With family in Albermarle, I have seen Jake's many times and knew it was on Triple D many years ago; however I had never dined there. We went on a Saturday night which also happened to be the last weekend a Groupon would be valid, so everyone else had the same idea. We were told the wait time would be an hour and forty-five minutes to two hours. We sat in the bar/counter/lobby area and drank beer which you grab out of a Coke cooler. Our wait time ended up being only an hour and five minutes which was not bad.
We knew what wanted so we ordered immediately. The fried green tomatoes were lightly fried and delicious. The amount of batter was not overbearing. I had the free range chicken served with mac and cheese and broccolini. I was expecting southern style mac and cheese but it the noodles were not macaroni but penne pasta. It was different but good; however I would have preferred real macaroni.
The wife got salmon served with asparagus and risotto and she liked that. The service was rushed but so were we and that was understandable.
Jake's is a cool place in an old gas station serving decent food. Some of it seems slightly overpriced, but the Groupon made it reasonable. Most of the workers were friendly although were extremely busy. I would return. Oh, I really like paying at the front after the meal too. This prevents servers from walking away with my card and also frees them up to do what they need to do.