BB Jack’s

Pot Roast is top notch! It’s the best I’ve ever eaten! U will not be sorry! Best service when u eat it at the bar. Will be a regular

We normally love this place. It is nice to have a good restaurant locally in Deforest. I must say the service and wait times are getting a bit disappointing. On a Thursday we had a group of eight. Took 15minutes to get waited on. Then it took 1 hour and 15 minutes to get our food. They were not that busy. Food was mediocre at best. Come on BB jacks, don’t blow it. We love having you in town.

Wife and I stopped in the day passing through town for a quick beer and some appetizers. Enjoyed the conversation with Willie behind the bar while sampling some of their unique craft beers. They had bourbon barrel aged beers and whiskey barrel aged beers. Along with a whole assortment of many local and non local craft beers.
For appetizers we tried a unique play on what they called pork wings that were served with a mildly spicy almost BBQ tasting sauce. It was like eating a wing but flavors of a rib. Very awesome if you are brave enough to carnivore your way through it. And the wife had the cheesy tater tots loaded up. Which were also very good. A classic dish! We read over the menu and decided we would be making another trip to try their pizzas and some were some of their dinner entrees. I would recommend if in the neighborhood to stop in and. give this place a try. Espcially if you like craft beers. Next time we are in the neighborhood we will definitely stop because we enjoyed it.
Only reason not a 5 star review is because we didn’t try any dinners or sandwiches. Will leave another review when we return for dinner/​pizzas.

Fantastic food accompanied by great service from a great serving staff! The Baked Italian Beef sandwich with tots is amazing! The pizza fries are great appetizers! Bartender Willy and manager Lowell are fabulous at ensuring you have a great time!

If I had written this review after the first time I ate there I would have given them 5 stars. The Alfredo is to die for! Tonight however, I order fried pickles, the flavor is awesome but they are very soggy, so I would have given them 4 stars but I also ordered a grilled cheese, it looks like they cooked one side then flipped it over just long enough to turn the butter a slight brown. So order the Alfredo, you won’t be disappointed (unless it was a fluke!)

45 minute wait on food. Every table sat around us got tgere food. Then a gentleman comes out when I said we wanted to leave and says «sorry, we were busy». The other server that came over tried hard to recover us. She did a great job but it was just too little too late. Not a good way to handle the situation. Will give it a try again, hopefully a one time deal.

Sitting at the bar with an empty glass. My friend who is a male with an empty glass next to my empty glass gets eye contact ftom the female bartender while she doesn’t look at me or ask about my empty glass. She fills his and never even gives me the time of day. Other male bartender not any better. I try to flag down either one 10 min. NO luck. Service sucks.

Awesome pizza every sandwich I’ve had from there has been great. Had the wings tonight good wings horrible blue cheese. Order wings again but stop at the grocery store for blue cheese

Run of the mill Friday fish fry. Nothing special, nothing stands out. Coleslaw not good. All in all, I’d rather have Culvers fish fry.

Love any place that has vegetarian option for burgers! Everything seems super fresh and they make their own fries and chips. Wait staff seems like they enjoy their job and were knowledgeable about the menu and very friendly. Great selection of beers on tap made it a perfect ⁵⁄₅ for my first visit.

My first «not good» review, rats.
Were seated next to a family with young children… No sweat. 10 minutes into our experience the 3 year old starts screaming at the top of his lungs… It goes on, and on, until we ask the waitress to help quiet him some. It looked like I had put a gun in her face. Turns out it was the owner that she was obviously afraid of. I turned to look at the child and the «owner» come over and asked if there was something wrong. I said I was not used to dining next to a screaming kid. His response was this is a kid friendly supper club. I told him I had raised my children, loved them, but they were never allowed to scream at the top of their lungs in a public restaurant, and my sister in law had a hearing problem that was causing her pain. He said, I’ve got your dinner and maybe next time you can find somewhere else to eat… I had to respond.
I told him, welcome to a small town where everyone knows everyone else.
It was obvious he was a bully, and an arrogant ass.
Personally I think he really should consider going back to Chicago. Try the Roadhouse instead… They are nice.

I try Rubens everywhere I go. This one is in the middle. Skimpy on the meat but it tasted good with bits of corned beef so it wasn’t the sliced lunch meat some places try to pass off in their Rubens. The dressing was served in the side which I liked. For $ 9 you get a choice of tater tots, French fries, chips and salsa or pub chips. I was told to get the tots and they were very good. Crisp with a sprinkling of shredded Parmesan cheese. We started with the loaded tots as an appetizer but found it to be too much to eat with a sandwich so we took most of our lunch home, including ½ of the loaded tots. The lemonade was tasty and service was adequate. I would go back to try other items on the menu, including the vegetable roll-​up when I get back on the wagon with a whole food plant based diet.

Best bar for a little town. Don’t go anywhere else if you are in De Forest. Great selection of beer, great food and wait staff are amazing. Even if you get a chance you can talk to the chef. He knows his stuff!

Pizza is delicious. Four of us in our party had the baked cod. It was moist and flavorful. Cheesy hash browns homemade and plentiful. We will return.

Amazing service, great wings, continue to go there again and again! Great beer selection. specials are fun and inventive… lunch or dinner you can’t go wrong.

I’ve spoken to many people about their experiences at BB Jack’s since their opening. Opinions fell equally on each side of the fence for months, however the good recently began to pull ahead of the bad. I thought that I would venture over yesterday to pick up an order to-​go for a late lunch.
I visited their website to peruse the menu and was happy to see its straightforward approach. I had a good idea of what to order given the recommendations from coworkers. An order consisting of a Reuben and fries with two additional large orders of tater tots (one for myself and the other for a coworker that seems to be craving them constantly) was going to take 15 to 20 minutes to prepare. Not a problem.
I made a point to be picking up at the 20 minute mark to prevent the food from sitting too long. Walking in I had the feeling that I was walking into a dentist office rather than a restaurant. Something about the atmosphere just seemed… sterile. After asking for my order, I waited a couple of minutes for what I assumed to be fresh tots and fries. Not a problem.
Less than five minutes after pickup I was ready to destroy my meal. When I opened the box I was immediately surprised at the size of my reuben. Each half was slightly larger than my wallet and the bread appeared to be pretty greasy. The nice size portion of fries looked good, but half of them were fairly soggy. Same went for the tater tots. On the plus side, the reuben wasn’t terrible, and the fries/​tots that were not soggy were VERY good. I just wish that there had been more of them. All in all… meh.

bb Jack’s earned high marks on our first visit on this fall, October evening. Recommended by friends, we enjoyed the friendly atmosphere, accommodating staff, delicious food, and ice cold beverages at bb Jack’s. The ladies sipped house merlot and the guys had beer — sampling a beer flight of four tasty beers from their several draught options — extensive beer options on tap — impressive. For an appetizer we tried the deep fried pickle chips — tasty, but the breading was maybe thicker than I like and had a tendency to detract from the dill flavor. For dinner the ladies tried the French fried grilled cheese sandwich — bb Jack’s homage to the local and Wisconsin dairy industry. There was hope that they might be more like the «cheese frenchy’s served in the ’70’s «on the square» at Kings Food Host — that would have been fun! Interesting sandwich and interpretation by deep frying the «baked cheese» and serving inside the grilled sandwich — both earned thumbs up for the eclectic «cheese» presentation, but I don’t believe either would order it again. Joe sampled the «Randy’s Mac & Cheese», another cheesy dish accented with bacon and jalapenos — delicious. I had the broasted chicken and baby back ribs servced with homemade, house fries. Excellent. Ribs were «fall off the bone» without being over cooked, topped with just the right amount of bbq sauce and the chicken was really broasted — crispy on the outside and juicy and tasty on the inside. The house fries were excellent as well. Lowell, the GM, stopped by our table to share some of the bb Jack’s history and welcome us — nice touch. Our conversation led to purchasing a bb Jack’s /​Lake Louie pint glass and Lowell share his and bb Jack’s support of breast cancer awareness month with some pink t-​shirts for the table! Thank you Lowell for your support. Dinner was followed with some playful banter with the local patrons and our friendly server, Jamie, offering everyone in the bar some scoops of «blue bunny ice cream» and chocolate sauce — beer and ice cream — oh well, probably only in Wisconsin. That’s where you’ll find your local and family owned bb Jack’s — only in Wisconsin — Antigo, Wausau and now in Deforest — a welcome addition to the Deforest and Madison dining scene. Stop by bb Jacks the next time you are in Deforest, I know you’ll enjoy your visit.

What a great place! The bar area was beautiful and seemed very inviting, however, since we were having lunch we sat at a table. Our waitress, April, was very attentive and kept our drink glasses topped off… always a plus.
We started with fried pickles which were lightly battered with a cornmeal batter. Served with a spicy Ranch dressing– great appetizer!
We all ordered something different and all decided we would try each other’s meal when we returned.
If you’re not sure what to order, go with the incredible steak salad with house bleu cheese!!! It was a HUGE salad but I couldn’t stop eating until I finished off every piece of steak! Always love fresh ingredients!
I will definitely be back when I return to the area!

Hmmm. I’m not feeling the love for this place. The only way I can describe the ambience is… weird. Not a fan of the color scheme or the lighting – it just doesn’t give me that warm, fuzzy feeling I like in a neighborhood joint. And the beer – don’t get me wrong: they have a good selection… but it’s pricey. I probably won’t be busting down any doors to come back.

After reading the glowing reviews on Facebook, I decided to make the short drive to DeForest and check out BB Jacks. After suffering through some service issues and some lackluster food, I learned two things:
1. Never trust Facebook for restaurant reviews (Didn’t mean to cheat on you Unilocal,it’s just you were slow on the draw on getting this new restaurant listed.)
2. I will not be returning to BB Jack’s anytime soon.
My daughter had a late soccer game in Waunakee, so I decided to call in a carryout order for a pizza and a Reuben sandwich. I was told that my order would be ready in 15 to 20 minutes, just the amount of time I needed to drive from Waunakee to DeForest. Things were looking good…
I arrive 15 minutes after I called, checked in at the bar and lo and behold, my pizza was ready to go. I paid for my order; the bartender brought my pizza to the bar and thanked me for my order. One small problem, no Reuben sandwich. When I asked the bartender about its status, I got a confused look and he scampered into the kitchen. He came out, told me it was not ready yet, and then tended to the other customers at the bar, which was packed on a Thursday evening.
So I waited… and waited… and waited.
And I watched my pizza get colder… and colder… and colder.
One of the servers sitting at the bar told me the kitchen prepared the pizzas in a separate area from the rest of the food. Uh, OK, a useful fact if I ever get a question about BB Jack’s kitchen operations during trivia night, but what I really want to know if when my sandwich will be ready.
After ten minutes, another server saw me impatiently waiting by the bar and asked if I have been helped. I explained my situation and he checked with the kitchen to check on the status of the sandwich. He indicated it will be a couple of minutes and offers me a drink while I wait.
The sandwich shows us thirteen minutes after my pizza and I hit the road.
The good news first: the tater tots that accompanied my sandwich were well prepared — hot, crispy on the outside and not too greasy. The folks at BB Jacks have mad deep frying skills. I could have done without the powdered parmesan cheese sprinkled on top, but if that’s their signature touch, so be it.
To say my Reuben sandwich was dismal would be an understatement. The main ingredient of the BB Jacks Reuben is a thick layer of bland sauerkraut, which turned my sandwich into a soggy mess by the time I got it home. The bread was supermarket quality marble rye and needed to be cut thicker to hold up to the all the wet kraut. The sad layer of corned beef was excessively salty. The 1000 island dressing had the consistency of warm jello. It was a paint-​by-​the-​numbers sandwich using institutional grade ingredients.
The half pepperoni /​half cheese pizza also was a bust. The crust was on the thin side and had no chew and little flavor. The sauce was applied unevenly, with some spots swimming in sauce and other with just a trace. The cheese had a strange filmy quality. I had a couple of pieces and it was so bad that it had me questioning my belief that there is no such thing as a bad slice of pizza. The capper was that my daughter found a hair on one of her slices. It was so bad that we didn’t even keep the leftovers; the uneaten slices were dumped in the garbage with nary a complaint from my family.
After my dismal experience, I wrote messaged the owner of the restaurant to express my disappointment with the quality of my experience. To their credit, I received a prompt response from the restaurant manager apologizing for the mix-​up on my carryout order.
I really hate to dole out one star ratings, but given the problems with my carryout order and the weak-​ass food, the dreaded «Eek! Methinks not» description is apropos given my lackluster experience.