (Confirmed, Google Business Profile.)
From Google Business Profile: "Soul food & Texan-style grilled meats served in an informal dining room with a contemporary vibe."
| Place | Type | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Sourdough Eatery | Sandwich shop | 1 min walk |
| 1st & Mission | Bus stop | 1 min walk |
| Civic Center | Light rail station | 1 min walk |
| 1st and Mission | Transit station | 1 min walk |
| Civic Center | Light rail station | 1 min walk |
| Civic Center | Bus stop | 1 min walk |
4.6 average across 2,080 reviews: Google 2,080. (Confirmed, read July 8, 2026.)
Jackie's Place is celebrated for its authentic soul food and standout dishes like ribs and pulled pork, though service quality can vary. (AI guess, from 2,080 reviews.)
Listed on 2 of the 2 directories we checked.
| Directory | Listed |
|---|---|
| Apple Maps | Listed |
| Yelp | Listed |
It measures how likely AI engines are to recommend a business, and how accurately. San Jose barbecue restaurants run 26 to 57. Fair starts at 45, good at 65. Jackie's Place scores 26, below the San Jose average of 45. The same method scores every business on the registry.
| Signal | Weight | Score | What it measures | Jackie's Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Retrieval grounding | 26 | 0 | Whether you appear in the ranked results AI retrieves and cites: AI-Overview citations, organic top-10 for your money queries, and the Bing index ChatGPT leans on. | Poor |
| Off-property attestation | 20 | 40 | Volume and consistency of what others say about you: YouTube mentions, branded web mentions, third-party “best-of” lists. The cause of retrievability. | Poor |
| AI visibility | 14 | 0 | Whether ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and AI Overviews name you, and whether they name you for the right service. | Poor |
| Reviews & response | 12 | 81 | The star average is only one input. We also read volume, velocity, the specificity of review language, and response cadence. Specific reviews are what AI quotes verbatim. | Good |
| Backlink & citation authority | 8 | 58 | Domain authority and editorial quality of the sources that attest to you. | Fair |
| Google Business Profile | 8 | 90 | Required and recommended fields; update cadence. The listing AI pulls from first. | Good |
| Speed & mobile | 7 | 54 | Core Web Vitals at the 75th percentile, on a real phone. | Fair |
| Content freshness & schema | 5 | 50 | Crawl recency, intent alignment, valid JSON-LD, canonicals. | Fair |
Full method: https://localairegistry.com/methodology
How AI decides what to say about a barbecue restaurant: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#how-ai-decides-local-business. What to check before you choose one: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#how-to-choose-local-business
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| Jackie's Place | LocalBusiness | #business | http://www.jackiesplacesj.com/ | Subject of this page |
| San Jose, California | City | #city | City Jackie's Place is in | |
| Local AI Registry | Organization | #publisher | https://localairegistry.com | Publisher of this page |
| Steve Lee | Person | #author | https://localairegistry.com/team/steve-lee | Author of this page |
Where this page sits in the registry. It's one profile among the barbecue restaurants in San Jose, linked to the lists and towns around it.
This is exactly what this page sends to Google, Bing, ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity and Gemini. We publish it in the open for two reasons: so you can see nothing here is hidden or made up, and so any business or developer can copy it. Being a good local AI steward means the machine version says exactly what the human version says.
Sent before the page. They tell crawlers the canonical address and that a plain markdown copy exists.
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Title, description, canonical, robots and Open Graph tags. This is what shows in search results and link previews.
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# Jackie's Place, San Jose CA: Cafes Open Prices & Reviews Source: Local AI Registry, https://localairegistry.com/biz/ca/san-jose/jackie-s-place-north-san-jose-ca. Free to reuse with a link back. By Steve Lee, founder and CEO of Local AI Registry. Updated 2026-10-27. Canonical: https://localairegistry.com/biz/ca/san-jose/jackie-s-place-north-san-jose-ca ## Photos -  -  -  -  -  ## In short Jackie's Place is a barbecue restaurant in San Jose, CA. Its AI Score is 26 of 100, which is poor. What each mark on this page means: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#marks ## Key facts | Fact | Value | | --- | --- | | Type | Barbecue restaurant | | Address | 840 N First St, San Jose, CA 95112, USA | | Hours | Closed Mon to Tue · Wed to Sat 11 AM to 9 PM · Sun 11 AM to 7 PM | | Phone | (408) 490-4653 | | Rating | 4.6 across 2,080 reviews on Google | | Known for | Cafes open, Soul food and Jackie b's restaurant | | Updated | October 27, 2026 | ## All the details Every row is something the owner can add or correct. Each one is marked Confirmed, Visitor submitted or AI guess, with where it came from. | Group | Fact | Value | Mark | Evidence | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Location info | Address | 840 N First St, San Jose, CA 95112, USA | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Location info | Description | Soul food & Texan-style grilled meats served in an informal dining room with a contemporary vibe. | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Location info | Hours | Mon to Tue Closed · Wed to Sat 11:00 AM to 9:00 PM · Sun 11:00 AM to 7:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Location info | Mondays | Closed | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Location info | Name | Jackie's Place - North | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Location info | Phone | (408) 490-4653 | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Hours | Monday | Closed | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Hours | Tuesday | Closed | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Hours | Wednesday | 11:00 AM to 9:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Hours | Thursday | 11:00 AM to 9:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Hours | Friday | 11:00 AM to 9:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Hours | Saturday | 11:00 AM to 9:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Hours | Sunday | 11:00 AM to 7:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Services | Service | Barbecue | AI guess | | | Services | Service | Biglovefoundation | From their website | Business website | | Services | Service | Grilled meats | AI guess | | | Services | Service | Soul food | AI guess | | | Links | Facebook | https://facebook.com/jackiesplacesj | AI guess | Our record | | Links | Instagram | https://instagram.com/jackiesplacesj | AI guess | Our record | | Links | TikTok | https://tiktok.com/@jackiesplacesj | AI guess | Our record | | Links | Website | http://www.jackiesplacesj.com/ | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | ## Services and prices These are the 1 service Jackie's Place offers, with the price where we have one and where it came from. | Service | Price | Price mark | Price evidence | Service mark | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Biglovefoundation | | | | From their website | ### Known for - Cafes open (Confirmed) - Soul food (Confirmed) - Jackie b's restaurant (Confirmed) ## The team Add your team so AI can name who works here ## Visiting Jackie's Place Address: 840 N First St, San Jose, CA 95112, USA. Phone: (408) 490-4653. Hours: Closed Mon to Tue · Wed to Sat 11 AM to 9 PM · Sun 11 AM to 7 PM. (Confirmed, Google Business Profile.) ### Location info from Google Business Profile From Google Business Profile: "Soul food & Texan-style grilled meats served in an informal dining room with a contemporary vibe." ### Parking and getting in Add your parking so AI can tell people where to park Add how to find your door so AI can walk people in ### Nearby | Place | Type | Distance | | --- | --- | --- | | Sourdough Eatery | Sandwich shop | 1 min walk | | 1st & Mission | Bus stop | 1 min walk | | Civic Center | Light rail station | 1 min walk | | 1st and Mission | Transit station | 1 min walk | | Civic Center | Light rail station | 1 min walk | | Civic Center | Bus stop | 1 min walk | ## Reputation 4.6 average across 2,080 reviews: Google 2,080. (Confirmed, read July 8, 2026.) Jackie's Place is celebrated for its authentic soul food and standout dishes like ribs and pulled pork, though service quality can vary. (AI guess, from 2,080 reviews.) ### What people like - Tender, smoky ribs - Fried catfish and candied yams - Pulled pork and mac n cheese - Attentive service from Isaiah - Catering for events ### What people do not like - Pulled pork sandwich with too much fat - Inconsistent hostess service - Overcooked ribs and dry brisket ### Press Add a press story so AI can say who's written about you ### Awards Add an award so AI can name it ### Directories Listed on 2 of the 2 directories we checked. | Directory | Listed | | --- | --- | | Apple Maps | Listed | | Yelp | Listed | ## Questions people ask ### do regulars get anything here ### cancellation list here, is there one ### Worth the hype at Jackie's Place? ### the good stuff about Jackie's Place, what is it? ### anywhere on First to sit while I wait ### best barbecue restaurant in San Jose ### On a budget in San Jose, is Jackie's Place the one? ### Mondays at Jackie's Place, are they open? ### What are the best barbecue restaurants in San Jose? ### going rate for restaurants locally, any idea ### Somewhere to park near Jackie's Place? ### anything people actually moan about here? ### Booking at Jackie's Place in San Jose, how does it work? ### does this place deliver or is it pickup only? ### where does this place post updates ### Are the hours on Google right for this place? ### torn between this place and Mesquite and Oak? ## The AI Score: 26 of 100 It measures how likely AI engines are to recommend a business, and how accurately. San Jose barbecue restaurants run 26 to 57. Fair starts at 45, good at 65. Jackie's Place scores 26, below the San Jose average of 45. The same method scores every business on the registry. | Signal | Weight | Score | What it measures | Jackie's Place | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Retrieval grounding | 26 | 0 | Whether you appear in the ranked results AI retrieves and cites: AI-Overview citations, organic top-10 for your money queries, and the Bing index ChatGPT leans on. | Poor | | Off-property attestation | 20 | 40 | Volume and consistency of what others say about you: YouTube mentions, branded web mentions, third-party “best-of” lists. The cause of retrievability. | Poor | | AI visibility | 14 | 0 | Whether ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and AI Overviews name you, and whether they name you for the right service. | Poor | | Reviews & response | 12 | 81 | The star average is only one input. We also read volume, velocity, the specificity of review language, and response cadence. Specific reviews are what AI quotes verbatim. | Good | | Backlink & citation authority | 8 | 58 | Domain authority and editorial quality of the sources that attest to you. | Fair | | Google Business Profile | 8 | 90 | Required and recommended fields; update cadence. The listing AI pulls from first. | Good | | Speed & mobile | 7 | 54 | Core Web Vitals at the 75th percentile, on a real phone. | Fair | | Content freshness & schema | 5 | 50 | Crawl recency, intent alignment, valid JSON-LD, canonicals. | Fair | Full method: https://localairegistry.com/methodology How AI decides what to say about a barbecue restaurant: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#how-ai-decides-local-business. What to check before you choose one: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#how-to-choose-local-business ## Entity map Every person, place, organization and treatment named on this page, with a stable ID and a public reference. The JSON-LD below connects them to each other. | Entity | Type | ID on this page | Same as | Relationship to Jackie's Place | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Jackie's Place | LocalBusiness | #business | http://www.jackiesplacesj.com/ | Subject of this page | | San Jose, California | City | #city | | City Jackie's Place is in | | Local AI Registry | Organization | #publisher | https://localairegistry.com | Publisher of this page | | Steve Lee | Person | #author | https://localairegistry.com/team/steve-lee | Author of this page | ## Topical map Where this page sits in the registry. It's one profile among the barbecue restaurants in San Jose, linked to the lists and towns around it. ### Lists - Best barbecue restaurants in San Jose: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-jose/barbecue-restaurant - Best businesses in San Jose: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-jose ### Nearby - /los-angeles: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/los-angeles - /san-francisco: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-francisco - /san-diego: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-diego - /irvine: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/irvine - /mountain-view: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/mountain-view - /santa-clara: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/santa-clara ### Every list - Every leaderboard in California: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca ## References ### Sources cited - [1] Google Business Profile, https://www.google.com/maps/place/?q=place_id:ChIJ924cgmrNj4AR_zzWa-nJdVQ (accessed Jul 8, 2026) - [2] jackiesplacesj.com, https://www.jackiesplacesj.com/biglovefoundation (accessed Sep 18, 2026) - [3] AI engine output: ChatGPT and Gemini, read by Local AI Registry on Jul 8, 2026, https://localairegistry.com/methodology (accessed Sep 18, 2026)
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<p>Local AI Registry · Barbecue restaurants in San Jose, CA · Editorial</p>
<h2>Jackie's Place, San Jose CA: Cafes Open Prices & Reviews</h2>
<p>By Steve Lee, founder and CEO of Local AI Registry. Updated October 27, 2026.</p>
<p>Published July 8, 2026 · Updated October 27, 2026 · Machine-readable version below</p>
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<h3>In short</h3>
<p>Jackie's Place is a barbecue restaurant in San Jose, CA. Its AI Score is 26 of 100, which is poor.</p>
<p>What each mark on this page means: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#marks</p>
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<h3>Key facts</h3>
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<tr><td>Type</td><td>Barbecue restaurant</td></tr>
<tr><td>Address</td><td>840 N First St, San Jose, CA 95112, USA</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hours</td><td>Closed Mon to Tue · Wed to Sat 11 AM to 9 PM · Sun 11 AM to 7 PM</td></tr>
<tr><td>Phone</td><td>(408) 490-4653</td></tr>
<tr><td>Rating</td><td>4.6 across 2,080 reviews on Google</td></tr>
<tr><td>Known for</td><td>Cafes open, Soul food and Jackie b's restaurant</td></tr>
<tr><td>Updated</td><td>October 27, 2026</td></tr>
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</table>
</section>
<section id="ai-all-the-details">
<h3>All the details</h3>
<p>Every row is something the owner can add or correct. Each one is marked Confirmed, Visitor submitted or AI guess, with where it came from.</p>
<table>
<thead><tr><th scope="col">Group</th><th scope="col">Fact</th><th scope="col">Value</th><th scope="col">Mark</th><th scope="col">Evidence</th></tr></thead>
<tbody>
<tr><td>Location info</td><td>Address</td><td>840 N First St, San Jose, CA 95112, USA</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Location info</td><td>Description</td><td>Soul food & Texan-style grilled meats served in an informal dining room with a contemporary vibe.</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Location info</td><td>Hours</td><td>Mon to Tue Closed · Wed to Sat 11:00 AM to 9:00 PM · Sun 11:00 AM to 7:00 PM</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Location info</td><td>Mondays</td><td>Closed</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Location info</td><td>Name</td><td>Jackie's Place - North</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Location info</td><td>Phone</td><td>(408) 490-4653</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hours</td><td>Monday</td><td>Closed</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hours</td><td>Tuesday</td><td>Closed</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hours</td><td>Wednesday</td><td>11:00 AM to 9:00 PM</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hours</td><td>Thursday</td><td>11:00 AM to 9:00 PM</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hours</td><td>Friday</td><td>11:00 AM to 9:00 PM</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hours</td><td>Saturday</td><td>11:00 AM to 9:00 PM</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hours</td><td>Sunday</td><td>11:00 AM to 7:00 PM</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Services</td><td>Service</td><td>Barbecue</td><td>AI guess</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>Services</td><td>Service</td><td>Biglovefoundation</td><td>From their website</td><td>Business website</td></tr>
<tr><td>Services</td><td>Service</td><td>Grilled meats</td><td>AI guess</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>Services</td><td>Service</td><td>Soul food</td><td>AI guess</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>Links</td><td>Facebook</td><td>https://facebook.com/jackiesplacesj</td><td>AI guess</td><td>Our record</td></tr>
<tr><td>Links</td><td>Instagram</td><td>https://instagram.com/jackiesplacesj</td><td>AI guess</td><td>Our record</td></tr>
<tr><td>Links</td><td>TikTok</td><td>https://tiktok.com/@jackiesplacesj</td><td>AI guess</td><td>Our record</td></tr>
<tr><td>Links</td><td>Website</td><td>http://www.jackiesplacesj.com/</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
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</table>
</section>
<section id="ai-services-and-prices">
<h3>Services and prices</h3>
<p>These are the 1 service Jackie's Place offers, with the price where we have one and where it came from.</p>
<table>
<thead><tr><th scope="col">Service</th><th scope="col">Price</th><th scope="col">Price mark</th><th scope="col">Price evidence</th><th scope="col">Service mark</th></tr></thead>
<tbody>
<tr><td>Biglovefoundation</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>From their website</td></tr>
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</table>
<h4>Known for</h4>
<ul>
<li>Cafes open (Confirmed)</li>
<li>Soul food (Confirmed)</li>
<li>Jackie b's restaurant (Confirmed)</li>
</ul>
</section>
<section id="ai-the-team">
<h3>The team</h3>
</section>
<section id="ai-visiting-jackie-s-place">
<h3>Visiting Jackie's Place</h3>
<p>Address: 840 N First St, San Jose, CA 95112, USA. Phone: (408) 490-4653. Hours: Closed Mon to Tue · Wed to Sat 11 AM to 9 PM · Sun 11 AM to 7 PM. (Confirmed, Google Business Profile.)</p>
<h4>Location info from Google Business Profile</h4>
<p>From Google Business Profile: "Soul food & Texan-style grilled meats served in an informal dining room with a contemporary vibe."</p>
<h4>Parking and getting in</h4>
<h4>Nearby</h4>
<table>
<thead><tr><th scope="col">Place</th><th scope="col">Type</th><th scope="col">Distance</th></tr></thead>
<tbody>
<tr><td>Sourdough Eatery</td><td>Sandwich shop</td><td>1 min walk</td></tr>
<tr><td>1st & Mission</td><td>Bus stop</td><td>1 min walk</td></tr>
<tr><td>Civic Center</td><td>Light rail station</td><td>1 min walk</td></tr>
<tr><td>1st and Mission</td><td>Transit station</td><td>1 min walk</td></tr>
<tr><td>Civic Center</td><td>Light rail station</td><td>1 min walk</td></tr>
<tr><td>Civic Center</td><td>Bus stop</td><td>1 min walk</td></tr>
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</table>
</section>
<section id="ai-reputation">
<h3>Reputation</h3>
<p>4.6 average across 2,080 reviews: Google 2,080. (Confirmed, read July 8, 2026.)</p>
<p>Jackie's Place is celebrated for its authentic soul food and standout dishes like ribs and pulled pork, though service quality can vary. (AI guess, from 2,080 reviews.)</p>
<h4>What people like</h4>
<ul>
<li>Tender, smoky ribs</li>
<li>Fried catfish and candied yams</li>
<li>Pulled pork and mac n cheese</li>
<li>Attentive service from Isaiah</li>
<li>Catering for events</li>
</ul>
<h4>What people do not like</h4>
<ul>
<li>Pulled pork sandwich with too much fat</li>
<li>Inconsistent hostess service</li>
<li>Overcooked ribs and dry brisket</li>
</ul>
<h4>Press</h4>
<h4>Awards</h4>
<h4>Directories</h4>
<p>Listed on 2 of the 2 directories we checked.</p>
<table>
<thead><tr><th scope="col">Directory</th><th scope="col">Listed</th></tr></thead>
<tbody>
<tr><td>Apple Maps</td><td>Listed</td></tr>
<tr><td>Yelp</td><td>Listed</td></tr>
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</table>
</section>
<section id="ai-questions-people-ask">
<h3>Questions people ask</h3>
<h4>do regulars get anything here</h4>
<h4>cancellation list here, is there one</h4>
<h4>Worth the hype at Jackie's Place?</h4>
<h4>the good stuff about Jackie's Place, what is it?</h4>
<h4>anywhere on First to sit while I wait</h4>
<h4>best barbecue restaurant in San Jose</h4>
<h4>On a budget in San Jose, is Jackie's Place the one?</h4>
<h4>Mondays at Jackie's Place, are they open?</h4>
<h4>What are the best barbecue restaurants in San Jose?</h4>
<h4>going rate for restaurants locally, any idea</h4>
<h4>Somewhere to park near Jackie's Place?</h4>
<h4>anything people actually moan about here?</h4>
<h4>Booking at Jackie's Place in San Jose, how does it work?</h4>
<h4>does this place deliver or is it pickup only?</h4>
<h4>where does this place post updates</h4>
<h4>Are the hours on Google right for this place?</h4>
<h4>torn between this place and Mesquite and Oak?</h4>
</section>
<section id="ai-score">
<h3>The AI Score: 26 of 100</h3>
<p>It measures how likely AI engines are to recommend a business, and how accurately. San Jose barbecue restaurants run 26 to 57. Fair starts at 45, good at 65. Jackie's Place scores 26, below the San Jose average of 45. The same method scores every business on the registry.</p>
<table>
<thead><tr><th scope="col">Signal</th><th scope="col">Weight</th><th scope="col">Score</th><th scope="col">What it measures</th><th scope="col">Jackie's Place</th></tr></thead>
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<tr><td>Retrieval grounding</td><td>26</td><td>0</td><td>Whether you appear in the ranked results AI retrieves and cites: AI-Overview citations, organic top-10 for your money queries, and the Bing index ChatGPT leans on.</td><td>Poor</td></tr>
<tr><td>Off-property attestation</td><td>20</td><td>40</td><td>Volume and consistency of what others say about you: YouTube mentions, branded web mentions, third-party “best-of” lists. The cause of retrievability.</td><td>Poor</td></tr>
<tr><td>AI visibility</td><td>14</td><td>0</td><td>Whether ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and AI Overviews name you, and whether they name you for the right service.</td><td>Poor</td></tr>
<tr><td>Reviews & response</td><td>12</td><td>81</td><td>The star average is only one input. We also read volume, velocity, the specificity of review language, and response cadence. Specific reviews are what AI quotes verbatim.</td><td>Good</td></tr>
<tr><td>Backlink & citation authority</td><td>8</td><td>58</td><td>Domain authority and editorial quality of the sources that attest to you.</td><td>Fair</td></tr>
<tr><td>Google Business Profile</td><td>8</td><td>90</td><td>Required and recommended fields; update cadence. The listing AI pulls from first.</td><td>Good</td></tr>
<tr><td>Speed & mobile</td><td>7</td><td>54</td><td>Core Web Vitals at the 75th percentile, on a real phone.</td><td>Fair</td></tr>
<tr><td>Content freshness & schema</td><td>5</td><td>50</td><td>Crawl recency, intent alignment, valid JSON-LD, canonicals.</td><td>Fair</td></tr>
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</table>
<p>Full method: https://localairegistry.com/methodology</p>
<p>How AI decides what to say about a barbecue restaurant: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#how-ai-decides-local-business. What to check before you choose one: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#how-to-choose-local-business</p>
</section>
<section id="ai-entity-map">
<h3>Entity map</h3>
<p>Every person, place, organization and treatment named on this page, with a stable ID and a public reference. The JSON-LD below connects them to each other.</p>
<table>
<thead><tr><th scope="col">Entity</th><th scope="col">Type</th><th scope="col">ID on this page</th><th scope="col">Same as</th><th scope="col">Relationship to Jackie's Place</th></tr></thead>
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<tr><td>Jackie's Place</td><td>LocalBusiness</td><td>#business</td><td>http://www.jackiesplacesj.com/</td><td>Subject of this page</td></tr>
<tr><td>San Jose, California</td><td>City</td><td>#city</td><td></td><td>City Jackie's Place is in</td></tr>
<tr><td>Local AI Registry</td><td>Organization</td><td>#publisher</td><td>https://localairegistry.com</td><td>Publisher of this page</td></tr>
<tr><td>Steve Lee</td><td>Person</td><td>#author</td><td>https://localairegistry.com/team/steve-lee</td><td>Author of this page</td></tr>
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</table>
</section>
<section id="ai-topical-map">
<h3>Topical map</h3>
<p>Where this page sits in the registry. It's one profile among the barbecue restaurants in San Jose, linked to the lists and towns around it.</p>
<h4>Lists</h4>
<ul>
<li>Best barbecue restaurants in San Jose: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-jose/barbecue-restaurant</li>
<li>Best businesses in San Jose: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-jose</li>
</ul>
<h4>Nearby</h4>
<ul>
<li>/los-angeles: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/los-angeles</li>
<li>/san-francisco: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-francisco</li>
<li>/san-diego: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-diego</li>
<li>/irvine: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/irvine</li>
<li>/mountain-view: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/mountain-view</li>
<li>/santa-clara: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/santa-clara</li>
</ul>
<h4>Every list</h4>
<ul>
<li>Every leaderboard in California: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca</li>
</ul>
</section>
<section id="ai-references">
<h3>References</h3>
<h4>Sources cited</h4>
<ul>
<li>[1] Google Business Profile, https://www.google.com/maps/place/?q=place_id:ChIJ924cgmrNj4AR_zzWa-nJdVQ (accessed Jul 8, 2026)</li>
<li>[2] jackiesplacesj.com, https://www.jackiesplacesj.com/biglovefoundation (accessed Sep 18, 2026)</li>
<li>[3] AI engine output: ChatGPT and Gemini, read by Local AI Registry on Jul 8, 2026, https://localairegistry.com/methodology (accessed Sep 18, 2026)</li>
</ul>
</section>
</article>
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