# 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

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## 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

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## 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

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### 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

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### Awards

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### 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)