Jackson’s Family Restaurant Double Decker Drive In

If you can ever get waited on, the food is ok. Took 5 min to get a menu and another 10 min for someone to take our order!

Want good, solid breakfast fare without a lot of frills? Jackson’s fills the bill. The menu offers a typically Midwestern beloved assortment of egg based meals accompanied by potatoes and a bread choice (toast, biscuit etc). Not in the mood for eggs? Pick from generous servings of biscuits and sausage gravy, French toast or pancakes. Today I opted for a western omelette– just one of the 5 types of three egg omelette choices. It filled the plate and was chocked full of deli style ham and plenty of cheese and veggies. My husband chose a half order of biscuit and gravy. He was pleased by the amount of sausage in the gravy. Another positive was that the waitress was friendly, patient and prompt with the coffee refills! We both finished feeling delightfully full for less than $ 15.

It’s sad. The Double Decker is just not worth a visit. I’ve lived here a long time, and I’m not sure it ever was. Bad service, ghastly atmosphere and an «I quit» vibe from the staff– perfect candidate for a restaurant impossible episode.

I detest this place. Been there twice. Wasnt impressed the first time and the second time, this actually happened — I ordered the taco salad. What they brought me was a taco salad with a big chunk of cold, seasoned hamburger meat. Like it was from the day before, fresh out of the fridge, uncooked/​unheated. I complained and the waitress took it away and NEVER BROUGHT ANYTHING BACK. She eventually brought the bill and they charged me for the taco salad. This is a true story, as unbelievable as it seems. Havent been back since. Horrible.

Don’t ever eat here. I’m convinced that the ONLY reason this place is still open is because every 90-​year-​old in town still frequents it. The food is made with cheap ingredients, their menu is nonexistent, and the service is mediocre at best.

This place should have closed down years ago.

Decided to wander out to Greencastle — first mistake. The college is beautiful, the rest is lame country town (completely lacking anything quaint and charming).
So anyway, the mission of our journey was to try some local food joint. We settled on Jackson’s. It screamed local family awesomeness, and I was jazzed to see the Towncars and elderly slowly doing their zombie walk into this place. Old people means a place is generally consistent, inexpensive, and has some decent food.
First bad sign, we went into a back entrance and upon entering there were the restrooms, but the sink is open and in the hallway. So we have to walk by patrons washing their hands post-​bathroom use — weird! We sat down and were promptly waited on. Service was good the entire time so I gave a star for that. The place is old and has that local charm so point for that. That’s where the points end.
Rule number one of my dining out rules: NEVER DO BUFFETS! The menu was one page, front side only and the prices were cheap but everything seemed ala cart versus full meals. They had a breakfast buffet, and given the lackluster breakfast menu, I felt that the only option was the buffet. Ugh, my rule was broken.
The buffet was TERRIBLE! Let us count the number of pancakes: 3. There were only 3, bisquick silver dollar cakes even in there, some dried out French toast sticks, eggs, and questionable meats. I ate because I was hungry but it sucked.
My husband ordered water to drink, the color was questionable due to a very old and/​or dirty glass. Ick!
I have a feeling this place may not be as bad for lunch or dinner. I don’t know. The other side of this place was a drive up lunch place. Odd.
Take home message: not a good place to eat and Greencastle is quite lame.