{"id":254315,"date":"2026-05-01T18:40:41","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T18:40:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/254315\/"},"modified":"2026-05-01T18:40:41","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T18:40:41","slug":"jacksons-gastropub-is-now-open-bringing-new-orleans-fare-to-south-st-pete","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/254315\/","title":{"rendered":"Jackson\u2019s Gastropub is now open, bringing New Orleans fare to south St. Pete"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">With Chef Sean Ford, formerly of Little Philly and Tryst, helming the kitchen, Jackson\u2019s serves a mix of Creole-inspired flatbreads, sandwiches, shareable starters, and entr\u00e9es.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">A few of its small plates and handhelds include popcorn crawfish served with Creole mustard, boudin sausage, baked oysters, chicken and andouille gumbo, jumbo lump crab cakes, and blackened shrimp po\u2019boys.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">For larger-format entrees, Jackson\u2019s offers three types of jambalaya, blackened shrimp, scallops or chicken over dirty rice, jalapeno-honey baked salmon, and braised bourbon short ribs. <\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">Two types of pasta, a jambalaya-inspired fettuccine and blackened chicken and shrimp alfredo, are also on the menu.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">Its bar offers an array of beer, wine, and craft cocktails, like the saffron spritz made with L&#8217;Excuse Herbal Liqueur, elderflower, and prosecco, in addition to old school New Orleans cocktails like the Vieux Carr\u00e9 and Sazerac.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">Soronen describes the restaurant as having soft lighting with warm, wood accents and a comfortable, lounge-like atmosphere. There are 16 televisions throughout the space that will play professional sports games year-round.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"With Chef Sean Ford, formerly of Little Philly and Tryst, helming the kitchen, Jackson\u2019s serves a mix of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":254316,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[202,204,203,199,201,200],"class_list":["post-254315","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-st-petersburg","tag-st-pete","tag-st-pete-headlines","tag-st-pete-news","tag-st-petersburg","tag-st-petersburg-headlines","tag-st-petersburg-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/254315","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=254315"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/254315\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/254316"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=254315"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=254315"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=254315"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}