The doors, just as caked with adhesive material as the windows, open up into a space that is well-lit by dive bar standards, an open skylight above the kitchen matching the warmth provided by the large windows on either side of the entrance. Stickers or not, the light creeps in, creating a feeling of sitting on a street corner rather than inside a pizza joint. Every inch of the black-painted walls inside feature some kind of sticker, scrawl, message or menu item, Jack’s Pizza & Wings inscribing a selection of its specials on the wall just above the bar.
The drink options here are wide, but the presence of an always-on, dedicated $2 Miller High Life tap is one of the finest dive bar features this reviewer has seen in a long time. And that kind of refreshment is a requirement with a menu as varied and immense as the selection at Jack’s Pizza & Wings. The menu is dominated by, you guessed it, pizza and wings, and while the wings have glowing reviews, the pizza game is where the menu starts to differentiate itself. This reviewer sampled a slice of the Rehab variety, a glorious confluence of mac & cheese, chili, hot dogs and sausage links. It was glorious. Specialty tater tots, stomboli, pizza burgers and more provide ample opportunity for exploration, but it’s unclear how anything could top a chili and mac & cheese pizza slice.