PJ's Restaurant & Cocktail

OMG, talk about a DIVE!!!! This little place here has amazing food, wonderful staff, and a cozy ambience. I've live in the area for almost 30 years and I always thought it was just a bar. NOPE! And the prices.... Wow. Birthday dinner for my kid, party of 5 with wonderful food, alcoholic beverages to get the night started, minus traffic they have our business for years to come! GRACIAS!!!

Delicious food here and we miss the sour dough and steak and seafood here, not sure if open again, tried calling and been there in person but not open for dine in. Please let me know if re open. We miss the food here so much, it's one of my top 3 favorite spots!

Next to my Mom's kitchen, PJ's is my wife's and my favorite place to relax and dine! The key is to take off your coat of stress at the door, r-e-l-a-x, and take a seat at a table. Request a bottle of fairly-priced good-quality wine or an inexpensive stiff drink from the bar. Scan the "quaint" hand-written sheet of daily specials; on that decree lies what your chef Umberto is excited to prepare for you today, beyond the run of the mill pabum on the main menu. I've heard what makes McDonald's famous is the ability to serve exactly the same quality garbage every day, everywhere on the planet. But if you have faith in a real chef, to prepare what is _really_ fresh and delicious that day only, you don't need a menu. Our best meals at PJs have been at "the chef's choice". Soup or salad, your choice. The salad is a "digestif", lettuce and such, reminding me of a line from "Analyze This!", since the meal will be real and not dietetic. PJ's serves the kind of dinner I will fast all day for, one's "last meal", a meal without a tomorrow, and if I awake to one, then I shall eat light, tomorrow. The soup is a meal in itself were it in a bowl; but in a cup it is just a teaser: my wife usually orders a quart to go, to relish over the next few days. She doesn't even ask what the soup is anymore, just "and a quart to go, please, if there is enough", it's all good. Chioppino (in season), Pork Osso Bucco (Osso Anything), Homemade Ravioli (drool all over and fry my keyboard), Rosettias (which must mean cheesy-good in Italian), Scallops (Umberto, Mom could give you a tip on these, and you then may die happy), Various Fresh Fish (Snapper, Petrale sole, Swordfish, a Trout that must be at the end of the Rainbow), and Spaghetti with Meatballs (the Spaghetti is but the sacred nativity to nestle the Holy Meatballs to your table). Ultimately, were I to have an alien facehugger pried from my comatose form, cooked well and served back to me on board the _Nostromo_, in a "What Should Have Happened" justice moment, I would will that it be prepared by Umberto at PJ's (attached photo. Actually, that is their rack of lamb; and no, you can't have a riblet, I already ate it). Buon Appetito! Mike

John J owner very nice man. Staff is friendly. Locals like to come an mingle.

Been there a few times great place for a bite a drink or a good joke or 2. Margie is awsome

I only give this place a 5 star because the cheese garlic bread is the best tasting garlic bread out in the bay area. If you want to have drinks here and your a newbie don't waste your time the bartenders are O.g. they don't offer assistance, you can literally stand in front of that counter and if the bartender don't know you he won't even acknowledge you. The Bar is small the food is good lot's of parking space and the waitress taking orders is also nice.

I went here for a memorial/roast for a friend who passed on. It was a big crowd, and even though they seemed to be a little short staffed, the service was wonderful. Everyone who worked there was kind. The food was absolutely delicious, and the drinks were good and strong. I will be back.

I saw a negative review from “straight cash money” about food and have talked with the owner. I challenge the story. I don’t think it’s true and why didn’t they document it? If you read the story it doesn’t sound true. Excellent authentic NY food makes me feel at home. Great people. Great drinks. I come here about once a month and I do it because I get great care and incredible food. I go out of my way for it. This is the kind of East Coast comfy place I wish there were more of. Try the homemade gnocchi.